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Greetings Art & Design Enthusiasts! Terance Ramos, the gallery's current featured artist, is placed at the forefront of this month's Art Promotion in Motion newsletter by showcasing his exotic hand turned wood vessels. Please consider his pieces when seeking artwork for your next design project. Terance is currently offering a 25% discount to the trade. Houston Designers: Are you looking for art pieces for your next showhouse room? The gallery will loan designers select pieces from its inventory in exchange for exposure for the gallery which in turn promotes you and our artist members. You might consider some of the gallery owned pieces designed by mid-20th century modern California artists such as Marc Bellaire, Barbara Willis, Sascha Brastoff, and Brayton Laguna, to name a few. Browse the gallery and see if there is anything you can use or purchase. Select gallery owned items are available with a courtesy to the trade. Email me at Shop@AccessoryHut.com if you are interested in knowing more about a particular piece. Are you listed in the gallery's Directory of Interior Designers or Directory of Artists yet? Many thanks from me and the gallery's member artists to the ASID Texas Gulf Coast Chapter for giving AccessoryHut.com a featured Industry Partner status at their website as well as the Industry Spotlight write up on page 26 of the November/December 2006 ANGLE newsletter. It's a win, win relationship! Artfully yours,  Alice Krueser, AccessoryHut.com
Dena Brody, ASID Dena Brody has practiced interior design for over 30 years in Houston and Boston. She is Texas licensed and a professional member of The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Dena served on its Gulf Coast Chapters board of directors and has edited their membership newsletter and chaired their referral service. Dena won first place in the residential design - over 5000 sq ft category in the 2004 ASID Interior Design competition and honorable mention in the kitchen design category in the 2006 ASID Interior design competition. Her residential projects range from starter homes to large estates. Commercial projects include offices, health care facilities, educational and religious institutions. Projects include new construction and remodeling.
AccessoryHut.com will be featured in the upcoming Winter issue of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) ICON Magazine that will be published November 2006. When AccessoryHut.com opened its virtual doors to the public on February 1, 2006, the gallery also opened the doors of art studios throughout the country. The on-line gallery strategically brings the artists and interior designers together via directories and promotions to the design industry. Its artist members take advantage of the site's article and electronic newsletter promotions and are given the option to utilize the gallery's shopping cart capabilities. Interior designers are asked to keep the gallery's artist members in mind when seeking art for their design projects in exchange for their complimentary listings in the Directory of Interior Designers. Viewers can also learn about art history through the site's links to art galleries & museums throughout the world. The gallery's slogan, "Home Decor with Yesterday's and Today's Artists in Mind" was conceived because of the gallery owner's love of early to mid-20th century pottery and ceramic collecting which is displayed as groupings within the gallery. Gallery owner, Alice Krueser, explains that "Our goal is to encourage the purchase of decorative artwork that displays artistic value and/or historical meaning instead of mass produced artwork so widespread on the market today. We support and promote all levels of artists". Pictured here (photo by onioncreekstudio.com) are two pieces of exotic wood hand turned by highly skilled, San Antonio, Texas artist and member of the gallery, Terance Ramos. Whether you are seeking artwork designed and/or created by yesterday's or today's artists.....you'll find it at www.AccessoryHut.com or call 713-816-7400. Also, look for the gallery's ad in the new American Society of Interior Designers 2006/2007 Industry Partner Directory and Product Guide....page 181. AccessoryHut.com ....where artists and interior designers network with one another. It's a win, win relationship! Contact the gallery if you are interested in being listed in the Directory of Interior Designers. Submit your name, the city where your office is located, your website address, email address, and phone number for our editor's review.
The Gallery's featured artist, Terance Ramos is a highly skilled woodturner located in San Antonio, Texas. His beautiful blending of exotic wood and glass is a unique and time consuming process. He offers custom pieces and may be reached at 210-219-3281 or at tramos@watashiarts.com.
Wood
Turned and Glass Blown Vessel by Maple
Burl top with opaque curry & olive green frit glass on bottom. Measures
13.75" tall X 8.5" wide. Photo Credit: onioncreekstudio.com
This
Maple Burl Hollowed Vessel with natural top is an original handwork, numbered
and signed by artist, $2,000 Photo Credit: onioncreekstudio.com
Woodturning is a form of woodworking that is used to create wooden objects on a lathe. Woodturning differs from most other forms of woodworking in that the wood is moving while a (relatively) stationary tool is used to cut and shape it. Many intricate shapes and designs can be made by turning wood. There are two distinct methods of turning wood: spindle turning and faceplate turning. In spindle turning, the grain of the wood runs lengthwise, parallel to the bed of the lathe. In face plate turning, the grain of the wood runs perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Most bowls, platters and many vessels are face plate turned. Pens, furniture legs, spindles, and some vessels are spindle turned. It is the orientation of the grain that determines the method in use. Spindle turning is named for the type of product originally produced, while faceplate turning is named for an early method of attaching the material to the lathe. The distinction between spindle turning and faceplate turning is due to the fibrous nature of the material. When wood is cut in such a way that the fiber being cut is not supported by the fiber below it, it tends to separate and tear. This "tearout" exhibits a rough, highly undesirable surface texture and greatly reduces the value of any product exhibiting it. The direction of cut is different in spindle turning and faceplate turning because cutting in the wrong direction causes tearout. Spindle turning cuts are made from high points toward the axis on the outside of the piece, and from the axis toward the outside when hollowing. When faceplate turning, the opposite obtains.
Are you an artist or interior designer lost in the world wide web? So your up and running! You have your "About Me" page carefully written and posted. Your images are finally sized properly so you can proudly showcase your art or design work in your gallery. Off you go into the magical World Wide Web. There's only one problem. You are competing with millions of other artists and interior designers who are hoping for the same clients to stop by and visit to purchase your art or retain your services.
By Mary Wilson of Wilson & Wilson Designs Exotic/Multicultural - While travel is becoming increasingly more challenging for many of us, home has become our destination of choice. We are looking for refreshing + international inspirations. Think spice infused hues - Tuscan hillsides, Moroccan bazaars, the plains of Africa-Rich=saturated corals, pear, topaz + warm browns.
Join the gallery's Directory of Artists now while the ad campaign is launched to 40,000 interior designers throughout the country! Don't be left out. BENEFITS INCLUDE:
Houston watercolor artist, Ann
Bell, is having an open studio along with other artists on Saturday,
November 4, 2006 from noon until 5 p.m. Her studio is located at 2711 Main
Street #114. Pictured here is Ann Bell's Fantasy Woods.
Submit your best piece of art, via digital image, to be viewed and voted on by art & design enthusiasts via AccessoryHut.com's online art competition. The Artist with the most votes will be awarded the "Featured" status at AccessoryHut.com's home page for one month - a value of $500 Entries will be accepted through December 31, 2006. The artwork will be posted here at the site some time in January 2007 and voting will begin shortly thereafter. Commencement date for the voting will be announced in the "Art Promotion in Motion" newsletter. Be sure to encourage your contacts to sign up so they can be notified and vote for your piece of art. (Pictured here is Los Angeles, California artist Vicky Brago-Mitchell's computer digital fractal artwork titled Autumn Song. Vicki's designs can be applied to canvas. Contact her at 310-842-8507.)
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