Artists Pages

Madera Architectural Elements

Madera Architectural Elements (MAE) appeals to designers, builders and the public, in order to fulfill the need for custom artisan-made building components, using traditional materials in artistic and innovative ways. MAE has a physical showroom where the alliance artists have mockups and artwork for sale. The artists of MAE help clients through a collaborative process to create art for their built environment. Please contact artists directly for appointments or to discuss any custom project you have.

Mindy Barker muralist and painter

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Elijah Burnett artist blacksmith

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Lynn Di Nino concrete and mixed media artist

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Christopher Hoppin mixed media artist

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Ixia Tile Tacoma hand-crafted art tile

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Steve Lawler

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reFurniture

Madera Fine Decorative Furnishings custom furniture and casework

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Northwest Refinishing wood refinishing

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Pacific Rim Tapestries contemporary tapestry

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Diane Roberts fused and stained glass

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Shape 3 Inc. custom metal and artwork

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Jennevieve Schlemmer

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architectural mosaics

Turner Furniture and Upholstery upholstered furniture

‘Exceptional building components and furnishings designed and fabricated by Pacific Northwest artisans’

Madera Architectural Elements m - 2210 Court A Tacoma, WA 98402 p - 253.572.1218 w - www.maderastudio.net

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Mindy Barker muralist and painter

FINISHES

Mindy Barker is a lifelong Washington State resident, born in Tacoma and raised in various Northwest towns. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA in 1990, Mindy continued producing and showing her original artwork. During this period she also worked as a commercial painter and began experimenting with custom finishes.

Vineyard scene on Italian plastered walls and painted faux wood and patterned columns, masterbath wall

Eagle flying through forest, formal living room wall

In 1993, Mindy combined her talents and began a decorative painting business specializing in wall glazes, trompe l’oeil, and murals for residential and commercial spaces. She also creates custom paintings and illustrations, finished to her clients’ specifications, on canvas, hardboard, plaster, furniture, and paper. Her various works are mostly found in Puget Sound homes and businesses, with some as far away as California, Arizona, and Hawaii. Mindy currently runs her business from her studio at home in Gig Harbor. She has continued to be active in her own artwork as well, lately mixing media such as acrylic, ink, and photographs. Enlarged poppies, bathroom wall

Mindy Barker p - 253.380.9164 e - [email protected] w - www.mindybarker.com

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Burnett Forge artist blacksmith

METAL

Elijah Burnett, artist blacksmith of Burnett Forge, began forging under the tutelage of master blacksmiths in a four year European style apprenticeship. He continues to glean from smiths from all over the globe, incorporating these global styles into his work. Elijah works each day at his anvil using hammers, tongs, and assorted tools that he has made himself. He implements traditional methods of joinery, including mortise and tennon, fire welding, and riveting in creating pieces for everything from large outdoor sculpture to a small hook for the bathroom.

The ultimate is customizing your home, business,or garden is the luxury of decorating with the work of an artist craftsman. Elijah Burnett, artist blacksmith of Burnett forge, forges what may be seen as common place pieces such as a kitchen hood, a railing, a door knocker, wine cellar doors, and coaxes from the metal a beautiful flow and design that graces its setting. Elijah’s styles include the clean lines of Contemporary, to the European feel of Chateau, to the warmth of Craftsman, to the rugged sophistication of Log and Timber, with artistic license often taken. Choose an item from our catalogue of have something entirely new created based on your own style. The outcome will be a piece uniquely you and unique to your home, business, or garden.

Elijah Burnett, owner Burnett Forge p - 360.598.4836 e - [email protected] w - www.burnettforge.net

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Lynn Di Nino concrete and mixed media artist

Exterior courtyard on 4th floor at Children’s Hospital in Seattle

MIXED MEDIA

Lynn Di Nino has been working in concrete for about fifteen years: cast, hand-applied over shaped expanded steel lath, and as a veneer using the hybridized cement, Milestone, known for its capability of lasting intense color.

The atrium pictured above, located at Children’s Hospital in Seattle is inhabited by three-nine foot long Jackson’s chameleons wearing party hats. Because they’re hollow, using about 2” of concrete over lath, similar to ferroconcrete used in the making of boat hulls, they weigh as little as 100 pounds each with great strength. The kiosk you see pictured below is a Milestone pigmented veneer brushed over cast concrete and features bird sculptures. With a background in architecture, the ability to interpret drawings, a long history of engineering sculpture for indoors and out, and expertise in concrete use, she is prepared to create architectural features that include three-dimensional shapes. Lynn’s specialty is animal forms. Cast concrete kiosks by City of Tacoma, veneer and sculptures by Lynn

Lynn Di Nino m - 2313 N 29th St Tacoma WA 98403 p - 253 396 0774 e - [email protected] w - www.lynndinino.com

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Christopher Hoppin mixed media artist

Interior Green Wall, recycled hard wood ,13’ x 8’. Planters are removable.

MIXED MEDIA

Christopher Hoppin creates site specific, one of kinds Green Walls and dramatic lighting. He works out of his studio in North Tacoma and has commercial and residential clients throughout the United States. Christopher is trained as a sculptor and uses a number of mediums including wood, Lexan, high density foam, fiberglass, steel and clay just to name a few. As much as possible he incorporates green products into his work. His green walls are 100% reclaimed hardwood that can be installed on exteriors or indoors.

Lexan wall or ceiling light. One of a kind design, hand cut, 16” x 24”

Exterior Green Wall, recycled hard wood, 5’ x 10’. Planter is removable. Lexan wall or ceiling light. One of a kind design, hand cut, 16” x 24”

Christopher strives to transform spaces with his functional sculptures. He can often do this at cost competitive with mass produce treatments even though clients are receiving one of a kind conversation pieces. Please feel free to contact Christopher directly to organize a studio visit or to have and in home/business free consultation. All design consultations are free. Christopher Hoppin m - 4702 N Cheyenne St Tacoma, WA 98407 p - 253.732.7348 e - [email protected] w - www.hoppinart.com

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Ixia Tile Tacoma hand-crafted art tile

Ixia Tile Tacoma offers a vibrant and exciting range of hand-crafted ceramic tiles. Bas-relief tiles, nature print tiles, moldings, liners and field tiles provide variety to create installations for fireplaces, bathrooms, kitchens, floors, foyers and window and door surrounds as well as outdoor applications such as garden benches, tables, mirrors and water features. High quality stoneware blends beauty, function and lasting durability while expressing artistic harmony that only comes from tiles made by hand.

CERAMIC TILE

Imprinted pasture grasses, hand sculpted poppy. Stoneware. Stained, glazed.

Claudia Riedener’s love for the natural world strongly influences her work. Claudia sees the fleeting moment of a leaf or a blade of grass and captures it in clay. Using a variety of mechanical tools of the trade, she enjoys the process of abstracting nature into durable tile work. Permanency and functionality are important components of the work. Once installed, Claudia likes to see her work be useful, durable and beautiful for years to come.

Created in a careful process, each tile is hand-made from beginning to end. For bas-relief tiles, the design is hand-drawn and hand-carved, often over a period of a few days. From this original carving a mold is made. Each relief tile is then hand-pressed, dried, and bisque fired. Nature print tiles are hand- rolled and imprinted with a variety of leaves and plants from nature. All tiles are hand-glazed, either brushed or dipped. Field tiles, moldings and liners are hand-extruded. These labor intensive methods have been used for centuries to make art tile. Machine reproductions cannot match the authenticity and quality of hand-crafted tile. Mistletoe, hand pressed. Stoneware. Glazed

Claudia Riedener Ixia Tile Tacoma p - 253.274.0655 e - [email protected] w - www.ixitile.com Abstracted corn stalk, hand carved. Stoneware. Stained and glazed

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Steve Lawler reFurniture

WOOD

Steve Lawler lives in Tacoma where he spends his days (and sometimes his nights) making furniture and creating art. He began working with wood as a child in his grandfather’s wood shop. As time went on, working with wood would take a back seat to other creative pursuits such as photography, painting and collage. He has slowly found himself drawn back to the art of woodworking and eventually into a shop working full time making furniture and other custom pieces.

Chair #167: recycled scrap plywood with a natural danish oil finish Sasebo coffee table: recycled scrap plywood and reclaimed white oak with a natural danish oil finish

Odessa lamp: recycled scrap plywood, found metal, recycled lamp parts, old travel map of Texas and hand made paper

Steve has spent the last two years developing his own unique style of furniture making what he calls reFurniture. He loves designing and building chairs, and creating anything new and interesting. Choosing to work almost exclusively with either recycled plywood and hardwood scraps, or reclaimed Douglas Fir satisfies his desire to help the earth while also forcing him to find a unique expression for these sometimes odd pieces of raw material. reFurniture represents Steve’s passion for two things: First, reusing what others have found to be useless, and second, creating something in a way that nobody has thought of before.

Steve Lawler p - 253.389.3807 e - [email protected] w - www.stevelawlerart.com

End table: recycled plywood scrap with a natural danish oil finish

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Madera Fine Decorative Furnishings, LLC custom furniture and case work

Magnolia residence bookcase and entertainment center with integrated TV lift and hidden laptop drawer. Anigre and padauk veneers and solids.

WOOD

Madera manufactures original, custom furniture and cabinetry for commercial and residential clients. Being a small, highly productive firm, Madera is capable of taking on a wide array of projects from single stand-alone pieces to entire homes and office suites. Because of their integrity and commitment to quality craftsmanship Madera promises every client long lasting value.

Reception desk with custom gluelams and fabricated steel. PCS Structural Solutions, Tacoma, WA

Coming from a family of artists and amateur woodworkers, Madera founder Carlos Taylor-Swanson has a professional woodworking background that stretches back 30 years to a Chicago area picture framing shop and follows a circuitous route through the art world, rough and finish carpentry and luxury yacht interiors. The values that have prevailed throughout this journey - strict attention to all details and quality without compromise - became the foundation of Madera’s business ethos. Café - bookmatched claro walnut slabs, reclaimed fir, acrylic paint and cross-link waterborne finish. 40” x 20” x 18”

Carlos Taylor-Swanson, owner Madera Fine Decorative Furnishings, LLC m - 2210 Court A Tacoma, WA 98402 p - 253.572.1218 f - 253.572.1219 e - [email protected] w - www.maderawoodworking.com

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Northwest Refinishing wood refinishing

WOOD

Northwest Refinishing is a local wood refinishing company managed by master refinisher Tristan Litke. With over 20 years experience in the field, Tristan has the perfect finish for your next project. Whether it be a fine piece of furniture or an outdated oak kitchen, he offers basic staining and painting as well as custom designed lacquer finishes. If you see it in a magazine Tristan can recreate it on your furniture or cabinet. Northwest Refinishing serves residential and commercial clients from Gig Harbor to Bellevue.

Blue lacquered wall panels used as background for a corporate logo.

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On-site finishing Kitchen cabinet refinishing Custom Designed wood finishes Furniture/Piano restoration Cabinet Pre-finishing Detail of a walnut restoration.

Mahogany exterior door with major veneer damage. Restored to near original condition.

Tristan Litke Northwest Refinishing m - 1244 S Sprague Ave Tacoma, WA 98405 p - 253.312.7830 f - 253.238.6214 e - [email protected]

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Pacific Rim Tapestries contemporary tapestry

TEXTILES

Pacific Rim Tapestries specializes in hand woven tapestries. The founding artists, Cecilia Blomberg, Mary Lane and Margo Macdonald, have extensive exhibition histories, and significant experience executing commissions for government buildings, schools, corporate offices and residential settings. The artists are comfortable working closely with clients, architects and designers.

Labyrinth, 5’x5’, cotton and wool

Time to Explore, 5’x8’, cotton and wool. Mary Bridge Children’s Health Center

Tapestry weaving produces a dense fabric ideally suited for wall hangings. Its simple weave structure has unlimited artistic potential; no preset patterns restrict the realization of the image. The tapestries produced by Pacific Rim Tapestries are woven from strong cotton and fine, lustrous wool that has been commercially mothproofed and dyed with acid dyes known for their light fastness. The properties of wool and the density of weft-faced weave make tapestry virtually fireproof. The hangings are finished according to museum standards. The durability of tapestry insures its enjoyment for generations to come.

Beyond Pompeii, 4’x6’, cotton and wool

Pacific Rim Tapestries m - 703 Foote Street NW Olympia, WA 98502 p - 360.754.1105 e - [email protected] w - www.pacificrimtapestries.com

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Diane Roberts fused and stained glass

GLASS

Diane Roberts has been working in stained glass since the late 70’s and has lived in Port Townsend since 1985. In 1990, she added the heat of the kiln and started fusing glass. The play of light is crucial to Diane’s glass pieces. Her designs include elements of visual surprise involving any or all of iridescent, dichroic or fused glass as well as varying light sources. The intent is to give the viewer a piece of art that can not be seen in it’s entirety from any one visual perspective, light level, or type of light.

Detail of large window using textured, clear, fused and beveled glass

One of three windows installed at Castle Key Restaurant in Manrisa Castle in Port Townsend

Each custom piece, whether a window or full fused glass tile backsplash, is designed with it’s environment-to-be in mind… Style, colors, available light, attitude…

Stained glass • Windows (public/ private installations or free-hanging) • Lamps • Objets d’arte Fused glass (flat or slumped, with or without layered dimension) • Tiles (individual to tabletops to entire backsplashes) • Sconces • Individual art pieces

Diane Roberts p - 360.385.2764 e - [email protected] w - www.dianerobertsglass.com

One 12” x 12” fused glass tile

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Shape 3 Inc. custom metal and artwork

Painted steel custom perforated panels on custom aluminum clips, Tacoma, WA

METAL

Chris Spadafore and Jennifer WeddermannHay, artists and architects, created Shape 3, Inc. in 2005 in order to serve clients that require site specific art installations. Being artists as well as LEED accredited and licensed professional architects, Chris and Jennifer “shape” environments and objects to function seamlessly in their contexts.

Patina steel lasercut inserts and railing panels, oak newel posts provided by Madera, Kirkland, WA

Shape 3 Inc.’s work is site specific, being both appropriate for its context and for its community. They have a deep respect for the man-made and natural places of which our work becomes a part. Shape 3 Inc. creates pieces that mark and sculpt places, enhancing a visitor’s experience, working directly from drawing to steel, wood, glass (both flat and blown) and concrete. The forms created are derived from the vision of the project, and from the spatial context in which they exist. Their projects translate concepts into three-dimensional forms and experiences. They balance scale, level of abstraction, budget, timeline, materiality, and space to create elements to involve the public in the metaphor. Light fixture for Kitsap Credit Union - painted steel and plexiglass Bremerton, WA

Shape 3 Inc. Jennifer Weddermann-Hay, AIA, LEED AP Chris Spadafore, AIA, LEED AP p - 253-227-7333 (chris) p - 253-973-6611 (jennifer) e - [email protected] e - [email protected] w - www.shape3inc.com

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Jennevieve Schlemmer architectural mosaics

MOSAICS

Jennevieve Schlemmer is a Tacoma based artist with a focus on mosaics. She sees mosaics as a way to create color, texture, scale, and longevity as well as an opportunity to integrate site-specific art seamlessly into architectural spaces. Her intention is to create pieces that are tactile and can be visually enjoyed up close while still conveying a message from a distance. Her most recent work has centered on large, public installations balanced with smaller, more intimate interior pieces and concrete sculptures. detail of porcelain mosaic “Discover Your Dreams” installed at Seattle Country Day School. Seattle, WA

Her mosaic work is installed in such varied locations as a school playground, the outside entrance of a movie theater, a baseball stadium, the floor of a public university building,and a decorative outdoor wall on Lake Washington. She has enjoyed working collaboratively with designers, construction teams, and architects. The materials she uses, whether stone, concrete, porcelain, or glass, are used with thoughtful consideration to the visual message of the piece as well as the structural. stained glass mosaic back splash in private residence. Tacoma, WA

“Ursus Azul” stained glass mosaic over concrete and steel

Jennevieve Schlemmer p - 206.979.2492 e - [email protected] w - www.jennevieve.com

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Turner Furniture and Upholstery upholstered furniture

UPHOLSTERY

Established in 1986, Jeff Turner and his expert staff have been committed to offering only the very finest quality craftsmanship and customer service in the industry. Each member of their staff is dedicated to their craft and to the client’s 100% satisfaction with the final results. Their promise to you, the customer, is that they will work very closely with you to ensure that they not only meet your desired results, but also exceed your expectations.

• Custom built upholstered furniture • Residential and commercial upholstery • Headboards and upholstered beds • Window seats and pillows • Antique restoration • Yacht Interiors • Large fabric showroom “If you can dream it, we can build it.”

Jeff Turner Turner Furniture and Upholstery m - 3817 N 26th St Tacoma, WA 98407-5807 p - 253.671.2071 e - [email protected] w - www.Turnercustomupholstery.com

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