I hand make unique hats from leather felt and straw. I also create artful designer pillows, wall hangings, window treatments, hand crafted ceramic and leather sculpture. I sell my store surplus inventory items: leather hides and fabric and leather crafts.
Some people call me the Jack-of-all-trades, for I create a variety of items in several different mediums. I have been making art for almost twenty years. I received a B.A. in Cinematography from Ohio State University and worked in broadcast media for several years, but my visual aesthetic itch found comfort in a variety of other art forms.
I am relatively new to Ebay selling, but have been buying on Ebay for about four years. I recently moved out of a downtown Gallery in Cleveland Ohio, and opened up my store on Ebay, cutting out the middle man. Well...sort of.
I introduced RES Limited Editions in Columbus, Ohio at the Columbus Museum of Art: 2001 Influences of Africa. In that show I included my leather wearable wraps and my unusual line of hats. In 2003, I participated in a national millinery show in Columbus, “Hey… Columbus, what’s on Your Head?”
Since being in Cleveland my hats have been featured in several spotlight events: Fox8 morning show, WCBE PBS“Around Noon” talk show; twice featured in Cleveland’s Plain Dealer; And the Cleveland Playhouse, production of “Crowns.”
In addition to visual arts, I have dabbled in literary and performance art arenas as well. I have written several novels: my novel Thyme Oil, was reviewed by Houghton Mifflin in 1997, but was not published. I have written several plays as well. My play, Water Is We, written in 1994, received several awards in Ohio and was produced and toured for about a year.
I was a recipient of the 2007/2008 Ohio Arts Council grant.
I am currently putting the final touches on my new line of hats, designed with men in mind, but they can be worn by anyone! Hats have been worn for centuries, oftentimes very elaborately worn by men. Look at the Huli People of Papua New Guinea, in the South Pacific. This group of men wore fabulously elaborate headdress. Their culture still exists, but was altered by the onset of Western ideologies. They have been called Huli WigmenBirdmen of Paradise, for their elaborate headdresses made from colorful male birds of paradise feathers are spectacular. I hope to make hats more popular and fun to wear. Keep your eyes peeled for my new designs.
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