Beauty By Hand
Organized under the spirit of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, "California Rising: Beauty By Hand" is an inaugural show at the Palos Verdes Art Center, featuring thirty-three Californian craftspeople selling their work both Saturday and Sunday, August 22 – 23, 2026. We celebrate how handmade craft deepens our human roots and connects us on a fundamental level.
Reimagine Craft. California's Finest.
Palos Verdes Art Center
Photograph by David Fairchild
Taste a Small Preview...
Joan Takayama-Ogawa
CERAMICS
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Regina Vorgang
FIBER ART
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Leslie Rosdol
CERAMICS
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Celebrating Californian Craft
Inspired By Handwork 2026
Organized With The Artist In Mind
Joan Takayama-Ogawa is a third generation Japanese American who creates trompe l'oeil clay replicas of food and flora.
Regina Vorgang takes her background in traditional art and professional graphics design in this new stage of her life, weaving one-of-a-kind rugs and table runners.
Leslie Rosdol's charming and quixotic ceramicware reflects a reverence of nature and a bawdy sense of humor that brings together a sweet tension.
Randy Stromsoe
METALS
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Elaine Hyde
GLASS
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Da Aie Park
PAPER/SCULPTURE
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Randy Stromsoe is a master silversmith, having trained under Porter Blanchard. His sensuous forms come from a lifetime of experience.
Elaine Hyde is a master glassworker who uses fused dichroic glass to bring an iridescent shimmer to her graceful vessels.
Da Aie Park creates her art through the medium of hanji, a Korean mulberry fiber paper that is easily dyed. Her wall pieces turn the hanji into a canvas for color, shadow, and movement. She also creates inimitable bird sculptures with wire mesh.
About Us
When Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 began in November of last year, it kicked off exhibitions and events at over three hundred museums, art centers, and community organizations across the United States.
Handwork 2026 celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the United States by presenting a history of how our hands helped build this country.
"Beauty By Hand" was organized by a small committee of Southern Californians inspired by Handwork 2026's mission.
Adrian Sandstrom
CERAMICS
Alex & Mona Szabados
JEWELRY
Purchase Work on Saturday and Sunday from California's finest craftspeople
Passionate about each and every detail
Bringing years to decades of experience in their trade
Informed, Imaginative, Evocative
Support American Craft