About Scrambled Gallery

Janice Russell resides in Bucks County and is a self taught artist. She enjoys working with glass, wire, beads, stones, paint decoupage and craves to always discover new materials to incorporate in her work. 

In college she spent many hours and days walking around Carnegie Art Museum being inspired by colors combinations, designs, and the personal connections people have to pieces. 

Her work balances a simple style with unique handmade patterns and designs. 

Herringbone designs are her best seller and represent strength with this pattern dating back to the Greeks and the Egyptians.  In her free time she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, reading fiction, hiking, listening to podcasts, gardening and spending time snuggling with her pets.  

@moodyplumstudios

Lily Petro is a ceramic artist who is currently based in Pennsylvania. In 2023, she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in ceramics from West Chester University. Lily discovered her passion for working with clay during a ceramics class she took in high school, where she fell in love with the ceramic process as a means to create both functional and decorative works of art. Throughout her college years, Lily’s  work was experimental as she explored different clay bodies and firing temperatures. She discovered a particular affinity for high fire clay bodies like stoneware and porcelain, which produced intriguing results during the cone 10 firings in the gas kiln. As such, Lily continued to work with high fire clay and experimented with glazing techniques. Through this process, she achieved a wide range of colors and textures in her functional work, creating unique pieces that showcase her artistic vision.

@waterlilypottery

My name is Colleen Puglia and I am the founder of Rustic Heart Studio. Creating unique and one of a kind jewelry is my way of translating what I feel and what I see. I love graffiti and the warm and homey feeling I get with worn, weathered and aged metals and buildings with splashes of colors. From a young age I always loved to “make”. Whether it was making candles, dip-it flowers or “making” a mess with the soldering gun on my father’s workbench, I was fascinated to see materials transform. Heading into adulthood I learned how to sew, do decorative painting, wire wrapping and beading. Once I was introduced to  metalsmithing I knew I found my path. In fact, my torch, “Jambalaya” leads the way to every piece I create, whether it be soldering, fire texturing or enameling. Over the winter I wanted to bring more joy and whimsy to my jewelry pieces so I segued into bright and colorful liquid and powdered enamels. I love the way the bright enamel brings energy and life to a piece.

My creations bring me a sense of accomplishment and pride. When someone picks up a piece and asks how I created it or what was my inspiration, I am so happy to share and grateful that it brought a sense of wonder and connection to them. I enjoy attending classes around the country with jewelry artists I admire. Their generosity, knowledge and patience has taught me that there are many ways to create and to trust my heart with the direction I choose to follow. I hear so many people say they don’t want to retire because “what would I do?” When I retired from the world of orthodontics, I was thrilled to know I could create full time. To be able to wake up every morning and think “what do I want to play with today?” is really a dream come true.

Hi my name is Rebecca and I’m so glad you’re here! I am a full time stay at home mom of two boys, so if my bio is short it’s probably because someone needed a snack or a diaper change, or there is a pile of laundry to fold and put away, or just a myriad of other things because you know how life gets sometimes.

Simply Grace officially launched in October 2022 just weeks before my second son was born. I had been making clay earrings for about 2 years prior and fell in love with the process of making them as well as wearing them. Life looks very different today than it did 3 years ago in 2020 when I first started. For instance, 3 years ago if you were to walk into my kitchen on any given day you would have found a first time mom popping out earrings (with a calm baby somewhere in the background) naively thinking how easy motherhood and business is. Fast forward to present day and if you were to wander into my house today you would probably find the floor littered with various toy trucks, a kitchen table covered with kinetic sand and toy construction trucks, play-doh and (you guessed it) more trucks + a 3 year old playing with a truck somewhere while his baby brother is in need of entertainment! Bottom line: my life can easily feel taken over by the chaos of daily life (and trucks) but making clay earrings offers me a sense of peace and tranquility. It’s a little like creating beauty out of chaos and I absolutely love that!

It has been an absolute joy knowing Hope this past year and I’m so honored to be a part of the Scrambled Gallery artists. So if you’ve made it to the end here thanks for sticking it out! You’re amazing and deserve to treat yourself to a pair (or 2?) of clay earrings!

@simply_grace_co

EvvyAnna Catanzareti is a 23 year old artist from Flemington, NJ. She creates horror themed and gory creatures and faces with polymer clay under the name “Horrid Girl Creates.” She also crochets and makes jewelry using polymer clay, beadwork, chain, and wire wrapped stones.

Alaina Fox first started Stay Foxy Designs in 2021 after revisiting her love for art during the pandemic. Raised in Cape May, New Jersey, she spent many years working in a jewelry store and was always inspired by the more eclectic designs, leading to her brand of funky, fun, and fabulous pieces. She aims to create accessories that are as quirky as they are fashionable, displaying a range of personalities from those with more subdued tastes to those who like to make a statement.