This Marketplace Collection, Creature Comforts, is an eclectic selection of works by artists and makers that impart an enveloping feeling of warmth, ease and tradition as the temperature drops.

This week’s collection, “New Faces”, introduces a marvelous group of artists who have joined us in just the last month. Take a look – some you may recognize, and others are brand new to Paradise City. You’ll discover amazing work by jewelers, fiber artists, metalsmiths and more!

When it comes from the hands of an artist, a simple container can surprise you. In the special collection Hold Everything! you’re sure to find creative solutions to the age-old issue of keeping and storing precious possessions and everyday items. There is a special sense of mystery in objects with lids or furniture with hidden compartments.

Paradise City’s artists bring their animal dreams into 21st Century art and design. Using the materials at their fingertips – clay, glass, wood, metal, oil paints, cameras, printing presses, fiber, gemstones, found objects and more – they delight us with their interpretations of wild and domesticated creatures, birds, insects, fish and reptiles.

Artists have always seen lots of creative possibilities in found objects and recycled materials. Using items as diverse as plastic or glass containers, discarded metal, reclaimed wood, used paper products, cast-off fabrics, bottle caps, tag sale jewelry and cracked pottery, a marvelous alchemy can be achieved as familiar substances transform into something unexpected.