Michael Amis Studio

03/16/2024

Come and visit us at the Funky Farm show this weekend 10-4 Saturday and Sunday 16th and 17th

02/13/2024

12/11/2023

Straight Shear collection. I definitely don’t have a problem.

11/14/2023

Getting ready for a funky time this weekend.

Shuckin’ Awesome Art Market
November 18-19, 2023 (10:00 – 4:00 both days)
Funk Farms Premium Beef (Funk Farms Trust)
5959 N 1100 East Rd, Shirley, IL 61772
(~15 minute drive from Bloomington-Normal, ~1hr from Springfield or Urbana-Champaign)

09/14/2023

Hey folks, mark your calendars for another doggone amaizing event by Artists of the Corn ,Nov 18-19, 10 to 4 both days, at Funk Farms Premium Beef
More details coming soon!
Big thanks to Sarah Simpson Art for creating another fantastic poster

11/20/2022

We are here from 10-4 at the beautiful Funk Farms Premium Beef temp-controlled INDOOR event space! There are so many wonderful handmade goodies to see! And don’t forget to take a little tour down Route 66 to visit our other funky friends while you’re out this way!

11/18/2022

Can you believe it? Here are three more fantastically talented artists that will be joining us this weekend!

Michael Amis, Bloomington, IL
Michael Amis Studio
“Michael received his diploma in Product Design from Kent Institute of Art and Design and continued on to the University of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK, where he earned a BA with Honors in Glass. He came to the United States to enter Joel Myers’ graduate program at Illinois State University and received an MFA in 1998. After graduation he designed and built a hotshop for Kokomo Opalescent Glass, where he worked as a studio director, designer, and gaffer until he opened his own studio in October 2007. He is currently in Bloomington, IL creating functional designs and mixed-media sculpture.”

Kate Kobak, Champaign, IL
Fabrikate
When I lived in New York I had a home furnishings business and made miles and miles of curtains and pillows, blinds, slipcovers and a crazy bespoke Chihuahua canopy bed and fur coat for one of my favorite, very eccentric clients. After moving to Champaign and having two kids I wanted to begin fabrikate again, but in a more colorful way. I had taught Alexander Technique for years and have always thought we carry way too much in our bags and that extra burden of weight affects our bodies and how we feel. I decided to make bags because I could combine my obsession with funky prints and take into consideration how to organize and carry less stuff more efficiently.

Allie Janae, Champaign, IL
Art by Allie Janae
I started stained glass as part of my high school internship at a local art glass shop in 2017, mostly making pieces for the shop’s gallery.
I ended up really loving working with all the different types and colors of glass.

So after finishing my internship I continued creating and developing my stained glass aesthetic into the colorful, fun style it is today.

11/16/2022

Looking forward to the indoor, climate controlled art fair this weekend! Hope to see you there!

THIS WEEKEND! If you're not in the Bloomington IL area I highly recommend a road trip. We've got artists and makers that will make you smile! They're coming from IL, MO, WI, IN. We've got stocking stuffers, hostess gifts, t-giving centerpieces, wall art, couch art, body art.
This art market is SHUCKIN' AWESOME
www.artistsofthecorn com

11/08/2022

We had a great time teaching pumpkin classes this past weekend!

07/14/2022

This weekend I'll be at the Vrooman Mansion with a great bunch of artists!

So much time, so few artists…
Wait, strike that and reverse it.
We are so very rich with incredible local and regional artists, including the incomparable talent of Michael Amis of Michael Amis Studio ! He will bring many gorgeous glass treasures to , hand blown in his E. Grove Street studio.

07/14/2022

Hope to see you there!