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  • Preston Harris

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    HMC Choppers

    These chopper bikes were made by Preston Harris, 22, of Mena, Arkansas. He is legally blind.

    The bikes are unique, custom styles, featuring movable wheels, steering and folding kickstands. Feel free to look, touch and explore.

    How They Are Made and the Inspiration Behind It

    These bikes were made from a variety of different clays, toothpicks, cardboard, tinfoil tape, wires; craft gem stones, straws, and both liquid and solid electrical tape. Most of the attachments were made simply just by using tin foil tape. There was actually a very small usage of modeling glue used in the entire process.

    What led me to making such nice bikes was that they had all kinds of unique paint jobs and styles similar to fancy cars and they were also just as cool too. They also bring back a lot of early childhood memories of when I saw my Grandpa and his body shop showroom full of cool mini choppers, go karts, trikes, ATVs and other rides that he had. It’s also easier for me to have and enjoy bikes more than cars because; although I can’t drive a car I can still enjoy driving really cool bicycles.

    Another thing that led me to making these bikes was my dad. He was the one who originally got me into doing models. We would also go for drives and listen to great music in his nice cars that he had too. I started out doing model cars for a while. Then when I became skilled enough after a while, I started making my own custom bike models.

  • Robert C Mallory

    6 photos

    Maker of wearable jewelry art and more. I am a Silversmith, Goldsmith, and a carver of all mediums, I do Custom Design work With my impeccable standards , each piece of jewelry and folk art is created entirely by my own hand. My studio is located in the high Ouachita Mountains. You are always welcome to view my wares and a visit to my work studio. You can order all Mallory Originals on line. From the valley of the Kings a true artisan was born, and with the skill of the hands passed down through their lineage. And with that power I have created and charged my work of wearable art with that Magic. A hand branded MALLORY ORIGINAL handcrafted in the Americas

  • Jane Brace

    6 photos

    Jane has been making her pine needle creations since 2002 when she moved to her home in the Ouachita Mountain area. Taking simple pine needles from nature and making something beautiful and useful is what keeps her making these one-of-a-kind vessels that cannot be mass produced.

    In the Native American art of pine needle basket weaving, she seeks out contemporary shapes in an attempt to further advance this very old art form.

    Needles are hand picked, cleaned, coiled, woven, and carefully coaxed into shapes that are often functional and pleasing in design.