
Tammy
L Deck
Instructing
Classes in: Weaving (Beginner ~ Advanced), Feltmaking (Beginner ~ Advanced)
Textile Surface Design (Introductory classes) Hat Making Techniques, Kids Classes (Girl Scout
Activities), Soap Making, Candle Making, Beading Arts (beginner lvl)
About
Tammy: As a child she craved every "how to" experience
available....but learning to sew in 5th grade was a defining moment. She attended the fashion design program at Harper
College in Palatine, IL and later transferred to Northern Illinois University
where she received her degree and pursued post graduate level courses in Clothing
& Textile Science married to a Minor in Fiber Art. She started
her own
ArtWear business (TLD Designs) selling one-of-a-kind garments, jewelry and
accessories which she ran for ten years before founding the TLD Design Center &
Gallery in 1994.
Tammy also has
training and experience in Lampwork Bead Making, Glass Fusing, Metal Smith
Skills, Metal Clay, Polymer Clay and various beading techniques.

Patty
Pulliam
Instructing
Classes in: Glass Bead Making (Beginner ~ Advanced); Polymer Clay (Beginner ~
Advanced); Silver Metal Clay (Beginner); Crochet (Beginner ~ Advanced
including beaded crochet ropes); Chainmaille; Peyote Stitch Beadweaving (Beginner ~ Advanced);
Kids Classes (Girl Scout Activities)
About
Patty: A lifelong artist, Patty received her degree in Art from
Illinois State University after a brief fling with Accounting at Aurora
University. She continues her studies through continuing education classes,
studio classes with nationally known artists, and just plain playing. She claims
to have Art A.D.D. as she loves to work in about every medium she can get her
hands on. In addition to being a past president of the "Chicago Area Polymer Clay
Guild", she is also owner of "Design West Communications" a graphic
design company.

Shannon Haug
Instructing
Classes in: Jewelry Arts ~ Copper Etching with Wire Wrapping, Toggles,
Clasps and Cold Connections.
Examples
of Shannon's Work


SARA MILLER
FACILITATOR
FOR: Creativity Continuum
Sara has enjoyed and explored artistic media from a very early age.
Having received a Bachelor’s degree in painting in 2004, Sara went on to obtain
a Master’s degree in Art Therapy/Counseling in order to learn more about the
creative process and how to assist others in exploring and pursuing their
creative vision. Sara’s personal work includes figurative oil and acrylic
painting and she has recently begun to explore her family’s tradition of
quilting.

LAURA THOMA
FACILITATOR
FOR: Art Journaling Groups
KATTALINA KAZUNAS
Instructing classes in:
Touch Drawing
Ms Kazunas received her M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts from Columbia College Chicago. She has completed the Mandala Sacred Arts Teacher Training Program, and teaches workshops and retreats using art as a tool for spiritual growth. Kattalina is also an EFT coach, Emotion Code practitioner and Reiki master.
Svetlana (Lana)
Kunina
Instructing classes in: Beading Arts
Ms
Kunina is an Illinois
Artisan exhibiting at the Illinois Artisan Shop / Chicago and during Monthly Art
Sprees both located at the
James R. Thompson Center
100 W. Randolph Street
Chicago
Examples of Lana's work:

Venus of Jewelry by Venus
Instructing
Classes in:
Jewelry Arts : Metal Smith Techniques (Beginner ~
Advanced) Chain Making & Wire Work
About Venus: Venus has, thus far, enjoyed a 17 year career selling the work of her hands in the form of contemporary jewelry art and is pleased to join us at the TLD Design Center in the offering classes and workshops in the medium she loves. Fabrication is her primary style of creating. Every piece is fabricated by hand. She needs to be able to feel the piece all the way through to it's finished state. The metal has a power, a force of its own and intuitively they work together... creating order out of chaos and sometimes the opposite. Her rigorous Art Fair schedule includes 18 to 20 Juried Art Fairs a year. You can catch Venus in many Chicago area shows, as well as Ann Arbor MI, Wisconsin, Indiana and Iowa. She is a juried artist in the Illinois Artisan Program and sells her work through the Illinois Artisan shop and during “Art Sprees” in Chicago. Her Formal education includes an Associate's in Fine Art from College of DuPage(1990), Bachelor of Fine Art from Northern Illinois University (1992) and Post Graduate studies in Art and Architecture from Northern Illinois University.
Bracelets and Necklace by Venus
Patricia Weikersheimer
Georgia
Philippe
Instructing
Classes in: Enameling
Georgia is a life-long artist. She started working in jewelry in her teens and earned her B.F.A. from the University of Illinois in Metal Crafts. She’s been a practicing bench jeweler all of her adult life, doing goldsmithing, enameling, designing and repair.
She has won three jewelry design awards from the Illinois Jewelers Association, and she has shown in galleries in Illinois, Wisconsin and Arizona. In 2008 she won First Place in the Illinois Orchid Society’s art competition, with an enamel entitled “Orchids in the Moonlight”.

Janice
J. Bailey
Instructing
Classes in: Metal Smith (Beginner ~ Advanced), Chain Making,
Techniques in Wire Work
About Janice:
She has been a metal smith, jewelry artist and instructor for over 20 years.
Janice Bailey designs and sells under her own label, "JJB’s Silver
& More". Her graceful designs and high quality workmanship
have made her a favorite designer in the Chicago arts scene. All of Janice’s
work is hand made, unique and made with the finest quality sterling silver and
include Semi-Precious Stones, Fused Glass and her own Lampwork Beads.
JoAnn
Deck
Instructing
Classes in: Quick Fabric Painting Techniques for Quilt & Fiber Artists
About JoAnn:Member of "PAQA - Professional Art Quilters Alliance",
"Studio Art Quilters Association" and member of the "Plainfield Art League Gallery".
Click
here to learn more about JoAnn and View Her Work

Jan Wutkowski has been creating custom-made hats in the United States since 1996. She studied the millinery arts at the Melbourne (Australia) School of Millinery in 1995. She has been heavily involved in teaching the millinery arts throughout the United States, England, and Australia, since 1998.
Joy
Lavrencik
Instructing
Classes in: Textile Surface Design / Complex Cloth Techniques / Shibori / Resist
Techniques / Inspired by Nature
About Joy:
Member of "PAQA - Professional Art Quilters Alliance"
Completed a 2.5 year Masters Class in Surface design with Jane Dunnewold (March
2011). Joy has always had a strong connection to music and movement.
Her years of dance and music lessons solidified this passion. Since
discovering fiber, in the late1990’s, Lavrencik’s goal has been to bring
this sense of rhythm and movement to her mixed media artwork, employing surface
design techniques and collage. She currently works in her home
studio in the suburbs of Chicago, IL. Lavrencik’s art work is
available through the TLD Design Center and Gallery, in Westmont, IL, and is
exhibited in juried shows across the United States.