Meet America’s Top Artists and Craftmakers at Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival

Mac Hillenbrand of Amber Waves of Grain makes contemporary 2D marquetry wood inlay art, often using wood grain to represent oceanic texture for seascapes. Mac also pioneers new methods to create paintings out of wood using tinted resin.

Traditional high-fire stoneware and porcelain vessels with contemporary colors and forms from Anacapa Ceramics.

As an artist, Casey Thomas is inspired by architectural lines and Art Deco details. Aqua Cherry is her line of jewelry that combines laser-cut designs with colorful resin inlays for minimalist, easy-to-wear styles.

Arricci handmade jewelry by maker Catherine Arrigotti, captures the beauty of nature in miniature landscapes by combining metals and natural stones, embellished with granules and nature-inspired elements. Designed and made to bring the beauty of nature to your fingertips.

Glass art by Patrick Kelley of Aurora Creations creates rainbows in a sunny window; natures best colors with real wildflowers.

Be Good Monster is the name of the fun and whimsical illustrations and designs created by artist Matt Wayne, who has been drawing monsters and the like his whole life. Matt makes everything by hand — screen printing T-shirts, cutting and coating shrink film, and even printing and folding each earring card.

Jewerly by Brenda Flanders Jewelry Design is fabricated in gold and silver, incorporating an oceanic palette of luminescent, uniquely cut gemstones.

Brewster Mosaics specialises in mosaic art for the home. Using stained glasses and resin, these pieces are functional, food safe and surprisingly durable for the medium. Works include wildlife wall art, coasters, tables, trays and much more.

Bug Under Glass™ is a collection of biological art combining conservation, natural history and design. Framed insect displays feature eco-friendly natural biological specimens, museum-grade 99% UV-blocking glass, and gallery-quality shadowbox frames. Every piece of art includes natural history information and a biological story about the specimen displayed. Made by the artist in the USA for 20 years.

These clear acrylic displays contain some of the world's most beautiful exotic butterflies. Steven Albaranes of Butterfly Gallery obtains these beautiful exotic butterflies from comercial breeding farms mostly bred in South American Rainforests. On these farms the butterflies mate, lay their eggs and soon, about 2 to 3 weeks, die a natural death and are then sold to museums, schools and a few artists like Steven for the world to see up close. He has been creating butterfly displays since 1990. 

Sylvia Hemby's By the Sea Collection showcases her obsession with the ocean. Taking photographs of flowers inspired her to create the By the Sea Collection where she individually places natural seashells to create a uniquely stunning floral pattern.

Kimberly Repp of Coastside Creations creates small batch, eco-friendly, cold processed soaps, skin and body care. Their non-toxic mission carries over into their luxury home fragrances which includes candles, room diffusers and wax melts.

Marienne Chapman of Curvy Clayworks will be bringing her famous handmade ceramic pumpkins along with her unique functional art pieces covered by intricate slip detail work. The most popular being the Poor Unfortunate Souls Tentacle Mug and Chandelier Dot Vase/Pitcher.

Roberta Dallimonti of Dallimonti Pottery will be selling her gorgeous pumpkin pottery designs, Beautiful as well as functional, each piece is created by Roberta in her Watsonville studio.

Demby | Co offers interior fragrance products that intersect natural with luxury. Their modern minimalist design aesthetic combined with contemporary gender-neutral scents captivates senses and transforms living spaces.

Carolyn Appenzeller of Designs by CBA, specializes in needle felting, the art of sculpting wool with special barbed needles. Stabbing the wool over and over meshes the wool fibers together creating a firm textile object. Combining her love of animals with her sense of whimsy, Carolyn enjoys sculpting figures that will bring a smile to your face.

Katie Nyborg at Embezzled Metals uses her travels and talent to infuse legacy stones with mixed media to create wearable art that will last for years to come. Creating unique one-of-a-kind, one-at-a-time pieces that take you on a journey with nature. 

Erin Vaughan Illustration features a variety of gouache paintings and products inspired by National Parks, native plants and flora, that in turn inspire one to travel and spend time outdoors. Her pieces are a great way to commemorate trips in the great outdoors or gift to someone who has a favorite place where they have traveled.

Fabrefaction Studio offers unique, custom made clothing and costume pieces for men and women with a historic, romantic, and whimsical feel. Elizabeth McComb’s creations are a fusion of historical styles, inspired by Victorian and Medieval time periods and including her own design elements. Each one-of-a-kind garment is hand sewn and constructed using high quality fabrics, recycled materials, and components with limited availability.

An avid beachcomber, Jo Fry of Fierce Siren Studios produces art and jewelry influenced by the sea. She has a passion for sea glass, which she uses in unique ways to add texture to her mixed media paintings.

Granite Mountain Art's one-of-a-kind, nature-inspired wind chimes announce a beautiful breeze on the horizon. These original outdoor art pieces are carefully crafted by Northern California artist Alexandra Magnan.

Hiroshi Morimoto "Mori" of Hummingbird finds unique fabric to sew into beautiful shirts and hats, as well as knitting eye-catching pieces of wearable art.

Intentional Goods will be bringing all their amazing fall scents and some speciality candles to Half Moon Bay. All of their candles are toxic free, soy based and purely luxurious! Handmade in the Bay Area. 

JEEBA Jewelry artist Jason Dayne has been creating jewelry pieces for 40+ years. Inspired by life and travels in Australia, the South Pacific & the California coast. 

Kileen’s Garden Boutique specializes in succulent wall gardens in many shapes and sizes. The perfect addition to your patio and home decor, or a special gift for a plant lover.

Santa Clara-based Malti B Lee is a British Indian artist who paints expressive flowers against vivid abstract backgrounds with line-drawn architectural details, drawing on her experiences living, working and travelling across Europe, Asia and America.

Marea Baja Designs is sea glass art made by artist Betsy Bothell using only real sea glass that she has collected on beaches over the past 22 years and transformed on repurposed wood backgrounds.

Martha’s Special T's Halloween hats and accessories will have you bewitched and ready for a good time.

Bay Area ceramic artist Megan Brown of Megan Brown Ceramics infuses intricate and unique modern design into her handmade stoneware and porcelain tableware, home decor, and jewelry.

Michael Rumsey enjoys working with many different species of lumber in order to handcraft the image-specific art or free-flowing design on his wood surfboards. The majority of Michael’s surfboards are functional, some are pure fantasy, and they never contain any paint or tinted stain.

Michele Ritenour creates quality jewelry pieces with a European flair, whether it be the passion and romance of Spain, the exoticness of Turkey, or the antiquity of Greece. Her unique bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and rings are designed with a mix of metals, leathers, and Swarovski crystals to create an unconventional yet fashionable style at an affordable price.

Miss Maegan’s Bowtique offers quality handmade character inspired hair bows, hair bow holders, bow ties, and jewelry. These accessories are designed to not only complete your character inspired park outfits, but also to add a little bit of magic to your everyday attire.

Moon & Leaf jewelry is crafted by hand with love and an eye for beauty. Bronze, silver, gemstones and vintage findings are combined to create pieces that link elements of nature and spirit to the power of personal expression and self adornment.

My name is William Wat and I am the artist and business owner at Nite Owl Ink. I create conceptual illustrations and use apparel as my canvas. 

Andrea Aguirre at Octopus Studios uses responsibly selected shells from the Half Moon Bay beaches that are upcycled into beautiful decoupaged multipurpose art and Holiday ornaments. Her gorgeous shells make excellent jewelry dishes, salt and pepper bowls, and home decor.

Rencarie is proud to bring you clean-burning tabletop fire pits and/or 100% all-natural recyclable soy candles in various shapes, sizes, and colors. Tabletop fire pits are hand poured from colored marbled cement.

Elizabeth Lewis of Simple Weath is a self-taught metalsmith based in California. Inspired by the natural world, Lizzy uses post-industrial recycled metals and responsibly foraged plants to create wearable works of art.

Streetlight Birds was created by brother/sister team Chris Buzzell and Laurel Johnson to transform the memory of their dad into a working partnership with him through his life's work. His sizable collection of watercolor bird paintings dating back to the early 1960's are reproduced in the form of giclee prints, coasters, ornaments, keychains and much more. Their mission is to continue to participate with him in his passion for birds and anything ornithological by sharing his incredible talent with you.

Terrapin Glass Gardens is a whimsical blend of hand-blown glass and hand-dyed accessories. Inspired functional glass gifts and hand-dyed aprons, tea towels, napkins, and upcycled and new fashion for all.

Tri & Thom Tran of Tran’s Hand Crafted have been in business for 35 years. Their entire collection of purses is individually designed, hand cut and sewn with a single needle that provides a beautiful form of artwork.

The artists at West Coast Vibez ~ Resin Designs create ocean-inspired resin designs on charcuterie boards, serving trays, jewelry dishes and more! Resin's unique medium is intoxicating, and once it's added to wood, metal, glass and other materials, a one-of-a-kind functional art piece is created every time.

Wilfred Obinyan's paintings are inspired by everyday activities, people, places, cultures and identifications. His medium is acrylic on canvas and his subject is always color. The painting displayed above, San Francisco downtown traffic, describes his composition-take of busy downtown San Francisco, using fish as models. Wilfred also enjoy painting pet portraits, houses and cars.

Hilary Williams creates multi-layered, limited edition fine art screen prints. Her themes focus on our California landscapes and its characters.

Chris at Yosemite Flower Farm carves native wood scavenged from the Sierra foothills. His objects are asymmetrical and organic, like they just fell off the tree.

Zeyma Collection is a high quality, handmade tie dye clothing line that is beautiful, vibrant, and different from the usual tie dye clothing found at fairs and shops. Zeyma uses dark color fabric as a base color for their tie dye, creating their unique look.