Colton resident finalist in 2010 NICHE Awards with 'Wearable art' piece
Friday, November 06, 2009, 4:52pm
COLTON – “Wearable art” designer Mary Gwyneth Holland of Colton is a finalist in the 2010 NICHE Awards for her one-of-a-kind piece entitled “White Peacock Coat.”
Holland’s entry in the Fiber: Surface Design category was selected by a panel of judges for NICHE magazine, a periodical for independent retailers of fine craft in the United States and Canada. Holland’s is one of 161 entries out of nearly 1,000 submissions that were named as finalists in this year’s competition.
Her dramatic hand-beaded two-piece bolero-coat is made of white silk charmeuse and textured all over with couched quilting in champagne-colored silk and rayon chenille yarn.
Holland’s 2010 Originals Collection designs will be shown in the St. Lawrence County Arts Council Artists’ Studio Tour on Saturday and Sunday, November 7-8, at the artist’s home at 365 Hanson Rd., Colton.
More information about Holland and her collection is available on her recently launched website at www.marygwyneth.com
Holland is mentored by the Northern Adirondack Trading Cooperative, a partnership with the St. Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce and PathStone Enterprise Center (formerly known as Rural Opportunities Inc.), promoting rural entrepreneurs and helping them with bring their products to a global marketplace.
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