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Handcrafted Bowls
​ - Gary Dolan, Artist

​​Gary has been an avid woodworker for decades [that's a polite way of saying he's old!]. Over the years, he has made numerous furniture pieces for himself and others.
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More recently, he has developed a love for the art of woodturning on a lathe, with focus on bowls made from local species of wood. Cherry is a favorite because of its rich color and interesting grain. The wood he uses is always from trees that have already been toppled by storms or cut down for other reasons.
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You will see in his collection a variety of sizes and styles, including the very popular "natural edge" bowls that exhibit a more organic shape, sometimes including the tree's natural bark.

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PluckHouse Ceramics
- by David Pluck

David Pluck is the designer of PluckHouse ceramics, a small production company located in Akron, Ohio, focused on the design and manufacture of handcrafted tableware for commercial and residential applications. Our mission is straightforward: PluckHouse creates small runs of limited-edition ceramic wares with the understanding that objects are more alluring when design is subtle, understated and true to its utility.

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Fabric Art
​- Pam Dolan, Artist

Pam Dolan has been a quilt lover and quilter for 30 years.  She has lovingly created and made quite a number of quilts for her children and grandchildren as well as for close friends. 
 
After retiring from a professional career in coronary care nursing, Pam decided to share her love of quilting with others by starting an eBay store called Quilt Kits N Pieces, specializing in Moda fabric and quilt kits. Packaging the quilt kits enables quilters and aspiring quilters to get right to work on their quilts without the hassle of matching and gathering a myriad of fabrics before they begin.  As a result of this service, over the years, dozens of Pam’s customers have become long-distance friends. 
 
Recently, she added framed fabric artwork to her offerings.  They feature the same richly-colored, elegant fabrics pieced and assembled like a tiny quilt and displayed in hand-crafted natural wood frames.  They are available to purchase at the 3rd Space Art Gallery in downtown Canton.

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BDM Designs
- Kathy Pugh, Artist 

​BDM Designs is a label meant to encompass multiple forms and styles of Art. Kathy Pugh is the artist behind the label. A graduate of Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art, she has always had a passion for the Arts. In the early stages of her career, she worked as a fashion designer/seamstress for over ten years. A family and the desire for her children to have Art instruction in school led her to return to college to obtain grade 1-8 certification in teaching. She went on to obtain a Masters in Education and K-12 Visual Art certification and is presently teaching Visual Art at the STEAMM Academy at Hartford. In 2023, she was selected as District 9 teacher of the year and made the final four for Ohio teacher of the year.  

While at STEAMM, she introduces her students to the world of fashion design. Through this unit the teaching artist and one of her students participated in a fashion event put on by the Canton Chamber of Commerce. This experience inspired her to once again return to the world of fashion while still pursuing and creating the more traditional forms of Art. As a result, BDM Designs was born. Artwork other than fashion under the BDM Designs label is a combination of traditional and non-traditional media. The artist, Kathy Pugh’s formal training in traditional drawing and painting materials gave the background knowledge to pursue a more eclectic choice of media. A strong focus for media presently is that of recycled materials. The trees featured were made from wire from discarded electronics and lawn equipment. The glass mosaic is recycled wood and scraps of stained glass. Future projects are exploring media such as wall paper paste and unused toilet paper from the end of rolls used in commercial settings.