Welcome to our first Michigan Made Monday blog post series! Every Monday we will be highlighting a different Michigan based artisan, crafter, farmer or farm-to-table restaurant. We will begin our series focusing on the many talented folks found in the Upper Peninsula and then expand beyond the bridge.
Our first Michigan Made Monday featured artist is the talented sculptor Ritch Branstrom of Rapid River. Ritch's work combines found objects and materials into quirky, imaginative creations.
A few years ago, Ritch entered the international art competition called Artprize in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His huge 12' tall dog Rusty was a hit at the show and earned him 5th place out of 1,582 entries! This year, Ritch heads downstate to Artprize again with another creation and we can't wait to see what he's fabricated this time.
For more on Ritch Branstrom and his amazing found object art, please visit his website or follow him on Facebook.
This pendant surpassed my expectations. Nina did an outstanding job creating and crafting this beautiful piece. The mushrooms, snail, star moss and gorgeous turquoise make this pendant incredible. I absolutely love it.
I love my mushroom earrings! They are the birthday gift that I wear almost everyday.
I love, love, love my wedding ring. They also resized it for free even though I needed to send it in slightly after the 30 day window. Their customer service was also great and communicative. Wonderful experience.
Honestly it's like Nina looked into my soul for this one. The bracelet is beautiful, adaptable to different sized wrists, and subtle. The detail in each charm is excellent, and they're small enough you can wear it year-round without someone telling you what month it is like you can't love Halloween outside of October.
Perfect for the minimalist. Smells great. Takes a minute to break in. Fits in small pockets with my small phone, too. Made wonderfully.
My wife picked out the ring while on vacation in Marquette area. Had it “put aside” while she thought about how bad she wanted it. Gonna surprise her on Sweetest Day—
Every thing is great so far-I’ll let you know the outcome...
All of your jewelry is beautiful. Nice to have a piece of home
Everything about it is wonderful
Beautiful picture