Mia Ante is a 3 rd generation Filipina/Chinese/Spanish American-San Francisco native. She has been creating art for as long as she can remember, and has been making jewelry since the age of 7. Mia has always had a calling to work with beads and materials from around the world for it's their flavor that makes each piece unique, thus blessed with love and divine energy. All of her work involves cowries, for she speaks through them during her expression; cowries represent birth and fertility throughout the world.
Oakland-based painter Charlise Tiee uses oils and acrylics to all manner of ill-purpose, challenging media representations with whimsy and humor. She is particularly interested in the intersection between language and imagery. For the past few years she has been both the brain and brawn behind the illustration and craft website Snailwing, which is updated weekly, rain or shine.
Thuy Tran is an artist who re-sees beauty. Her pieces involve fragments of mundane objects in unexpected juxtapositions which are at once bold, playful, confusing, honest, and ironic. She creates from a place of not-knowing, and achieves grace and surrender in her art. thuy resides in San Francisco, where she practices doing as being.
Regina Marie Vista has always had a fascination for tiny, shiny, colorful things. Jewelry makes her happy. Her boyfriend took note of this when he purchased her beading classes as a gift in 1999. The pieces she made for friends and family started getting a lot of attention. What was a hobby turned into a small business, Mimosa Studio. Mimosa is a reference to her favorite magnolia flower. Each piece of jewelry is handcrafted with thought to color, light, and texture. She uses semi-precious stones, shells, bone, vintage jewelry, and found pieces (sea glass and stones) in her jewelry. Her inspiration comes from nature, art, and an eclectic group of friends and family. Her jewelry can be found at local fairs, SF boutiques such as Iris, Picnic, Adorna Bella, Artist Xchange, and online at www.mimosastudiosf.com . |
