I have always been drawn to the beauty of glass and after my
first flame working class I was hooked. My jewelry pieces all start
with glass beads that I have individually crafted, one at a time. Using a
specially designed torch, each bead is made by manipulating molten glass around
clay covered wires, then slowly cooled in kilns to enhance the hardness of the
bead.
I then design jewelry pieces using my beads, sometimes on their
own, sometimes mixed with other elements such as pieces of vintage jewelry,
fibers, feathers and yarns. As I continually study new flame working skills, my
body of work is ever changing.
This is my first Avant-Garde show but I have been showing my
work for 20 years. I have shown locally at the St John’s Westshore Festival of
the Arts. I was People’s Choice Award winner at Clifton Arts in Lakewood and a
long time participant in the Berea Artsfest. I have also shown nationally, from
Cape Cod to Las Vegas and places in between.
Inspiration is everywhere: in the colors of a summer garden, the
costume of a circus clown, a brightly patterned fabric.. I love color and
whimsy which is the trademark of my work. Creating with glass has been a joyous
journey and I don’t know where it will end. My hope is that people smile when
they see my work, just as much as I smile while creating it.
Meet
Tory Korecky from Rust2Roses...
I am a married Army wife. I started
crafting to help pass the time while my husband was away. I met a lot of other
military wives who also crafted to help pass the time and to get the community
together. It was a way to make our house into a home even with all the moving.
Fast forward to the present, my husband is out of the service and we share one
three year old daughter together, Emersyn. My husband missed working with his
hands so he got into carpentry, a hobby that he has always been passionate
about but never had the time to do since he was in the service. We craft and
work together as a team. I bounce ideas off of him, he builds the pieces, and I
help stain, paint, and sand the projects. We also have another partner in our
small business, a Marine Wife named Amber Ross who also attends these craft
shows with us. We have
been doing this together for 6 years and this will be
our first show with Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show!
My husband and I are very passionate
about creating something out of nothing. We love working with our hands and
making beautiful things. Our family and friends push us and inspire us to
create new projects together, they are our inspiration.
All of this crafting started as a hobby
to help pass time while my husband was away in the Army. Then I started making
pieces to help make our house into a home. My husband has always been into
carpentry but really got into it once he got out of the service and when we
bought our first family home. Once we bought our first home we became D.I.Y
enthusiast; wood working and making beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces for our
home. Our family and friends loved everything we built together and pushed us
to start selling our pieces to the public. It's been an amazing journey and we
challenge ourselves by creating new pieces for every craft show we attend.
Step by step is how I would describe our
creative process. Both of us are constantly coming up with ideas and new
designs. Every time we come up with something new we write the idea down, my
husband will sketch out the idea, and it kind of goes from there. There isn't a
day that goes by where we aren't trying new designs or coming up with new
ideas. It's a hobby that I am glad that we share together. Being a husband and
wife team, it's always great to have a partner to bounce ideas off of. Our
business partner, Amber, also helps us in the creative process and we all are
constantly bouncing ideas off of each other.
Our small business has grown so much in
such little time. I hope that in five years we are still doing what we are
doing now. I hope that we are still pushing each other to try new projects and
to push our skills to the next level. I hope that my sewing skills improve over
time and that my husband continues to strive to do his best and propel himself
forward with his carpentry. I hope that we expand and attend more craft shows
and that more of our pieces end up in more homes. It is always an honor to have
any of our pieces in someone else's home.
We have multiple messages from team work,
to our products being veteran made, to help encourage veterans and veteran
wives to work with their hands and get involved in their community. In the
service, the community is very strong and often times once a service member
gets out they miss the strong sense of community. We hope to inspire veterans
and wives to get involved in the crafting community. We have made pieces for
family, friends, neighbors, and strangers and through that we really feel more
connected with the city of Brunswick and our neighboring towns. We also hope to inspire other husband and
wife DIY enthusiasts to work together as a team.
2018 Strongsville Spring Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show
Saturday April 14th, 2018 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday April 15th, 2018 - 11:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday April 15th, 2018 - 11:00am - 5:00pm
Strongsville Ehrnfelt Recreation Center
18100 Royalton Rd.
Strongsville, OH 44136
For more information, contact Becki Silverstein, Event Coordinator at Becki@ag-shows.com
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