the nomadic indie crafts marketplace

Presented by: The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Wood Street Galleries
Tickets: FREE
Opening: Friday, March 5, 2010, 6-9pm
707 Penn Avenue
running until April 17, 2010

Original gouache paintings and drawings by Jennifer Howison. Jennifer’s meticulously handmade works are evocative and touch on themes of narrative and fantasy with a haunting, deliberately child-like aesthetic. Petite birds with women’s faces are trying to find their place in society. Ghosts are gathering and willingly head down a strange yet familiar path. Apparently sweet characters provoke unspoken dialog. Jennifer’s work explores the social and the anti-social aspects of human nature. She currently resides in Swissvale where she spends her time making crafts, dolls and fine art.

Off the Page: The Comic Book and Game Art of Christopher Moeller
709 Penn Gallery
March 5 – April 25

Diana Aflame, Wonder Woman © & ™ DC Comics

Opening Reception: Friday, March 5 6-9 pm
Gallery Crawl: Friday, April 23 5:30-9 pm

About the Artist: Christopher Moeller is a writer and painter, specializing in fully-painted graphic novels. Moeller’s signature creation is the Iron Empires science-fiction universe, comprising two fully-painted graphic novels Faith Conquers and Sheva’s War published by Dark Horse Books, a short story in Dark Horse Presents, and a second in the anthology Negative Burn. An Iron Empires role-playing game called Burning Empires was published in 2006. Moeller has also written and illustrated two graphic novels featuring the Justice League of America (JLA) for DC Comics.

Christopher Moeller tells stories of crisis and resolution, struggle and redemption, using acrylic paint and a simple assortment of brushes. This solo exhibition features a selection of his original work.

Artist’s Website: www.moellerillustrations.com

Gallery Hours:

Wednesday-Thursday 11am-6pm
Friday-Saturday 11am-8pm
Sunday 11am-5pm (free on street parking)

so by now you’ve surely heard enough about snowpocalypse 2010.

just to share a taste of it with you, i can tell you that people have ventured out and about but pgh public schools will be closed for both monday and tuesday.  i have yet to leave my house by car since friday.

i have absolutely no idea why the roads are still snow covered but there is more coming this week so IMI will need to hold on and nest for a while until conditions improve.

in the meantime, i’m hoping to take this opportunity to connect with my neighbors, get out and meet store owners on our community’s main street and sit back and enjoy this “forced” opportunity to slow down. often times like these allow us to tap into greater creativity – i hope you have the chance to dig into your craft supply stash and get some new projects started to share at the next imi.

winter is also a good time to regroup and refocus – imi is working on some learning opportunities for vendors and craft lovers – let us know what you are interested in getting into by commenting here or email info@imadeitmarket.com.

diggin the snow in pa,

Carrie (imi organizer)

Due to a very generous Mother Nature, today’s event is cancelled.

We’ll update you with any news when we have it – stay safe, stay warm.

We’ll be there – with chili and crafts! see you at the market

For the love of all glamour Lady Creepshow Couture was born September of 2009. Bringing a fusion of vintage Hollywood with a modern day flair. Formed due to severe lack of anything original in their hometown, they started making hair accessories for themselves. Requests for custom pieces started rolling in for special occasions. If your tired of mediocrity. Let us embellish and adorn you! Lady Creepshow Couture is Jamie Dungan and Summer Knight.

My name is Lynn Patton and since I grew up in the 70’s I have always carried with me the notion of eco friendly. Like a lot of today’s crafters I love to find something discarded and remake it into something new. I started Lazypeas about 15 years ago making cards using vintage paper goods and photographs. I learned to sew at a young age so I particularly liked working with fabrics.

In the last few years I have settled into buying my fabric supplies at local thrift stores and transforming them with hand and machine stitching. I especially like felting wool sweaters, pants and skirts to make small animals, wristlets and bags. I moved to the Pittsburgh area in 2003 and fell in love with the people and the city. The energy, the blue collar common sense, and the creativeness are all here and make it a great city to be in. Besides the I Made It markets, I sell my items down at the Strip on most Saturdays at 20^th and Penn and on line in my etsy store call Lazypeas.

EcoCents: Pittsburgh’s Green Guide has small suggestions and big ideas to green your everyday life. In the pages of EcoCents, you’ll find everything from the bus you’ll catch to get to your yoga class to the bike lanes you’ll take to pick up some arugula at the farmers market. Your fellow Pittsburghers offer tips on how to throw a green wedding, use local produce to create delicious meals, knit a scarf with eco-friendly fiber — and more! Plus EcoCents features neighborhood maps, business listings and hundreds of dollars in coupons to local, eco-friendly businesses.

Use your EcoCents coupons to save at ESSpa Kozmetika, Giant Eagle, Quiet Storm, Pizza Fusion, Hoi Polloi Café, East End Food Co-op, brillobox, Caliban Books, Natural Stitches, Venture Outdoors, Construction Junction, BYS Yoga, The E House Company, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Mattress Factory and many more!

Go Green. Save Money.  Support Pittsburgh’s Economy.

Adina is a native to Squirrel Hill and a graduate of The University of Pittsburgh. A Silversmith specializing in wire jewelry, she is continuing her family tradition in the jewelry industry, designing selling jewelry for the past ten years. Adina studied jewelry design in Italy as well as locally. She is a member of the Craftsman Guild of Pittsburgh, and is also an avid fiber artist and knitter. She sells her jewelry internationally through the Internet as well as sells in galleries around town.

Seedbomb Generations Bio

Hearts for Littles will feature crafts by Austin Redwood, Chris Mucci and Deren Guler.

Austin is an Art and Creative Writing major at CMU who will be selling illustrated coloring books and toys made out of recycled materials.

Chris has a B.A. from MICA in Illustration and will be selling drawings and t-shirts.

Deren will be selling some knit and beaded accessories and promoting her project ReplayMyPlay.