Ravenswood Gallery
Cave Junction, Oregon

Carol Lindhorse
Native Arts

I was given my first beads when I was 5 or 6. My mother taught me how to draw my own patterns on paper to make clothes and I have been doing it ever since, making moccasins, beaded dresses, war shirts, beaded hats and much more.

I was taught how to make drums by Blackfox, a Paiute Shaman elder and my mate.

I am working on becoming a Certified Native American Artist.

David Monsma
Photographer

Although I haven’t spent many years with a camera in hand, the seed of interest in photography was planted long ago.  I was given a camera for Christmas one year when I was young, and remember having fun taking pictures with it.  That cheap little camera’s lifespan was unfortunately short. It wasn’t until I purchased my first digital camera, just before my daughter was born in 2005, that I started looking through the viewfinder more regularly.

Being a regular hiker and outdoor enthusiast, I started taking my camera with me almost everywhere I went taking pictures of random things I found beautiful or interesting.  Family, friends, and others who saw my photos, continued to encourage me to keep taking pictures. In 2007 I invested in a nicer camera and started experimenting with it and different subjects, discovering what a great creative outlet photography was for me.  My first, and still most favorite subject to photograph is my daughter.  But, being an outdoors type of person, and living where I do, a lot of my subject matter is orientated toward nature.  There are so many incredibly beautiful things in our natural world.

One thing that fascinates me about photography is being able to stop things in motion.  Capturing one instant in time and seeing what you can’t with just your eyes. I love to capture things I’ve not seen before or noticed because they are very small, or at a glace maybe not that interesting. That is something else photography has brought into my life.  Going out and “hunting for photos” has changed what I look at, and how I look at things when I’m out in the world.  Giving me a perspective of things out there I don’t believe I’ve had before. 

In 2008, I was hired for the first time to photograph a wedding. It went over well, and I was recommended for another. Although I never really felt comfortable sticking a lens in someone’s face, I soon began to appreciate how fun it was to capture people having a good time. The best portraits, to me, are the one’s where the people don’t know they’re being photographed.  Seeing real expression and the non-verbal communication that comes from it. I hope to be able to do more of this in the future.

I also have done some product inventory photography. Right now my goal is to continue trying new things.  I have never taken any formal photography classes or training, but I’ve been told that I have an eye for it, and I know I love doing it. So I carry on, hoping others will enjoy what I enjoy doing.

Josh Goins
Hand Blown Glass Artist

I have been making hand blown glass art since August 1, 1998. I learned the basics of glassblowing under an apprenticeship with Studio G in Grants Pass, Oregon. After completing my two year contract, I opened my own home-based glassblowing shop called One of a Kind Glass.

I make many different glass pieces such as wine glasses, sculptures and fine tobacco smoking pipes. I have also enjoyed spreading my knowledge to newcomers who want to learn. I have had at least a dozen students over the last 11 years coming from as far away as Virginia to learn to blow glass.

I find inspiration from my family and friends, other artists, nature, music and life itself. There are so many things to draw on when looking for inspiration as we live in one of the most biologicallly diverse places on the planet.

Glass is a fun and exciting medium. Anything can be made from glass and that is why I find it so appealing. There is no end to what can be created, so every day I blow glass is a new day, with new possibilities.

I've also worked with many other artists in my field and have been lucky enough to collaborate with them on many aspects of glass. Oregon, specifically, Southern Oregon, is a glassblowing mecca, with some of the world's top glassblowing artists living in the area.

Katrina
Painter & Mixed Media Artist

All things practiced and followed through turn into grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy. 

Smokey
Burl Wood Artist & Mixed Media Artist

I am drawn to the exquisite beauty of the burl and the artistic creation of nature. Burls are an abnormal growth on the trunk or at the top of a root ball of a tree and can widely vary in size and shape. The intricate, twisted grain patterns ensure that no two pieces will ever be the same. Burls are rare, difficult to work with and are strikingly beautiful, which is why I chose to work with this wood.

I learned my craft just north of the Redwoods in Kerby, Oregon. I embrace the beauty of my surroundings to inspire my designs. I hand select the burls and other materials to design my art and furniture. My work includes mirrors, wall and pendulum clocks, chairs, benches, tables, bar stools, custom designs and much more.