Artist Feature: Mary Lynn Gress

Mary Lynn Gress creates upcycled jewelry from heirloom pieces like watches, brooches, and broken necklaces.  She also upcycles other items, giving new life to old cigar boxes and jewelry boxes and loves restoring items that already have a sentimental meaning.     

Mary Lynn works from her studio in her garage and loves to create custom orders to fit the personality of her customer.  

This will be her second year at the Bizarre Bazaar and more of her work can be found on her website and in her Etsy shop.

Artist Feature: Anna Walker

Anna Walker is an artist who primarily works with felt.  She loves the tactile nature of the fibers as they come together to form an unwoven fabric that can then be made into a variety of artwork.  Anna adds felt embellishments to her beadwork, wirework, and stitching.

Anna has been felting for about four years and started after she picked up a needle felting kit at Hobby Lobby.  Since then, she has discovered multiple tools, equipment and education to continue her work in felt.  She works from a bedroom in her home and enjoys creating custom orders.

This will be Anna's third year at the Bizarre Bazaar and more of her work can be found online on her blog, on Twitter (@FELTit), or her Artfire shop.  She also teaches felting classes in Topeka and information about those classes can be found at the Potwin Fiber Artisans website.