Working with clay is a way of life. John Hunter has been potting for 53 years and resided in Windhoek, Namibia until August 2021. He now lives in Denver, PA in Lancaster County. The Hunter’s have been working in Windhoek for 24 years training teachers and in 2005 established a primary school in the township […]
Seth’s jewelry and sculpture career began in his Father’s stained glass studio where he fashioned jewelry and art pieces from scraps of discarded glass. It was also during this period of time that he began to experiment with metalsmithing. After attending the Savannah College of Art and Design’s BFA program in metals and jewelry I
I am a full-time wood carver from Carlisle Pa. specializing in caricature carving. Always enjoying the humorous side of life, I found Caricature Carving allows me to express this and feel there is no better praise than to see people smiling and watching their expressions while looking at my carvings. In 2015, I was inducted
My experience derives from working in jewelry design and production for over 30 years. The jewelry pieces involve constructed forms in mixed metals primarily titanium, assembled in layers, and cold connected with rivets to give the finished piece a three-dimensional effect. Inspiration draws from nature and technological objects. I travel extensively throughout the United States
Ali M Williams is an artist from the Philadelphia area with a BFA from Moore College of Art and Design. She has exhibited her work and murals internationally. Ali is interested in how visually altering a space with public art affects the surrounding environment.  Her murals invite you inside a collaged, fabricated dreamscape of paint,
Born into a family of artists, creativity was ingrained in Hattie from a very young age as she explored her creativity through several different artistic disciplines. As a young child Hattie began her intensive training in ballet. At the age of 14, she was accepted into the prestigious School of American Ballet, Juilliard School, NYC.Â
Susan has been a hand weaver for many years, as well as a weaving instructor for over 25 years. She began her textile studies at The Mannings Hand Weaving School, in East Berlin, PA, as well as at an art school in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She worked as a Textile Educator at Landis
Elizabeth Tokoly is a graduate from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She is the founder of EatMetal Art Jewelry Gallery and Metals Studio. Her work exhibits nationally and can be found at events such as One of a Kind Chicago, Craft NY, New York NOW, and Peter’s Valley Fine Art Market.  Elizabeth is an educator at 92nd St Y, Visual Arts
Inspired by the natural world around her, the work of Pennsylvania-based metalsmith Heather Stief is a study in the contrast of light and dark. She is fascinated by the transition from day to night, and the subtle changes that occur. To form her jewelry collection, she incorporates sterling silver, gemstones, and other found objects into
With experience tending organic natural dye gardens nestled between rows of a family heritage orange grove in southern California, the urban sidewalks of Brooklyn New York, and in the tradition of an English community garden in London, Liz Spencer has devoted an artistic practice to her insatiable curiosity of coaxing color from plants. She grew
Biography: Emily Smucker-Beidler has been teaching art in public schools for 22 years. She currently teaches in the Hempfield schools.  Her artistic education began at her grandmother’s knee, who once confided in her that she’d “rather quilt than eat.” She also provided Emily’s first color theory lesson. “In braiding rugs,” she said, “you should always start
Averill Shepps has been working in enamels for 50 years, making her living as an enamelist for most of that time producing bowls, plates, wall pieces and jewelry for sale and exhibition. Many of her techniques are her own development, and she has taught workshops throughout the United States. She has exhibited work in the
Allison grew up on a rural farm and earned a BA in Art from Hood College in Frederick, Md. She also studied Painting and Printmaking and Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. While a stay at home mom, Allison discovered clay in her late 30’s. She apprenticed with wood fire potters Bill VanGilder
I’m a fiber artist striving to create work that tells stories through bright colors and lush textures using natural fibers. In 2018, I founded Myth and Moss to create unique pieces for homes and events and share my love of making through creative education. My mission is to build a community where people can come
Ted is a retired industrial arts teacher with 32 years of experience, and he has been a woodturner for 42 years. His diverse turnings include toothpick holders, weed vases, lamps, saffron boxes, lidded jewel vessels, tops, honey dippers, plates, platters, bowls, and stair balusters. Ted has shown and sold his work at many state craft
I am a full-time potter living and making pots in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. I make functional slab-built pottery in my home studio on an acre of land on the edge of a little ski town. I live in a renovated old mining house with my husband, two kids and a dog named Lily.
In life, the recycling of material, the destruction, and the creation of forms create a balance in nature. The surface of the very planet is never the same. In order to achieve this balance and happiness within my own life, there must be an exchange of energy between the large picture and the artist and the people with invested interests, for our surface, our soul is never the same moment to moment.
Working with glass, with temperatures approaching 3000 °F, creates a harmonious balance between my intensity and the intensity of the glass. This balance makes me feel energized and focused as I create, I destroy. The destruction is never appreciated as the creation is but the two need to be in perfect balance. Through this repetitive process, ideas are changed, viewpoints are understood. And with that understanding creates the newest chapter and ultimately new work or art or new teaching techniques. We all want to know how we got to where we are, through teaching you glimpse back to your very first understandings. It gives you a chance for a redo, again and again. In a continuous never-ending cycle.
MICHAEL PEKOVICH studied furniture making, fine art, and graphic design, and he’s been putting those skills to use designing and building furniture for over 30 years. For the last 20 of those, he’s also been busy as the art director at Fine Woodworking magazine and most recently as the author of The Why and How
Karen has her BS from Penn State University and her MBA from Loyola College, MD. She is the President of the Board of Directors for the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen headquartered in Lancaster, PA. Karen was drawn to ceramics because of its natural complement to cooking, gardening, and entertaining – all of which she loves. She predominantly throws (or hand-builds) functional stoneware. She is a “lifelong learner” and has been a potter for over 22 years working from her home studio in Lititz, PA. Karen’s structured clay education consists of years of workshops, regular classes, and hands-on training by a number of professional potters. In recent years she has also developed a love for stained glass and is also working regularly in that medium.Â
Y’vonne Page-Magnus, a native of Philadelphia who has a passion for the Arts. While living in New York she discovered a passion for semi-precious stones and freshwater pearls. Soon after she went to study abroad obtaining a B. A. in Fine Arts from ‘AIU’ London, England. ‘Design Your Own Jewelry’ a bespoke jewelry concession was
My Published Work Can Be Found: Bead and Button, 25 Beaded Bracelets, 2015 Collector’s Edition Beadwork Issue 2015, Contributor Question Beadwork Issue August 2015, Challenge Issue Beadwork Issue October 2015 Quick and Easy Beadwork 2015 Special Issue Winter 2015 Holiday EBook Issue 2015 Creative Beading, Bead and Button, Vol. 9 2014 Bead and Button Extra
Diane Maurer-Mathison’s decorative papers have been shown in galleries and museums throughout the world. Numerous design commissions include work for Lenox China, Harper Collins Publishers and Godiva Chocolates. She is the author of thirteen books on paper art and has demonstrated marbling and paste paper design on several television shows. In addition to writing, teaching workshops
Jessica Keemer is an award winning studio artist in Lancaster, Pa. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Millersville University and also has a degree in Art Education and a Masters Degree in Environmental Systems Management. She has studied at the New Approach Jewelers School in Virginia Beach, Va. and at the Corning Museum
Lisa Haldeman is a local, self-taught fiber and polymer clay artist whose miniature dolls and whimsical wool creations have been displayed and sold at craft shows, galleries, and online stores for 15 years. She has taught classes at SPLAT Studio in Annville, Hope at Hand Ministry (various locations) and at Landis Valley. She especially loves
Matthew Guiliano is a painter and sculptor who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His work is bright, colorful and meant to bring joy to the people who see it. He received his BFA from Pennsylvania College of Art & Design in 2014 and his works have been featured in various galleries and pop up
Molly Grant began leatherworking in her early 20’s, first by working on her own and then by apprenticing at the Black Swan Leather shop in Portsmouth, NH, where she learned the basic skills of traditional leatherworking. She first saw Cordwainer Shoes when she was ten years old at the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair,
Henry Gepfer is an artist from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He holds an MFA in Printmaking from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor’s degree in Art Education from Millersville University of Pennsylvania. In 2013, Henry was a finalist in the Print Center’s 87th Annual International Competition and in the summer of 2015 he completed the College
Elizabeth Gates, juried Guild member, bookbinder, box maker, and paper decorator. She loves exploring the wealth of ways books are constructed and using her own papers in their execution.
I am a fused glass artist, based in Elizabethtown, and have been creating designs in glass for years. Prior to glass, I have worked with various mediums, which include, mosaics, enamels, acrylics, mixed media, and clay. My role as a “professional artist” began at the early age of 10 when I sold my first painting
I have been a fiber artist for over 20 years, focusing primarily on the art forms of felting, textile dyeing, and eco/botanical printing on textiles. Currently, I run a working/teaching art studio in Hudson, WI, at the Seasons on St. Croix Gallery. As a teaching artist, I have developed a number of original workshops on
My name is Jane Fetner and I have over 19 years as a photography instructor (classroom setting/private tutoring), including basic and advanced principles of photography, basic and advanced lighting, macro/close-up photography, how to photograph your artwork, product photography, and action photography or how to use your camera better. Rated by students at a 99% approval
Margery Erickson received Master Artisan status with the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in 1991. She specialized in hand weaving and wearable art. Other fiber interests include spinning yarn, crocheting, and knitting. Her formal education includes a degree in Social Science from Penn State and a Master’s degree from Millersville University in Special Education. https://www.etsy.com/shop/maverickson
After years in the fashion business, Lisa Parmer Ditty transitioned into marriage and motherhood. Â But, she took and unexpected journey to rediscover her creative roots and enrolled in a metal-smith class. Â Wanting to combine her love of fashion and her new found craft, LPDstudios was born. Â In her studio, she discovered the contradiction of leather
