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Mike Ruta
- Chicago, Il
- United States
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- Where do you live ? City, State and Country
- Chicago, IL USA
- Place of Work ? Example: Studio, College, Gallery, Museum, ...)
- Home and Uprise
- I am a .... Example: Student, Maker, Educator, etc.
- At home I make things, mostly jewelry but pretty much whatever I feel like really.
At Uprise I'm a designer/manager/board gripper/barista/people helper. It's my brothers skateboard shop. Working there gives me the freedom to pick my own hours, meet new people, be around people I already know, help people out, be in the scene of people I relate with.
- Your website, DIRECT flickr or DIRECT facebook links where your work can be seen.
- http://www.michaelruta.com
- Describe your media/materials you work with
- jewelry, metals, mixed media
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Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 9:57pm on April 4, 2011,
Melissa Walter said… how did you know? and yes it is klocke.
- At 9:25am on January 27, 2010,
Brigitte Martin said… - Thank you very much for your membership payment and support of crafthaus. Your membership is valid through Feb 15, 2012.
Enjoy crafthaus !
- At 11:49am on July 19, 2008, Brigitte Martin said…
- Mike:
If you ever came to Pittsburgh, the quintessential "Steel Town", I would be happy to show you all the places where you could go on a "salvaging tour". You would jump with joy :-).
Have a great day,
Brigitte
- At 7:55am on July 14, 2008, Brigitte Martin said…
- Dear Mike:
Welcome to crafthaus ! I am very glad you joined us and I see that you already uploaded some images of your jewelry to the site. Quick work :-). There was one photo of you and your friends that I took the liberty of removing this morning. The way the site is set up, this photo showed up in the main slideshow among the photos of your and the other member's artwork and I felt that it was out of place in that lineup. You can, of course, show the image on your personal webpage if you want, but please be sure to upload it outside of the general PHOTO link so that this situation isn't duplicated. Thank you for your understanding.
At the moment, there is a surge in activity on the site, and I am glad you already put images of your work on the site. A lot of people will be getting to see your pieces these days.
Also, please feel free to add your comments to the discussion topics that are already posted. Of course, if there is something else you'd much rather talk about, please add that to the site so that the rest of us can chime in.
I really hope you will enjoy being with this network and find the exchanges interesting and fun. The more you put into it, the more you will get out of it, for sure.
If there are ever any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to email me anytime. I will do my best to be of help.
Again: Welcome !
Brigitte Martin
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