Artist’s View

Uncovering the extraordinary … and discovering quirkiness

Melissa Mitchell has a photo album of what she thinks are her first photos, square black-and-white prints dated 1970, making her about 13 at the time.

Not your grandmother’s quilts

Using her experiences and creating beauty

In the bright and airy plant-lined sunroom at the back of Cindy Sampson’s Champaign house is her studio -- a treasure trove of her many art supplies and more than a few pieces in progress.

A bunch of hooey

Jill Miller is an Urbana-based batik fiber artist with a studio in her home at 905 S. Lynn St.

Bringing the humor and creating joy

Originally from Ohio, Marc-Anthony Macon earned his degree in theater and rheto­ric from the University of Illinois.

A new phase

When Betsy Waller decided to launch her own jewelry-making business, she was in a stage of transition.

The wheel of life

If Tom Brewer had not been extremely ill his senior year on 1967 at Champaign High School-the last year Champaign had just one high school- this story may just well have been about Brewer the accountant, not Brewer the potter.

Great glass: Fantastic FX

In any artistic endeavor, whether it be music, painting or stained glass, there is the “art” of the medium, but also the “craft” of the creation.

Sewing with love

Southlynn, the jeweler