Mandy Fiedler owner of Italian Plasters Design Studio has been creating custom faux finishes and Italian Plasters for more than six years. Mandy grew up in rural Minnesota. As a young girl, her love for art and painting blossomed. Mandy attended Northland Technical College East Grand Forks and received her diploma in Carpentry. After graduation she and a friend began a trim carpentry business in Kansas City, Missouri.
While working in the high-end residential areas, she developed a passion to pursue her artistic desire to learn the art of faux. After her first class in Atlanta, she had a full-time business in decorative painting waiting for her back in Minnesota. Mandy is in constant motion keeping in time with the changing trends. She trains all around the United States, Canada, and she plans on training in Verona Italy with master applicators!
Mandy's husband Matthew Fiedler has also been trained in the art of Italian plasters and faux finishes. They work side by side when a project calls for more than one artist. If a project calls for several artisans they have the ability to bring in several trained finishers from around the country.
Italian Plasters Design Studio does residential and commercial business around northern Minnesota and the Twin Cities. They have also done business outside of the state. In the summer of 2005, IPDS applied finishes in the new Rydell Auto Mall located in Grand Forks North Dakota.