Saturday, November 22, 2008

Introducing Barker's Herbs and Heirlooms! Today's CityCraft Handmade Holiday Happy Hour Market Featured Artist.



I'm pleased to introduce you to today's featured CityCraft artist - Barker’s Herbs and Heirlooms!

Tamara Barker
of Barker’s Herbs and Heirlooms, is a self-taught mixed media collage artist & photographer. She offers an eclectic array of unique jewelry, gift tags, & collage art accessories with a focus on vintage images & recycling.

From her Etsy profile, Tamara admits to having “a deep affinity for things from the past.” She tries to “follow current trends and combine the old & the new whenever possible.” Tamara has also adopted the motto “making treasures from trash” based on a comment made by a customer at a recent show & has appointed herself “Queen of the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle).”

Tamara is an integral member of the Etsy Pittsburgh Team and is the coordinator for CityCraft.

Come to Navarra on December 18th from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm to shop local, shop handmade, and see Barker’s Herbs and Heirlooms along with numerous other talented artisans.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for such a lovely writeup!