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 [...]
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
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. [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
