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Staton, Amy

Amy’s Wool Applique

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The artisan has been creating wool appliqué for almost 20 years. Baltimore album quilts and other antique quilt motifs provide her with an endless supply of inspiration. She also incorporates antique crewel designs and fraktur motifs into some of her pieces. In addition to her wall hangings, table runners, and throw pillows, she creates penny rugs, a form of folk art which dates to the early to mid-1800s.

She uses both new and recycled wool from clothing and blankets in her creations. But whether new or recycled, it’s always 100% wool. The artisan applies the blanket stitch to secure the appliqué pieces after adhering them with heat activated adhesive. She also employs other embroidery stitches in her pieces.

The artisan has been selected for Early American Life’s Directory of Traditional Crafts for the last five years. For the most part, she sells her work at traditional artisan shows.

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Clark, Altyn

Altyn Clark Stained Glass

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Discover landscapes that come alive through glass!

Each of my stained-glass panels captures a moment in nature – from rolling waves to desert skies. Feel the wind, warmth, and raw emotion in every intricate piece.

Handcrafted with copper foil technique, these aren’t just art, they’re experiences waiting to be hung in your space.

Applicant is an impressionist using glass to capture a landscape’s color, line, motion, and season—inviting you to feel wind in your hair, warmth on your face, water flowing around you, rough hide on your fingertips.

Landscapes may be real or imagined places.

Patrons often exclaim, “I’ve been there! You captured my place!”

The first step is selecting rolled art glass sheets whose texture, pattern, and color invoke land, water, and sky.

Applicant then draws a landscape jigsaw puzzle and cuts each glass piece to fit exactly. He cuts simple lines using traditional hand-held glass scoring tools. Intricate, high-risk lines are cut with a wet ring-saw.

Each piece of cut glass is foiled on the edge using copper tape. The cut and foiled pieces are soldered into place and a copper patina applied to the solder before framing in solid copper.

The making process is an invitation for the artist to flow, fully absorbed in the immediacy of vision, tactile response, and emerging result. .

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Spangler, Donna

Fraktur by Donna Selfridge Spangler

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I became interested in the historic art of Fraktur as a hands-on way to blend two core interests in my life – art and history. The traditional designs of the 1700s are my inspiration.

To help ensure our traditional arts continue, I demonstrate at 18th century events, such as Landis Valley Museum and Fort Loudoun Market Fair. For many years I have been recognized as a Master Artisan by the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen and am listed in the Artisan Directory of Early American Life Magazine.

Fraktur has become, for me, so much more than art and history.

www.pafraktur.com

Kennedy, Selinda

Kennedy Redware Pottery

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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.

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