Design of utilitarian objects is always of interest me.

It may be because I am naturally left handed, I was encouraged to try writing with my right in first grade, which came to me easily. So now, I write with my right and draw with my left. No psychological harm was done I believe, but that’s for you to judge. I realize how tough life can be at times for lefties. Ladels with indent for pouring on wrong side, putting in a screw by hand, bicycle stand mounted on wrong side of bike, guitar tuning or learning to knit, just to name few.

In December 2019, my daughter Klara (industrial design/ klaravarosy.com) and I decided to host a Holiday market in our gallery.

We were imagining the ambiance of Germany at Christmas time, or Hungary, where the season of the holidays is enhanced with markets offering gifts, food and drinks under lights strung together to make all magical.

We started small with 8 vendors of original crafts among our art.

We seemed to fill a niche and grew in the last couple of years, despite Covid, to an event with 18 vendors, inside and out, offering crafts, food and mulled wine under the lights.

For the market, we usually design something specific and functional, like candlesticks, spindlesticks, made of old porch spindles, bobèches or candle rings, clay fired and hand painted or Christmas tree decorations made of clay and felted wool. Last year, I sewed and hand painted 20 dishcloths, to be used, or draped over the oven door for fun.

The first Saturday in December is slowly becoming a tradition which gives me back some cherished memories of my youth, where all was made, not bought, to celebrate Saint Nicholas Eve on the 5th of December. Saint Nick evolved into our jolly Santa.

On this page you can view some of my and in some instances our applied art and design examples of the recent past.

Included in this section are images of my designed and hand hooked rugs.