Grace Rochford Waterford Landmark Artisan I have always been interested in history and early American crafts. Through this interest, I became acquainted with the historical American floorcloths. I enjoy demonstrating and educating the public about this craft. [...]
Donna & Ted Kriebel Mixed Media Original paintings are done on gessoed board using acrylics. A series of glazes seal the paintings and a shrink coat is applied to create cracks (the aged appearance). Oils are rubbed [...]
Jeffrey Gale Waterford Landmark Artisan I am a full time Traditional Basket Maker, living in an old farmhouse in New England. I have been a Traditional Basket Maker for over 35 years. My baskets are made by [...]
Barbara Wagaman-Donough Waterford Landmark Artisan Barb Wagaman-Donough and Bob Donough design and create wooden game boards in Lancaster Co. Pa. Ridge Hollow Game Boards began in 1986, due to both an interest in playing game boards and [...]
Steve Hazlett Waterford Landmark Artisan Weathervanes, whirligigs and trade signs are as varied as the subject matter they represent. One hundred plus year old heart pine salvaged from out buildings and barns built during the 19th century [...]
John & Carol Kara I work in an individual studio where I use hardwoods and laminations of hardwoods to make the items. The baskets are a spiral cut,burls are bevel cuts, and shapes are individual bevel cut done [...]
Stan and Sue Jennings Waterford Landmark Artisan We begin with logs, mill them to specific thicknesses, air dry it then bring it to our shop to begin the creation process. We use only WV hardwoods, cherry, maple [...]
The Parsonage Waterford Landmark Artisan Mixed Media At The Parsonage Handmade Soaps, our goals are: 1. To strive for excellence in the soap making process 2. To make objects that enhance the life of the user [...]
Ginger Reuling Handmade of wood, each birdhouse is painted in a variety of colors ,using long lasting exterior finishes. Solid brass hardware is used, both for the "clean out" door and the hanging hooks. Each is adorned and [...]
Susan Wolf Mixed Media My love for gourd art stems from my horticultural interests coupled with my desire to produce a functional as well as decorative product. To briefly describe my work, I pencil a design onto [...]
Bunny Switzenberg Waterford Landmark Artisan Bunny and John Switzenberg of Lancaster, Pa. are beekeepers and crafters. They make cinnamon-scented beeswax ornaments using antique German chocolate molds, some of which John's great-grandfather brought with him when he emigrated [...]
Andy Smith Waterford Landmark Artisan I am a full-time watercolor artist for 36 years. I love painting antiques and the 1800's time period and find my subjects by traveling and sightseeing at may historic areas. I love [...]
Jeff, Annie & Ben Armistead Waterford Landmark Artisan Local Virginia hardwood trees are the heart of our business. We mill slabs ourselves with our sawmill, using a five foot ripping chain, cutting so that [...]
Marie-Helene Grabman Waterford Landmark Artisan All papercut work is freehand cut from a single piece of paper with surgical scissors in the Swiss-German artistic tradition but with American themes. Some work embellished with acrylic to add color [...]
Kimberly Gladfelter Waterford Landmark Artisan I create whimsical, one-of-a-kind gourd folk art. I study the shape of a gourd to determine what it wants to be...no two are alike. Each piece is individually hand-painted with acrylics giving [...]
Robert L DeWitt Jr and Dominique Vallon Waterford Landmark Artisan Wood Handcarved wooden cooking utensils and dining accessories Custom made Furniture dewittwoodworking.net
Mo & Kelly Dallas Wood Mo and Kelly Dallas have been creating Hand Carved wooden Noah's Arks, Angels & other folk art in our home studio in rural Ohio for over 20 years. All of our product [...]
Laurel Dabbs Waterford Landmark Artisan Crudely fashioned or exquisitely detailed, decoys provided a means of luring migratory waterfowl close enough to be an important staple in the diet of the Colonists, whose early years were harsh before [...]
Mary Stanley Mixed Media Everlasting flowers and foliages become enchanting wreaths and arrangements- a gathering of Summer's Bounty. Like walking in the garden on a golden August day. Flowers grown and gathered from my own garden ensure [...]
Tom & Carol Bognar Mixed Media Having an interest in history and art, we have combined both to create decorative & utilitarian items from gourds-Folk Art Gourd Pottery. Throughout history there are many references to gourds. As [...]
Michael Johnson Wood Working with a wide variety of Southern hardwoods, I create a wide assortment of both hip high and tall walking sticks. Each is unique, as the wood reveals its qualities to me. The characteristics [...]
Alison Shriver Mixed Media After earning a BFA in Graphic Design/Photography at MICA, I worked in TV Graphics & Ad agencies in Balto.MD, Los Angeles, CA & London, England. Inspired by a collection of early family silhouettes, [...]
Marianne Weitzel Mixed Media Renaissance Lavender is a local lavender farm growing over 50 kinds of lavender. I sell plants, dried lavender bunches, wreaths, aromatherapy products; butters, balms and lotions; oils for skin and hair; natural deodorant, [...]
Harriet Carr Paper Harriet Carr and family of Original Scherenschnitte will cut freehand the art of cutting "paper lace" with scissors in miniature. papercuttingsbycarr.com Waterford Landmark Artisan
Michele Hollick Fiber/Textiles I have been making floorcloths for over thirty years. For many years I was one of the judges and later the chairperson for SALI (Stencil Artisan League, now IDAL) and their certification process. We [...]
Judy Vaillancourt Mixed Media Since 1984, Judi Vaillancourt has been inspired by Victorian era Chalkware and adapted the medium into her own contemporary fine art. Today, Judi uses her collection of 3,000+ antique confectionary moulds to create [...]
Judith McKellar Waterford Landmark Artisan The English craft of pargework was brought to America with the colonists. It was popularized by the Adams brothers whose interior decorative plasterwork graced the elegant colonial homes .My work recreates this [...]
Barbara Jeffords Mixed Media Art has been a part of my life since I was a child watching my father paint. He instilled a love of the beauty of nature and the simple things in life that [...]
Candy & Dave Barnes Waterford Landmark Artisan We use traditional tools to weave rattan over handmade molds to create our Nantucket baskets. Various American hardwoods as well as exotics are used for handles, bases & lids and [...]
Jeanne Proctor Jeanne Proctor Quilts Fiber/Textiles I think of quilts as paintings made of fabric. The technique of quilting layers of fabric to produce bedding, clothing, and even armor can be traced back centuries. I am [...]
Tacy Hawkins I am a hand spinner, weaver, knitter, and crocheter and I like to experiment with felting and other textile related work. I prefer to use natural fibers, but find it sometimes necessary to include man-made fibers. [...]
Carolyn Hazelton Fiber/Textiles My hooked rugs are all my own original designs. Inspirations come from antique quilts, tole trays, weather vanes, photos, geometric patterns and creative imagining. All rugs are hooked on new linen. hookedbylynn.com [...]
Nancy Gibbs Fiber/Textiles The inspiration for all of my work comes from 19th c. examples, designs and motifs and are original adaptations of period styles. Figurative work (dolls, bears, Santas) are created from cloth and clay with [...]
Cheryl Mihills Waterford Landmark Artisan I create original pictures using a miniature needle and a single strand of cotton thread producing a series of approximately 1200 loops and stitches per square inch. My technique creates intense detail, [...]
Lodema Lindamood Fiber/Textiles Handmade, one at a time Carpetbags made in Woodstock Va. Made from upholstery fabric, with leather rope handles, fabric straps and brass or antique brass locking mechanisms. Wooden bottoms with brass stud feet. Inside [...]
Andrea Durnell Waterford Landmark Artisan I am a mixed media artist working in natural fiber, wood, repurposed antique or vintage fabrics, leather, and clay. I use antique, wooden hat molds to create wet and [...]
Kathie Ratcliffe Waterford Landmark Artisan I create miniature quilts inspired by 19th c. quilts. Using the most effective elements in the design and color of 1800s. pieces, I stitch intricate miniatures adding my contemporary interpretation. Each is [...]
Susan Withnell Waterford Landmark Artisan I am passionate about fiber arts and particularly enjoy spinning yarns from animals that I have bred, delivered, raised and cared for. Weaving allows my creative needs to explore color and texture, [...]
Maureen Lavorgne Fiber/Textiles All my work is created from wire and wool. I start with a self made wire armature that I then wrap with wool roving. I then use wool that I have dyed myself and [...]
Michael Stanik Furniture I am a second generation woodworker, and learned most of my skills by working with my father. I have worked with my hands, building furniture most of my life. It is my passion to [...]
Linda Van Hart Jewelry This sculptor focuses on undulating and textural surfaces. Asymmetry and kinetic features lend surprising grace to the larger scale of this narrative work: each piece develops as a tribute to a hero, a [...]
Don and Edith Ann Ray Jewelry I create natural botanical wearable art through a unique copper electroforming technique, a method I originally developed as a high school science project and have since continually enhanced. My art has [...]
Anne Piazza Clay A Contemporary Adaptation of a Traditional Craft Each porcelain ornament or egg features colorful raised detail, providing both visual and textural elements. I strive to convey an emotion with every piece, the response being [...]
Erich Steinhagen Waterford Landmark Artisan We create redware pottery informed by the traditions of the 18th century in Great Britain and the American colonies. Using traditional wheel-throwing techniques mastered over the course of four decades of working [...]
Judy Rohrbaugh Clay Combination of clay and pine needle basketry. The basketry is done using a coiling technique with long leaf pine needles, that I gather from the forest floor in the southeastern United States. Needles range [...]
Gary Shaffer Clay Fine craft must begin with a solid command of the use of materials and processes, then combine with the artist's creativity. The very first time I sat down at a potter's wheel I felt [...]
Mike Baum Waterford Landmark Artisan We make functional and decorative stoneware pots that are fired in a gas-reduction kiln. By combining aesthetics and utility, our pots are both useful and attractive. Our apprenticeship with potters in England plus [...]
Maureen Mills & Steven Zoldak Clay Bridging Old World traditions with a contemporary sensibility these functional and decorative forms have an elegant calligraphic style that is unique. From stately urns to serving platters, the inspirations come from [...]
Winton and Rosa Eugene Clay Since 1986, we have successfully developed a unique line of functional and decorative stoneware. We maintain a working pottery studio and enjoy a successful retail, mail order, and commission business. Techniques: PIeces [...]
Karen Wychock Basketry Working over wooden molds, in the method of the Shakers, my baskets are traditional in shape and materials. I weave both Shaker reproductions in ash and traditional, utilitarian baskets of reed. Native hardwoods such [...]
