“The artist is a person that makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful.”
The Idea
Nobody is too old to create, imagine, or grow! Sometimes we just need a little inspiration. The Professional Bohemians aim to inspire and move people to reconnect with their positive, creative and whimsical selves. Through our quality lines of unique sculptures, quirky designs, and whimsical creations, we allow people to engage playfully with life and connect with others! In our hearts we believe everybody is creative and has something wonderfully different to share with the world!
Style & Quality
All of our pieces are original designs, made to delight and perpetuate beauty. We aspire to always learn and apply better techniques and to keep our standards ever rising. We use the highest quality materials on the market and, though now some of our designs are fragile and not as indestructible as our toys, we do our best to deliver value. We hope to motivate, inspire, and encourage you to engage with life in a creative and positive way!
Designed by Us
We lovingly sketch, sculpt, and bring to life all of our designs. Due to our unique minds we struggle with consistency and have curated a small line of printed offerings to provide a more sustainable business model for our precious, handmade items. We are collaborative with other creative small businesses and hire artists and artisans when we need help with process or advice. We were proud that we were involved in every facet of our business but realized that was not supporting our families. We try to source our materials from the United States as much as we possibly can. We strive to treat each and every customer as though they are our only focus.
And a Bit About Us, The Professional Bohemians
The Professional Bohemians began as a collaboration between myself (Eppie Cataldo Bailey) and my (also artist) sister in law, Julie Barrett Cataldo. We began, in 2001, by creating and designing art work, offering workshops and lessons, and facilitating community art pieces. In 2012 I moved to Nashville to learn to focus and market our business. Together Julie and I learned the basics and thought that offering a consistent product to market would be the best approach.
Jump ahead many years and we now have multiple product lines of beautifully crafted artwork, jewelry, and creature designs for individuals, film, photography, therapy or product collection. Julie and I still stay closely connected but Julie has created a well curated body of art suited to fine art galleries and needs to stay focused on that at the moment. I am hopeful that I will also branch out into gallery showings and work that attracts collectors.
I am joined by another sister, Tiffany Cataldo, who has a vast knowledge of materials and sculpture, and by my husband and children. We hope to develop this world of creativity and imagination that Julie and I had started into something bigger. I LOVE this work and this business and I am grateful to everybody that has supported us!!! I hope you enjoy stepping into our world!