Products for Your Home by Louisville Artisans
Fleur de Lis Glass Sculptures If you're looking for the perfect Louisville gift or decorative addition, look no further than Louisville artist Casey Hyland's free-standing glass fleur de lis sculptures at Tradewinds in Chenoweth Square. Mounted on a metallic base, the hand-blown clear glass of each figure reflects the full spectrum of colors. Available in nine and 12-inch sizes that sell for $250 and $325 respectively, these artistic renderings are customer favorites, according to Tradewinds owner Paul Brooks. Several have been purchased by businesses, which have had corporate names or award designations etched in the base. As symbols of Louisville hand crafted by a local artist, Brooks says, the glass fleur de lis is must-have home décor or a perfect gift. Nothing says Louisville like the image of a jockey on a galloping race horse. Janet Bailey Burch captures this compelling image in a three-panel relief sculpture crafted of birch. Framed in black with gray matting, each limited edition sculpture is 20 inches long by 7 inches wide, with the figures of the three phases of a horse's gallop painted white on a black background. The sculpture, which sells for $190, is also available in colors. Burch, who is inspired by the horses on her Oldham County farm, is an owner of Gallery Janjobe at the Mellwood Arts and Entertainment Center on Mellwood Avenue, where these hand-crafted pieces are sold. Paintings of Greek Mythology Inspired by depictions of Greek mythology that she saw in Sicily several years ago, Louisville artist Ann Stewart Anderson has created a series of oil paintings that pair the women of ancient Greek myths with modern women who share similar characteristics. Marilyn Monroe is juxtaposed with Aphrodite, the goddess of love, renowned chef Julia Child with Hestia, the goddess of the hearth and family, and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Themis, who embodied law and custom. There are 14 pairs, all women. The panels are each 24 by 40 inches, framed in lattice strips but able to be re-framed, and all are sold in pairs at $3,500. "We still have many of the same characteristics" that the Greeks pondered and admired, Anderson says. When she sent a card with the Ginsburg/Themis pair to Justice Ginsburg herself (Ginsburg is depicted in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, which, of course, is built in the style of a Greek temple), Anderson received a note back expressing Ginsburg's appreciation and delight at the pairing. Anderson also makes framed drawings of figures from mythology that cost $400 to $500 each. And she creates broken dish mosaics, inspired by the mosaics of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona, using dishes she finds at yard sales. The mosaics range in price from $600 to $1,500. All of Anderson's work is available at Pyro Gallery, 624 West Main Street. Spell out an inexpensive and uniquely colorful touch in your end of season garden, check out Heavy Letters by local artist Peyton Hoge of Bird Square Carpentry. Concrete letters and numbers made from old molds and painted in varied colors, each Heavy Letter is 12 inches tall and 2.5 inches thick, and weighs five to six pounds, according to Jack Mathis at Work the Metal on Story Avenue in the Butchertown Market Building, where these whimsical sculptures sell for $15 each. Mathis says they make great garden ornaments or furniture, as well as home address markers, bookends, doorstops, décor for children's rooms, or even an unusual advertising medium. At Work the Metal, Heavy Letters point out the steps, where they're arrayed to spell out "stairs." Flutter Bowls
Horse Sculpture
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