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Arcata Artisans Partners With Others to be Green

When your purchase requires a box or bubble wrap you may be taking advantage of a green partnership to reduce and reuse local packaging materials. The Arcata Coop and the Shady Lady of McKinleyville have been recycling their packaging materials at Arcata Artisans Cooperative. Arcata Coop gets lots of small size boxes when their vendors send vitamins, cosmetics and other small items. Susan Johnson, owner of The Shady Lady supplies the bubble wrap many of her vendors send items wrapped with. Members of the art coop also bring in boxes and packaging materials for reuse. Sometimes the boxes are turned inside out so any commercial printing is gone and a plain box is obtained. The cooperative has fashioned a label which states "Arcata Artisans re-uses boxes to reduce waste". Says Artisans chairperson, Jim Lowry, "We want to do whatever we can to reduce the amount of packaging that goes into the landfill. Part of our mission is to use practices that lead to a better environment. We appreciate the local businesses that join us in this effort."

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July Featured Artist: Betsy Roberts

Featured this month at Arcata Artisans, Betsy Roberts has created a series of “Peace Lanterns” reminiscent of lanterns floated at Hiroshima every August 6 to commemorate the atom bomb deaths there and at Nagasaki.

Using a variety of materials, such as glass, mica, and siliconized fabric, these portable lamps are elegant, some even dressed up with pearls or garnets. 

Joy Dellas, also featured in July at Arcata Artisans has collaborated with Betsy to create a lamp they call “Three Dog Light.

Joy Dellas, a featured artist for July

My latest work is based on alchemical drawings, which depict early stages of chemistry. I am curious about this work because there is so much I don't understand about it. I am finding that, as David Hockney has said in reference to art, "it attracts meaning". The drawings bring to mind stills, for making beer, wine, and liquor. My son thought I was making pictures of bongs. They have reminded me of what's going on with the oil leak. To me, they are above all, vessels. And isn't that what we humans are - containers for the life process? There is much written about alchemistry and the process of psychological transformation. I have been interested in this for many years. Doing these drawings has caused me to look into the subject once again. http://joydellas.blogspot.com/

Lamp by Joy Dellas and Betsy Roberts

"Three Dog Light" is the title of a lamp that will be
exhibited at the featured artists show in July.

Betsy Roberts designed and built the lamp. The shade,
which includes three panes of glass, was painted by
Joy Dellas.

 Photos of work in progress

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Dellas Announces new Blogspot

Hi Everybody, I've been working on a new blogger page, possibly as an alternative to my website - www.artstreetgallery.com. You can find my blog at http://joydellas.blogspot.com/?spref=fb

Wildflower Seeds! Celebrate Spring! Get your FREE seeds.

Stop by the gallery and ask for your free wildflower seeds to celebrate Spring. This is the second year we've made designer packages of wildflower seeds as a Thank You to our customers. Click here to find out more about the wildflower mix, specially designed for our climate. http://arcataartisans.blogspot.com/2009/04/our-wildflower-seed-giveaway.html Be sure to join us on Facebook for news and promotions like this.