PHOTO GALLERY: Craft Festival Downtown Sarasota

Debra Larson and Jack Fernandez sell Swarowski Crystal Jewelry.

Debra Nevins Rednour and Kat Coupton are best friends that have been making Hair Fancys for 13 years.

Hair Fancys are made out of clay and look like hair wraps. They come in various sizes, colors and have charms at the bottom.

Noel Skiba is a 3rd generation artist that has been painting since she was 2 years old. She specializes in impressionistic paintings, paints on location and painted for President Ford’s Funeral.

Bill and Kathy Toledo have been sewing for five years. They sold hand-sewn items such as dress towels and purses.

Brooke Bolte sold handmade fresh kettle corn at the Craft Festival.

Vandermast came across the concept of digital fabric design when he clicked the wrong button in his photo-editing program. His sister suggested he print the interesting photo manipulation onto scarves.

Archie Vandermast specializes in digital fabric design. He manipulates high-resolution images and prints them onto charmeuse silk.

Brad Shiff began creating cork art because he had a lot of corks from drinking a lot of wine. “Now I drink wine and play with corks.”

Molly is a 10-year-old rescue dog who attended the Craft Festival with her owner Joy Mohnet.

Karen and Jerry Hull cut dichroic glass to create shimmering jewelry. “Its very labor intensive, but its fun and it’s beautiful, and every time I open the kiln I think its Christmas morning.”

Joy Mohnet has a number of jewelry from Karen’s Kreations. The dichroic glass used to make the jewelry is the same glass NASA uses in their equipment.

Tonya Smith spoke with festivalgoers about her artwork from Moondance Art & Design Company.

The Lilac Cottage sold jewelry made of Swarowski Crystal.

Hope Frasier creates all of her home décor artwork from recycled materials.