08/26/2026
We’re back with three more artist spotlights! Today, Tree Lady Art & Apparel, Scrap Art Crone, and Pretty As A Peach. Swipe to learn about these incredible artists, and come see them at the Glass Pumpkin Festival September 18-20!
🎃TREE LADY ART & APPAREL:🎃
Tree Lady Art & Apparel features silkscreen prints, tree t-shirts, handbags and hats by Michelle Ishida. Her silkscreens are made by drawing the design and making a screen of the image. The screens are made by exposing the image on a light table and then rinsing out the negative space. This allows for the ink to pass through only the rinsed out part of the screen onto the fabric or paper.
Why Trees? Michelle began drawing trees during a life drawing class while getting her Bachelor of Fine Arts at The Ohio State University. The students were using tree limbs to practice drawing the perspective of human limbs and she became captivated by the graceful lines and shapes of trees. Michelle has always been inspired by the beauty of nature and photographs trees whenever she is hiking or traveling. Each year she donates a portion of her profits to The National Arbor Day Foundation in support of their mission to plant more trees.
🎃SCRAP ART CRONE:🎃
As I live through the second half of my life I am learning the beauty of second chances, of the natural world, and simple pleasures. My creations embody these concepts by using salvaged materials, found objects, repurposed treasures, the reimagining of space, and representations of Earth, Water, Fire, and Sky through which Spirit channels.
I use things I find while wandering - stones, fossils, crystals, nests, seed pods, feathers, moss, sticks, driftwood, bones, and items I salvage, such as embroidery hoops, jewelry remnants, vintage chandelier crystals, scrap metal. Almost everything I create is one of a kind and contains beautiful imperfections, as we all do.
Ronna Russell
Scrap Art Crone
“Art is when you listen to the universe. Magic is when the universe listens to you.”
🎃PRETTY AS A PEACH:🎃
I’m Renee, a jewelry artist from Athens County, Ohio, creating handcrafted polymer clay pieces one detail, one petal, and one pair at a time.
My journey into jewelry making began during a deeply personal chapter of my life. After experiencing hair loss from COVID, I was searching for a way to feel feminine—and like me—again. As my hair began to grow back, I reached that awkward in-between stage: long enough that I no longer needed wigs, but not quite long enough to feel like myself yet.
So, I made myself a pair of earrings.
That small act of creativity and self-love sparked something much bigger. Jewelry making became a place for me to create, heal, and rediscover pieces of myself. What started with one pair has grown into a small business rooted in creativity, resilience, joy, and heart.
Today, every piece is handcrafted by me in Athens County, often inspired by flowers, nature, and color. Many of my floral designs are created one tiny petal at a time and take hours to make.
More than anything, I hope when someone wears something I’ve created, they feel beautiful, confident, and a little more themselves.
Because sometimes, something beautiful really can grow from the hardest chapters. 💗