Story and photos by Lisa Carolin
The Art Market is open from noon-8 p.m. at the Sounds and Sights Festival and will have demonstrations and a variety of items for sale. There’s jewelry, handmade soaps, hand bags, ceramics, woodwork and more.
Rose Giacherio from Ann Arbor runs the Images in Metal by Rose booth, which includes hand designed jewelry with collectable gem stones.
“I like the small town feeling in Chelsea, and everyone is kind and welcoming,” said Giacherio. “It’s well organized.”
Tom and Ann Gladwin also came from Ann Arbor making their art fair debut with their Red Barn Studios booth that includes objects for the garden.
“I use metal, rocks and driftwood to create things to give joy to the back yard,” said Tom Gladwin, who says his work started as a hobby.
Ann Gladwin’s work is also featured. She makes flowers out of glass. The couple have patronized the festival in Chelsea, and say they’re happy to be a part of it.
Amidst the more than two dozen booths is one called Bird Doodle with handmade journals, cards and prints. Holly Whitney, who’s from Toledo, calls her business Bird Doodle because she says that whenever she sits down to be creative, she tends to doodle birds.
“I melt photography and graphic design together for accessible art,” she said. “Chelsea is such a lovely town, and I thought it would be a perfect match for my work.”
Art demonstrations include 3D portraits in water-based clay, repurposing found objects and wood, space themed spray painting, and Plein air painting of downtown Chelsea.
