Melissa Welch-Windsor,Maine
I enjoy creating affordable jewelry including necklaces, bracelets and earrings from naturally colored gemstones. I find the endless options of color, pattern and design satisfying as a creative outlet. I use sterling silver, copper and pewter as accents typically with an occassional piece of local seaGlass. . All items are .......
The Commons Eastport-Eastport,Maine
The Commons is a place-based gallery of works by more than 90 local Downeast artists and artisans. Located in a lovingly-restored 1887 brick building on Eastport's waterfront, The Commons is locally owned and managed, and open year-round. Our byword is "natural"; our .......
Designs by Betsy-Ellsworth,Maine
I love jewelry! I design in either solid copper or sterling silver; I never use plated metals. I use these metals in combination with vintage
Glass beads from Europe, America and Japan with some quality stones added for good measure. Often I know the producer and year .......
Nancy Asante's 250 words on the beginnings of The Commons
I've been a teacher most of my life; the impulse to help others has always been second nature to me. When the nine of us women came together in the summer of 2003 to purchase the old Hayscale Building on the waterfront in Eastport, Maine, the easternmost city in the .......
