This week’s featured local artists
Many of the market’s artists are online only for the season. Each week, we feature a selection of MCFM artists on our blog, Instagram stories @mcfarmersmkt and through our digital art market email newsletter. Find unique gifts, kitchenware and and other handmade items while supporting local, sustainabilty-driven artists. This week we are featuring some of the market’s ceramicists, who make functional pieces to bring some homemade to your home!
This Week’s picks:
Adam Gruetzmacher
Looking for a new mug, a handcarved cooking spoon or classic bowl to spruce up your time at home in the kitchen? St. Paul based Adam Gruetzmacher has you covered with his high-quality, functional pottery and wood working made in his local home studio.
Aprilierre
April Barnhart, Minneapolis-based silversmith, explores how fire and a hammer can shape metal into beautiful jewelry. April creates bold, but chic, pieces from ethically sourced metals and semi-precious gemstones.
Sudify
Susan, creator of Sudify, displays the beauty of nature by preserving plants and lichens unique characteristics in epoxy resin. Susan loves exploring peoples connections to often overlooked specimens in nature, and creates wearable jewelry showcasing them.
Stirsby
John Daničič is about to up your quarantine cooking game with his trademarked Stirsby pronounced, “STIRS-Bee”. The Stirsby is a hybrid of a wooden spoon and a spatula, perfect for everything from sauces to stir-frys. John Daničič uses non-first growth hardwoods and scrap wood to make tongs, cutting boards, shape-shifting trivets, and of course, Stirsbys.
ARTISTS AT SATURDAY’S MARKET, 10/3
Find these additional artists on-site at this Saturday’s market on Chicago Avenue near our prepared food vendors:
Thank you for supporting local makers and shopping local. You can subscribe to our weekly art market email and follow us on Instagram to see more featured local artists each week. Remember to join us at the market for healthy, local groceries every Saturday!