Today I went to the Talbot Street Art Fair in Indianapolis, and I loved it.  There were over 270 artists there, including photographers, jewelers, painters, metal workers, potters, etc.  I saw so many things that I have never seen before and some simply beautiful and impressive artwork- I will definitely be back again next year!

One artist whose work I found particularly beautiful was that of Peggy Engsberg Furlin, who does some amazing work with watercolors.

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You should definitely check out more of her work here, and she also has a blog here.  Goooorgeous!

Even though most of the work I saw and loved was WAY out of my price range, there were a few things I managed to go home with =)

I got these earrings, made by Cathy Braunlin who does some very interesting work with polymer clay.  I’ve really never seen anything like it (you should go to her website here and see what else she does-so much more than earrings!) and I was lucky enough to have her explain the process to me.  So intriguing.

I also got these three tiny vases:

Unfortunately, they don’t have a website (that I’m aware of, and none is listed on the business card) but they were made by Schmidt-Marken Designs in Indiana.  They are beautiful and it took me forever to decide which ones to get, I loved them all.  Here is a photo to show the size…

Soo small!  I love them, and plan on putting tiny little flowers in them =)

A few more artists that caught my attention were Scot Schmidt, Amy Huisinga, and City Art Market. There were TONS more and a lot that I loved but who don’t have a website =(  I couldn’t believe it.

Anyway, now I want to go to any and all art fairs in my vicinity, and I’m more inspired than ever to get my act together to start producing enough art to fill a booth and apply for a spot in an art fair.  There are a couple more coming up that I hope I get a chance to go to (including Renegade Craft in Chicago) so hopefully I will be posting about those as well =)

Hope you all had a great weekend!