Creative Makers Marketplace

I primarily make my ceramic work using hand building techniques like pinch, slab rolling, and slip casting. My work is inspired by bright colors, nature and mindfulness. My hope is that my work will help you find little moments of presence throughout your days, whether it’s a mug to hold your special drink, a windchime that catches your ear, or a bird feeder that brings the little friends in your outdoor space out to eat.

We’re à la mud, a brand new community ceramics studio in Camas! We offer space to members/artists to come create without limits. Our work is all mid-fire stoneware ceramics. This means that our pieces are more durable than low-fire ceramics, and all dishes are food safe/dishwasher safe/microwave safe, making it very appealing to families attending the market! Our pieces range from handmade mugs, bowls (including combo chip/dip bowls), plates, planters, vases, lamps and more. We draw inspiration from several sources, and focus largely on organic shapes and colors to honor clay coming from the earth. We use techniques such as sgraffito and carving to create surface designs. Our booth will be a collection from our members, but their styles and glazes all blend into a cohesive story of community.

I am a quilling artist. I use paper and glue to create my art. I am inspired by nature and all the colors you see in our world. I am drawn to circular shapes and use them in many of my pieces.

I use yarn, fluff and safety eyes to create stuffed animals and dolls inspired by my own personal interests. I like to create all sorts of animals, including crypto and fantasy creatures like dragons and goblins, and also like to create items inspired by movies and TV shows.

I make jewelry, much of it one-of-a-kind. Most of my jewelry is created using metal-smithing techniques and skills, out of silver, copper, bronze and stones. My work is inspired by the natural world around me and often depicts aspects of nature.

I handcraft artistic watch dials of animals, sea creatures, flowers & more by inlaying either mother-of-pearl, abalone shell, metal and/or wood on the dial. I then assemble & test each watch by hand.

I work with acrylic on canvas detailed with charcoal, fabric, and thread. Each piece is sprayed with a matte fixative and framed. They are all signed, dated and wired with D-rings ready to hang.

The medium of collage allows for interlacing found printed images (from newspapers, magazines and books) to create intricate, beautiful, and at times surreal scenes in the hopes of captivating the viewer to look closer and explore the complexities and multiple realities of our world. My work juxtaposes the beauty and the mess of both the natural and manufactured worlds to highlight the perpetual human challenge to accept that seemingly contradictory things can be true. The scenes I create contain themes from the human impact on the natural world to the challenges of globalization with both respect for the serious implications for social justice but also with a lightness that demonstrates humor towards the delightful absurdity of life and the reality that things are not always as they seem. After the composition has been created, all found images are cut out by hand and glued onto a piece of sealed plywood. After completion, an isolation coat and varnish are applied.

My work is never created without a compelling story at its core. I discover these stories through research and life experience. Utilizing my practice of self-taught micron pen drawings and acrylic paintings, I create images that shed light onto the animals and nature we affect through our daily habits and portray with a single image how we can improve as individuals.

We work together to make Wire sculptures by a blind artist and acrylic paints on canvas. These two media are also combined to create unique 3D pieces of art that glow in the dark.

Along with general information about our school and it’s programs offered, our tents offer an interactive musical experience. We have low volume instruments set up for anyone to take a “micro-lesson”.

We are a gallery that represents several artists using various media, including but not limited to: ceramics, painting, mixed media, collage, photography, fiber arts, encaustic, and digital drawing.

Each of our artists brings a different perspective. We have watercolorist and poet inspired by water, a nostalgic painter, a nature-based photographer, and ceramicist engaged in mythology and folklore, a multidisciplinary artist influenced by international travel, and an encaustic artist layering colorful, waxy landscapes.

Our artists are united by a strong commitment to community engagement. They share their own artistic process and support one another’s practice. Our hope is to encourage meaningful connections between artists, collectors, and our neighbors.

The main subjects of my paintings are animals, birds, flowers, and landscapes, and I use watercolors, acrylics, oil pastels, and mixed media on paper, canvas, and wood panels. My abstract paintings are primarily done in acrylics on canvas.

Purple bunnies, adorable critters & vibrant florals. Modern impressionism w/surprising, bold acrylic hues, complimentary under paintings, transparent washes & glazes on ready to hang wood panels.

Inspired by life and music. All paintings are original acrylic paints on canvas.

NOPG is a local non-profit of qualified artists who use oil, acrylic or gouache to create original art. Our members paint in various styles of land/seascapes, still life, people and animals.

An oil painter who graduated from The Florence Academy of Art in Italy. I work mostly with live models. I craft my materials, including paints and varnishes, fostering a deep connection with nature.

I adore walking the fine line of beautiful balance and disastrous failure in my life journey; which makes sense why it would be my approach to art as well. There is so much beauty in the energy and chaos that comes from paint flowing where it chooses to go – a dance really – where it leads, I follow, where I lead, it laughs. I find myself in a beautiful part of my journey where I am deep into a new creative streak. I grab a water, a coffee, pick a playlist, grab a canvas and then I just get lost in colour. As I thin out the paints and allow them to go, they discover their own way through their environment and we continue our experimental dance in chaos and gravity.

I am a self-taught artist who uses nature and imagination as inspiration for a creative journey. I have an emotional attachment to each piece I make and hope that patrons feel the same way. I truly believe it is an evolution of the heart, mind and hand to the completed piece that makes art so intriguing and beautiful. Such a journey is full of hard work, delight and surprise. I am a willing participant in that journey.

My work is rooted in a deep connection to nature and an exploration of color as emotion. Working primarily in watercolor, I am drawn to its fluidity, transparency, and delicacy. The medium allows me to capture the softness of petals, the movement of light across landscapes, and the quiet poetry found in natural forms. Through layered washes and intuitive brushwork, I seek to preserve a sense of spontaneity while honoring the subtle details that make each flower and horizon unique. In contrast, my acrylic pouring practice embraces vibrancy and unpredictability. Using fluid acrylics, I allow color to move freely across the surface, creating organic compositions that feel alive and dynamic. The process is both intentional and experimental – a balance between guiding the flow and surrendering to it. I am especially inspired by bold, luminous color relationships that evoke energy, joy, and movement. Nature is my primary inspiration – textures, rhythms, and ever-changing light.

All images are indicative of the Pacific Northwest as a region and each composition is narrative driven with an emphasis on the outdoors and native species. The symbols and patterns used in these pieces are intended to present a metaphor and a recognition of the commentary imbedded in each painting. Various inks, stains, and paints are mixed to achieve a certain effect on each substrate.

I paint imaginary landscapes inspired by feelings that I have had observing nature. I find light and color to be joyful and grounding and I seek to translate that into my work. My use of brush strokes draws inspiration from the Impressionist era. I let myself daydream and use plants and colors that I find to be meaningful to convey the connectedness I feel onto canvas. I am not shy about using paint and I love to let texture and brushwork shine.

I explore the essence of nature often hidden in plain sight. My subjects are as minuscule as a few millimeters of iridescence on a soap bubble to majestic landscapes. My portfolio is built on abstraction and play of light, with a focus on colors and patterns. Nature is an infinite source of inspiration and unparalleled creativity. I see my role as that of an observer and student. I do not create the trees, birds, sunsets, or the majestic mountains. Nor do I create the light that illuminates all. Instead, my role is to use the available technology in creative ways to capture and share this breathtaking bounty.

“Coastal” is a meditation on liminality-both geographic and emotional. The series emerges from the shifting threshold where sand, surf, sky, and sea converge, a place where elements blur and boundaries dissolve. But “coastal” also invites the mind to coast: to ease into spaciousness, to drift beyond urgency, to inhabit a quieter rhythm. These works are not fixed representations, but visual portals-spaces where perception softens and the viewer is gently transported into a state of calm, reflection, and release. Numerous creative techniques are employed to achieve this including: in-camera multiple exposure, long exposure, intentional camera movement and use of tilt/shift lenses.

I sculpt a variety of friendly monsters from air-dry clay. They are painted with acrylic paint and varnished. The sculptures are mounted to wood for sitting on shelves or hanging on the wall.

My artwork begins with natural stone, much of it hand-collected through rockhounding, which inspires each piece’s final form. Stones are cut on lapidary saws, then shaped and polished by hand through multiple stages to reveal their natural patterns and character. I turn these finished stones into functional and decorative pieces-jewelry, magnets, wine bottle stoppers, polished specimens and framed art-designed to highlight the beauty and story of the rock itself, with interactive geode cracking bringing that process to life at events.

Amanda Myers’ dolls are handmade by the artist. She uses upcycled fabrics and notions to create one of a kind characters of animals, plants and people. Each doll face is handpainted, not printed.

We are sponsoring a tent for local Native/Indigenous artists/vendors. We are working with the community to plan a rotating roster of vendors for the 3 days. They are makers of a variety of mediums including 2D & 3D, fiber, jewelry, wood, metal, ceramic, modern and traditional methods and aesthetics.

I create upcycled one of a kind sustainable clothing for kids and adults, using all recycled flannels, graphic tees, and denim jackets. I cut, pin, and sew them together on site live.

Wood portraits are drawn for cutlines, cut on the scrollsaw, shaped and textured with hand tools and sometimes woodburning, and painted or stained for color. Wool portraits are locally sourced, dyed wool. Sometimes a sketch is made, wool is layered and felted for depth and texture. Instruments are handmade and finished with a variety of decoration from simple colors to intricate drawing, carving, and woodburning.

All of our art is influenced by nature and a confluence of our cultures (Central American, Indonesian, European, and American) along with anything else we are thinking about.

My work is made from hardwoods such as cherry, walnut, and alder, using a combination of hand drawing, carving with routers, power carving, and sanding. Each piece is designed to hold a collection of special things. The work is inspired by landscape and memory, exploring quiet intersections between the human and more-than-human world and inviting reflection on place, belonging, and what we carry with us.