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Tour Four Private Studios and a Lavender Farm*See behind the scenes in each studio and learn how each artist creates their unique body of work.
*See the work of Guest Artists and Growers. *Stroll through the gardens and outer spaces where they find peace and inspiration. Scroll down to see all Studios and guest artists! |
Stop #3: Cynthia McKean
cMc Design
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cMc Design Studio 1000 Mason St. Saugatuck, MI 49453 616-610-0053 cmcdesign@cynthiamckean.com http://www.cynthiamckean.com |
Cynthia McKean (cMc Design) works in painted, structural steel plate creating abstract and representational forms, the smallest of which is 6" high and the tallest of which is 32' high.
Nestled behind a grove of white poplars, near a bog, and surrounded by woods is Cynthia's studio, fondly referred to as "the Barn". This is the hub of her activity, where she dreams dreams, builds models, and displays her smaller work.
Featured in the barn is a collection of presentations she has made when responding to specific requests for proposal. Some were rewarded and some not. Giving visitors a bird’s eye view of the process enlightens their understanding of the complexity and magnitude of what is involved in creating large scale steel sculpture. Great barn doors swing open into the sculpture garden where one can stroll among brightly colored steel creations. Sculptures range in size from monumental in the meadow to more modest along hidden paths. A light bite to eat and a cool beverage will greet visitors.
Nestled behind a grove of white poplars, near a bog, and surrounded by woods is Cynthia's studio, fondly referred to as "the Barn". This is the hub of her activity, where she dreams dreams, builds models, and displays her smaller work.
Featured in the barn is a collection of presentations she has made when responding to specific requests for proposal. Some were rewarded and some not. Giving visitors a bird’s eye view of the process enlightens their understanding of the complexity and magnitude of what is involved in creating large scale steel sculpture. Great barn doors swing open into the sculpture garden where one can stroll among brightly colored steel creations. Sculptures range in size from monumental in the meadow to more modest along hidden paths. A light bite to eat and a cool beverage will greet visitors.
cMc Design Studio Guest Artists:
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Lloyd Mandelbaum, Metal Sculpture Chicago Crucible chicagocrucible@gmail.com Lloyd owns and operates Chicago Crucible, a foundry specializing in fine art casting near Hamilton, MI. Lloyd also creates his own sculptural work in iron, aluminum and bronze. He will be offering demonstrations in metal pouring at scheduled times each day of the tour; check back for specific times. |
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Mary Alice Townsend, Textiles
townsend03@comcast.net Mary Alice is a textile artist and will be demonstrating this fascinating art form in the making. |
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Corwinne Stoppel, Author Crorwinne is a local author, writing a series of mystery novels which use local settings such as Saugatuck, MI. |
Stop #4: Dan McGavin and Carol Brown
Summerhouse Lavender Farm
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Summerhouse Lavender Farm 2975 65th St. Fennville, MI 49408 616-318-5793 Carolbrown02@gmail.com http://www.summerhouselavenderfarm.com |
Selling lavender plants and lavender based skin care products, both Pure Lavender and Serene Garden. We will also offer tours of the farm and garden and explain how best to grow lavender and explain our commitment to the environment. See the lavender distillery. We have a trail around the property that leads people through lavender processing stations, a birch grove, lavender beds, and interesting landscaping that include a water feature and a Japanese garden.
Summerhouse Lavender Farm Guest Artist:
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Mike Vermerris , raku ceramics
mnvermerris@gmail.com Mike’s focus is hand built, raku fired pottery. Raku pottery is beautifully unpredictable, and Mike finds the spontaneity and surprise exciting; while using the flame and carbon to enhance his work. His pieces are fired to 1850 degrees and quickly removed from the kiln and transferred to a container filled with combustibles. The hot pottery immediately ignites these materials and starts the chemical reaction that results in these one-of-a-kind pieces; not possible with other firing methods. During the Artz and Gardenz Tour, Mike will explain techniques used for forming his pots, while sharing his excitement for the raku process. |
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Ian Cross, Landscape Paintings Ian's body of work traditionally comes in the form of relief prints, etchings and lithographs, however his recent landscape paintings have all been created on different sizes of brown Kraft paper grocery bags. Ian utilizes the visual irony created by painting landscapes onto recycled everyday objects. "By revealing the landscapes in this way, it helps to reframe my concerns about environmental issues and serves as an object that directly overlaps nature and commerce." |
Stop #5: Dawn Stafford
Peachbelt Studio
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Peachbelt Studio 6292 124th Ave. Fennville, MI 49408 269-561-5561 dawn@peachbeltstudio.com http://www.peachbeltstudio.com |
The Peachbelt Studio is a little red brick one-room school, formerly the Peachbelt Schoolhouse ca.1867, which serves as Dawn Stafford’s year-round painting studio where she seasonally exhibits original oil paintings on linen, canvas, paper and miniatures on wood. Enjoy a pre-season stroll through the schoolhouse backyard garden, playhouse, and orchard hill. A selection of Dawn’s original charcoal drawings on paper, encaustic paintings on wood, Lithograph and Giclee prints, and many gift cards are also available.
Peachbelt Studio Guest Artists:
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Christine Bruno, jewelry
townhallstudio@gmail.com www.townhallstudio.com Christine Bruno is a jewelry designer who creates one-of-a-kind jewelry, using fabrication and metalsmithing techniques. She and her husband live in what once was the 1892 Casco Town Hall, in South Haven, MI. An additional building on the property houses their studios and gallery. She is open by appointment year-round and most weekends from May through October (11am - 5pm, please call to be certain she's open), |
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Judy Hallisy, Murano glass
judybooks@msn.com Judy incorporates a 700 year old Italian technique from the Island of Murano which is characterized by the use of multicolored glass or millefiori, meaning "one thousand flowers" in Italian. The result; complex organic garden-like designs that dance across the surface of tall cylinders and "flats". Her collection is available to view at her bookstore/gallery Singapore Books in Saugatuck. |
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Carolyn Fink, Metal Design carolynfink@sbcglobal.net http://www.carolynfink.com An expert welder, Carolyn designs metal garden art and other items. She says, "Firing up the forge, hammering red hot steel, grinding the rust off a piece othat was once discarded in a tangled heap and creating art from unusual found objects makes every day a surprise." Currently she is inspired by a natural leaf theme, using metal "drops" (purchased trims leftover from steel construction orders) and found pieces of scrap metal. |
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Hinterland Farm and Kitchen, Food Items and Arts
www.hinterlandfarmkitchen.com hinterlandfarmkitchen@gmail.com Hinterland Farm and Kitchen is located on a small farm in Pullman, MI, owned and operated by two working artists/farmers, Shanna Shearer and Mikey Henderberg. We grow garlic, cherry tomatoes, greens, popping corn, oyster mushrooms, horseradish, and many other vegetables and herbs all grown without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers. We make and sell packaged food items: pasta, chocolate bars, hot sauce, medicinal mushroom teas, and black garlic. As working artists we also sell paintings, collages, and traditional Japanese-bound sketchbooks. |