Our favorite wood
turner and teacher of wood turning is Maurice Gamblin
of Perth Andover NB.Note: All artwork, representations, and designs on this page are
copyright
by and are the exclusive property of the artists who created them.
Our favorite wood
turner and teacher of wood turning is Maurice Gamblin
of Perth Andover NB.
Sharon Pierce McCullough is a folk artist and a
member of that very exalted group known as "good folks". In addition
to her attractive primitive art, she and her husband Mike (also good folks)
run an excellent set of craft and folk art shows in Northern Virginia, Maryland,
and places a bit more south. Get in touch if you're a devotee of folk art
or if you're interested in very high quality craft shows in general.
Sharon will kill me for posting this photo, but it's the only one I have. Click on it for a slightly larger version.
The Robertsons, Jim and Jaine are great
folks, super weavers, and good friends. Jim tells a great pun and Jaine
is a perfect pun audience-- she groans but not so much so as to encourage
excess. Their fabrics (and the vests and such they make of them) are classic
folk art and are good to touch, too.
You can click on the photo for a larger version or see another view of their craft. Yes, I know the pictures are fuzzy, but then, so is Jim.
The
Jennings make very elegant wooden utensils of many sorts of wood--all by
hand. I often display my salad bowls with their salad forks or spoons therein.
They're very good folks, too. Get in touch and they'll even tell you what
"treen" means!
Bill Hardy is
a local woodturner and teacher of turning. Unfortunately, his card didn't
scan well. The unreadable parts are his address (4205 Minstrell Lane, Fairfax
VA 22033, 703 378 4206) and his motto (Turnings and Other Fine Creations
in Wood). Those "other creations" include some really fine bandsaw
boxes.
Pat
Palermo is a contemporary folk artist who does "original fine art,
illustration, children's books, limited edition prints, and note cards.
She also takes commissions.
These folks make lovely
ceramic eggs, spheres, and ornaments. They are at 6800 Radcliffe Drive in
Alexandria VA 22307, 703 660 6030
Glassblowers and
glass shapers with a rather nice range of attractive to inexpensive to upscale
items.
We met pastel artist Philip Lekki at a craft show in Fort
Washington, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia).
The good part of going to craft shows is the opportunity to meet other artists and crafters and see what they do. All too often the work is so wonderful we can't leave without it. Here is a pastel that just followed us home. Unfortunately, the scanned/screen colors just don't do it full justice. What looks brownish here is a much more deep red-brown in the original.
