Stanik, Alex
Alex Stanik Oxylus Designs Wood As a third generation furniture craftsman, woodworking has always been a large part of my life. I learned this art from my dad and grandfather and have always wanted to put [...]
10 08, 2021
26 05, 2021
Witmer, Amy
Witmer Cinnamon Treasures Mixed MediaAmy makes cinnamon-scented beeswax ornaments using antique German chocolate molds, some of which date from Germany in 1884. She currently has one of the largest antique candy mold collections in the country. Cinnamon [...]
26 05, 2021
Niskala, Nurit
Niskala Metal Jewelry Jewelry I’m striving to convey a sense of peace through the melding of many types of materials. I express this aesthetic by using the ancient techniques of sawing, forming, texturing, torching, and shaping the [...]
26 05, 2021
Linthicum, Lori
Linthicum Hearts Desire Pottery ClayAs a gardener comfortable in the dirt, I find satisfaction using that same type of medium, clay, to try and replicate Nature’s art.Porcelain allows me to create a three dimensional, tactile effect as I [...]
26 05, 2021
Hart, Ian
Hart Vigilance Forge Metal Since I was young I have always built things, anything I could get my hands on. The trouble was, many of the materials and tools that I had at my disposal broke easily [...]
26 05, 2021
de Neve, Hanneke
deNeve Exploration Fiber/Textiles My fiber collages are like paintings in fabric. I work mostly by hand, it is time consuming. The work is very detailed. I use many different types of fabrics.. Fabric paint applied for more [...]
10 09, 2020
Landis, John
John Landis John Landis Cabinetworks Furniture Trained as an architect at the University of Virginia, John turned his attention to furniture building after becoming dissatisfied with the "hands-off" profession of architecture. John served a year-long apprenticeship [...]
10 09, 2020
Kennedy, Selinda
Selinda Kennedy Kennedy Redware Pottery Clay I am a historic redware potter since 1986. I employ historic folk art on slab technique redware pottery. I use mason stain and slip and underglazes. kennedyredwarepottery.com [...]
10 09, 2020
Kauffman, Justin
Justin Kauffman Kauffman Fine Furniture Furniture The zenith of furniture design and style in America was the last half of the mid-18th century and early 19th century. The designs of that period were based on Greco-Roman [...]
7 09, 2020
Foster, Jackson
Jackson Foster Jackson Foster Historic Signs Wood With a passion for and background in art, graphic design, typography, woodworking, and history, I am now entering my third full year in crafting handmade 18th and 19th century [...]
7 09, 2020
Cantilo, Icka
Icka Cantilo Square of the Bone Jewelry Handcrafted jewlry for the curious at heart. squareofthebone.com
7 09, 2020
Aylward, Michael
Michael Aylward Aldie Glassworks Glass The portfolio consists of large stained glass windows, utilizing traditional technique and craftsmanship. Each window is designed from colorful and vibrant portraits, using art glass as medium. Detailed borders frame and [...]
1 09, 2019
Yang, Zeicheng Mary
Zeicheng Mary Yang Mary's Designs Jewelry One-of-a-kind enamel cloisonné jewelry handcrafted by Mary with 24k gold wire and enamels, fired at 1500°F, set in 14k yellow gold with precious stones. She has developed her own techniques for better [...]
1 09, 2019
Savely, Clay
Clay Savely Tree of Life Potters Clay Functional hand-built stoneware ceramics comprised of complex impressions of Appalachian ferns, leaves, flowers and tree bark inlaid in mandalas and landscape themes and then fossilized into the clay with [...]
1 09, 2019
Pittman, Benjamin
Benjamin Pittman Ben Pittman Knives Metal All knives are 100% handmade from start to finish with great care taken to create the best possible piece. While the cutlery may be considered a work of art, they [...]
1 09, 2019
Supraner, Scott & Vicki
Scott & Vicki Supraner Hawksbill Pottery Clay We create a unique collection of handcrafted stoneware. Each piece is embossed with original designs and hand painted with lead-free glaze. All pieces are ovenproof, dishwasher and microwave safe. Some [...]
1 09, 2019
Winegar, Linda & Jim
Linda & Jim Winegar Winegar Pottery Clay The majority of our functional and decorative stoneware pottery is created on the potter's wheel. Many pieces are enhanced with hand-embossed or carved patterns, hand-formed leaves and acorns, and [...]
21 08, 2018
Rochford, Grace
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. [...]
21 08, 2018
Lanham, Jared
Jared Lanham Refiners Forge Metal I am a blacksmith that focuses on using traditional techniques to shape and join metal. I enjoy making tools, hardware, functional decorative items, and designing one of a kind commissioned pieces. [...]
21 08, 2018
Kriebel, Donna & Ted
Donna & Ted Kriebel Mixed Media Original folk art 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 [...]
16 08, 2017
Combs. Michael
Michael Combs My bowls are hand hewn from a single piece of Midwestern hardwood using a traditional bowl adze. They are finished with a food safe mineral oil/beeswax mixture. Award: 2019 Waterford Fair Artisan of the Year [...]
16 08, 2017
Wagaman-Donough, Barbara
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 [...]
16 08, 2017
Kara, John & Carol
John & Carol Kara We work in an individual studio where we 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 [...]
18 07, 2017
Darr, Richard
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 [...]
18 07, 2017
Reuling, Ginger
Ginger Reuling & Clark Hansberger 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 [...]
18 07, 2017
Wolf, Susan
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 [...]
12 06, 2017
Armistead, Jeff, Annie & Ben
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 [...]
12 06, 2017
Grabman, Marie-Helene
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 [...]
12 06, 2017
Gladfelter, Kimberly
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 [...]
11 06, 2017
DeWitt, Robert & Dominique
Robert L DeWitt Jr and Dominique Vallon Wood Handcarved wooden cooking utensils and dining accessories Custom made Furniture dewittwoodworking.net Waterford Landmark Artisan
11 06, 2017
Dabbs, Laurel
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 [...]
10 06, 2017
Bognar, Tom & Carole
Tom & Carole Bognar Callaway Colonials 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 [...]
10 06, 2017
Johnson, Michael & Nanette
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 [...]
10 06, 2017
Shriver, Alison
Alison Shriver Paper 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, I [...]
10 06, 2017
Carr, Harriet
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
10 06, 2017
Hollick, Michele
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 [...]
10 06, 2017
McKellar, Judith
Judith McKellar Waterford Landmark Artisan Mixed Media 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 [...]
10 06, 2017
Jeffords, Barbara
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 [...]
9 06, 2017
Proctor, Jeanne
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 [...]
9 06, 2017
Hawkins, Tacy
Tacy Hawkins Fiber/Textiles 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 [...]
9 06, 2017
Waterford Quilters
Waterford Quilters Waterford Landmark Artisan The Waterford Quilters Guild of Waterford, VA creates an original quilt to be raffled off each year at the Waterford Fair. The quilt is hand or machine pieced by the members of [...]
9 06, 2017
Hazelton, Carolyn
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 [...]
9 06, 2017
Gibbs, Nancy
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 [...]
9 06, 2017
Robinson, Gary
Gary Robinson Waterford Landmark Artisan Handmade brooms are constructed of broomcorn and sapling handles or hand-shaped wooden handles. Various sizes of domestic brushes, including kitchen and clothing brushes, are made using only broomcorn and twine. The history [...]
9 06, 2017
Mihills, Cheryl
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, [...]
9 06, 2017
Lindamood, Lodema
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 [...]
9 06, 2017
Durnell, Andrea
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 needle [...]
9 06, 2017
Ratcliffe, Kathie
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 [...]
9 06, 2017
Withnell, Susan
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, while [...]
7 06, 2017
Stanik, Michael
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 [...]
5 06, 2017
Van Hart, Linda
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 [...]
5 06, 2017
Ray, Don, Edith Ann & Dennis
Dennis, Don and Edith Ann Ray Jewelry Dennis continues the family's tradition of creating natural botanical wearable art through a unique copper electroforming technique. Dennis says "My art has been my sole vocation and my passion. Every year, I [...]
5 06, 2017
May, Christie
Christie May Deneaux Design Jewelry My jewelry is created by hand weaving 14 karat rolled gold wire, and occasionally other noble metals. My focus is pre-Columbian techniques using simple tools such as wire cutters and pliers, [...]
5 06, 2017
Stribling, Candace
Candace Stribling Candace Stribling Jewelry Jewelry I design and make contemporary sterling silver jewelry using traditional metalsmithing techniques and tools such as hammers, anvils, mandrels, and torches. I am inspired by science, architecture and nature which [...]
5 06, 2017
Piazza, Anne
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 [...]
5 06, 2017
Steinhagen, Erich
Erich & Janice 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 [...]
5 06, 2017
Rohrbaugh, Judy
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 [...]
5 06, 2017
Maureen Mills & Steven Zoldak
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 [...]
5 06, 2017
Eugene, Winton and Rosa
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 [...]
3 06, 2017
Wychock, Karen
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 [...]