Aaron Gschwandegger
Aaron Gschwandegger was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, but has spent much of his life moving around the nation before returning back to his birth state in the fall of 2009. He was born to a father who was an immigrant from Austria and a mother who had been raised on a farm in eastern Arkansas.
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Adriana Morrisette
Adrianna Morrisette’s career as a potter began by chance after taking a few pottery classes at a local community college in Texas. Her initial success in juried shows propelled her to continue to work in clay. In 1994, pottery became her full-time profession when she opened Morrisette Pottery in Leslie, Arkansas.
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Allison Britt
Allison Eastman Britt is owner and designer of AEB Design. She creates each piece of her jewelry by hand, starting with reclaimed fine and sterling silver wire. Shapes are formed, fused with a torch and hammered before adding handpicked gems and pearls.
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Anders Lassen
Born in 1955, I grew up in Virginia, Michigan and Northern Arkansas where I graduated in 1973. I have always enjoyed working with my hands and enrolled in shop classes in school whenever available.
After high school, I settled into residential construction, working for a variety of contractors and learning everything I could. In the 1980′s, I finally set up a small shop where I began learning the art of woodworking. Since then I have cut down trees, had them sawn into lumber and then air dried. I built a set of kitchen cabinets for my mother which was my first major project (and they still look great).
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Anita Hejtmanek
Whimsical designs form the basis for Anita Hejtmanek’s stained glass jewelry, mobiles, and glass ornaments. She draws inspiration from the natural world, creating necklaces that resemble leaves and vines, and ornaments that feature colorful winged insects. Use of glass, beads, and intricately woven wire make each piece delicate and intriguing.
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Ann Snyder
“I paint because I have to. There’s something about creating that brings out the best in me.”
From oil, acrylic and watercolor painting to collages, Ann Snyder uses her passion for color to give energy to landscapes, still life and floral works. “Creating something I’ve never seen before gives me a sense of fulfillment…it’s experiencing a God-given expression. The challenge lies in seeing the world with fresh new eyes.”
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Anni Worster
Anni lives in the Ozark Mountains at Yellville where she creates freeform stoneware clay sculptures and hand-built pottery. Although her career began in painting and photography, her love of the natural surroundings and clay led her to sculpting and creating art inspired by nature.
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Beau Anderson
Beau Anderson, born in Bellingham, Washington in 1980 was introduced to the torch at a very young age by his mother, bead maker Sage Holland. He has traveled extensively, including a pilgrimage to Pillchuck Glass School, Corning Museum School and Mussee de Perle in France, furthering his knowledge of the art of bead making. Over the years, he has incorporated his own new and unique techniques into his art. He is a member of the Glass Art Society and International Society of Glass Bead makers.
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Beverly Coltrane
I like the traditional quilts, but also like to work with different patterns and colors. I like it all!
Beverly Wilhite
I was born in Memphis, Tennessee were my love for art led me to take many private lessons and workshops. I also studied with artists in Paris, France. I worked for 24 years as a visual artist and interior decorator, which influences my love of vibrant colors, and stylized design and painting. I’m currently working in acrylics, but use any medium to make my work more interesting. I particularly love to paint large colorful flowers and stylish ladies from the 20s and 30s.
Brenda Scrimager – Lynn Aspen Designs
Each fused glass design piece is individually crafted, fused, shaped three to four times and fired again each time. Each fused glass embellishment is a one of a kind design.
Brian Watson
I sculpt, twist and manipulate sterling wire and add semi-precious stones, crystals, glass from the Czech Republic and sterling and gold fill beads to create each earring which are not the same for each pair. Each pair of earrings is unique just like us. People come in many shapes, colors and sizes. My jewelry designs have that same concept. We are all equal but we are not identical.
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Charlie Huie
Santas take over when Charlie Huie is at work. He cuts and shapes Santas into the handles of old tools, kitchen utensils, and just about anything else that can be carved. Rather than whittle the wood into the shape of Santas, Charlie allows the shape of the handle to dictate the design. He preserves as much of the original handle as possible; if it is painted, he works around the existing color, or if the wood is in good condition, he uses very little paint.
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Chris Chimo–Lipscomb
Although I have only been crocheting hats for three years, my work has evolved into a home business quickly. After teaching art in Alaska and Arkansas I needed something to keep my hands busy and be a monetary sideline.
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Cory & Lyla Allison
Working together, Lyla and Cory Allison collaborate from start to finish on an evolving body of silver jewelry. Designs vary from fabricated silver embellished with fine wire and intricate surface detail to semi-precious stones offset with strong silver lines and complementary accents. Sometimes gold is used to make just the right statement. Lyrical silver looped necklaces become the perfect accessory for laid back outings or upscale, formal occasions.
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Cynthia Cox
Inspired by color, nature, people and the fibers themselves, I hope to blur the lines between classic designs for handwoven fabrics and the modern woman…or man. The design element is the most enjoyable part to me, followed by the actual weaving. This leads me to complete many individual, one of a kind garments which I call Cynthia’s One of a Kind…if you see that label you are assured I will not weave that pattern/color combination again giving you a truly special garment.
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Dan Butkowski
Beginning in high school, Dan Butkowski was drawn to clay, and he still follows that attraction. “As I open each piece of clay it is as if it is taking its first breath. Each pot that I throw takes on a bit of my personality.”
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Daniel Adams
The impetus for Daniel Adams’ prints is finding relationships between images or ideas. Most of his work does not contain human figures, but they are never very far away. “I am interested in how we as people shape our environment and what that says about us as individuals and, on a larger scale, as human beings.”
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David & Becki Dahlstedt
David studied with Joe Coulter at Henderson State in Arkadelphia, while Becki received instruction at the Berkeley Potters’ Guild in California. Their paths converged in 1984 at the Ozark Folk Center where David had been the potter for 6 years producing a complete line of decorative functional stoneware under the name American Beauty Pottery. They continued to demonstrate pottery at the Folk Center while building a studio adjacent to their home near the Court Square in Mountain View, with assistance from an Individual Artist Fellowship David received from the Arkansas Arts Council.
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Deborah Dreher Lively
Deborah studied art and art history in college at Western State College in Gunnison, CO and at the Fort Wayne (IN) Art Institute. “Art has always been a part of my life; in my education, in my appreciation of, in my own artistic creations, and in my personal collections”.
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Dennis & Linda Kolb
Muscadines and scuppernongs, along with some wild varieties and hybrids are what make Dennis and Linda Kolb’s jellies and jams a true treat for the taste buds. Right from their own Bear Kingdom Vineyard, every berry is lovingly raised and ripened to perfection. Then, following a family recipe passed down from Dennis’ mother, the magic takes place. Each batch is truly homemade with fruit, sugar and pectin…no corn syrup, artificial flavorings, colors or preservatives added.
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DeRue Johnson
I began designing and making cloth figures in 1980 at my rural Lonoke County studio and became a member of the Arkansas Craft Guild in 1985. My work has appeared in many publications, including Contemporary Doll Collecter Magazine. One of my large dragons was included in the traveling exhibit for the Year of American Craft. I have twice had work included in the Toys By Artists exhibit sponsored by the Arkansas Art Center.
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Diana Taylor – Ficklesticks
I have always enjoyed making things and have been involved with fabric all of my life – some would say in an unnaturally close relationship! I now have the perfect vehicle to support my fabric addiction in Ficklesticks.
Ed Alexander
Each day the splendor of his natural surroundings draws Ed Alexander’s attention as he works to capture its beauty on film. From his studio atop Wildcat Mountain, Ed’s photos tell a story of the rugged and sometimes delicate beauty of Arkansas. Images of dramatic vistas and intimate wildlife scenes contrast with photos recording the subtle changes of light and shadow on delicate leaves and flowers that appear in his work.
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Ed Pennebaker
The garden and woods surrounding his home and the Red Fern Glass studio provide Ed Pennebaker with inspiration for his work where he uses traditional offhand glass blowing techniques to manipulate the fluid qualities and interaction with light that glass provides. “I see no need to replicate nature, but I prefer to interpret and reimagine it.”
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Elizabeth Scesniak
Farmers, Santas, cooks, clowns, and golfers are just a few of the happy gourd people Elizabeth Scesniak makes with brightly painted faces and clothing, and accessories to match. She has been decorating gourds since moving to Arkansas in 1970s, and has turned her love of gourd art into a craft others can learn through a series of published books.
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Eric Coleman
Eric uses the finest quality medals including platinum, gold, silver and copper along with natural stones. Accent stones and contrasting metals are chosen to enhance the beauty of the stone. In other jewelry, intricate engraving is done to reflect natural elements of the woods and lakes of Arkansas. Everything is hand fabricated or cast to create one of a kind unique jewelry that will create conversations for years to come. Commission work is always welcome.
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Gary Carter
The force of gravity and rhythm in motion play a critical role in the process Gary Carter uses to manipulate molten glass and create classic and contemporary art pieces. As a novice in the 1990s with no formal training, hard work and association with accomplished mentors drove him to follow his passion for glass and hone his skills. He explores color and pattern while striving for perfection in forms that are both beautiful and functional.
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Gene Sparling
I make wood bowls, sculpture, furniture and other things which highlight the natural beauty of wood. Each piece is individually crafted, by me, in my shop in the Ouachita Mountains, just south of Hot Springs, Arkansas. My bowls are made to be used, have food safe finish and should provide years or generations of use and enjoyment.
I live in a beautiful natural setting; you are invited to visit my gallery and bring a picnic or take a hike in my woods.
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Jacquelyn Kaucher
Jacquelyn Kaucher translates the images she’s collected in her mind on to paper or large canvas by pouring, squirting, dribbling, rocking and spraying paint onto the surface. She begins with impromptu ‘underpaintings’ and works to music. “If I particularly like a watercolor painting, I move to a canvas. I use a garden sprayer and transparent acrylics to create these paintings which have a watercolor feel. Just as we are not perfect, neither are my paintings, and I continually want to do another which I am sure will be perfect.
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Jared Kauffman
Curvilinear designs in wood are the trademark of Jared Kauffman. His gently sweeping lines appear in pieces large and small, from mantels and tables, to lamps and delicate specialty boxes. He combines a variety of fine woods and other materials to build functional and esthetically pleasing furniture designs. Selection of woods for their texture and color, and use of contrasting materials, gives each piece unique characteristics that underscore simplicity and sophistication.
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Jeanette Larson
Jeanette Larson’s path to Mountain View, Arkansas and her job as the craft director at the Ozark Folk Center has been as winding, steep and bumpy as the local roads, but her path has a fiber artist has run straight through her life. Jeanette learned to crochet from her grandmother when she was eight-years-old and has rarely put down her crochet hooks since then. She crocheted while on the bench during high school basket ball games and in lecture halls in college. “Crocheting helps me relax and keep still while letting my mind work on things,” she said. Her mom is a talented seamstress who made many clothes for Jeanette and her two brothers. “I learned all the basics of fabric manipulation, fiber behavior and pattern piecing from watching my mother,” said Jeanette.
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Jeanie Berna
For as long as Jeanie can remember, she has been fascinated by handcrafted jewelry and arts from around the world. As an artist her creations are inspired by nature and color. They are rustic with an organic and often Southwestern flair. She loves to work with silver, copper, and brass which she combines with semiprecious gemstones, rustic pearls, stained glass, sea glass, beach pebbles, shell, recycled materials, textiles, and antique treasures. The results are unique and interesting pieces of wearable art.
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Jeff & Judy Goodwin
We have always found enjoyment working in clay and most specifically colored porcelains. Starting in 1997 we began to learn and experiment with the Japanese process known as neriage. The process begins in our studio with the mixing of the porcelain using our own recipe. Stain is then added to the porcelain to make several varieties of colored clay. Designs are created by layering the colored porcelain in various ways while actually building the patterns into large blocks or loaves. Each piece of jewelry is sliced from the log and carefully shaped, sanded and wiped clean with a damp cloth. It is then bisque fired, followed by a glaze firing to cone 6. A third and final firing of 22 karat gold luster is applied to the edge of each piece. All the rich depth of colors found in our designs are from the colored porcelains. No paints, colored glazes or underglazes have been added.
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Jerry & Judy Lovenstein
Seeking change, the Lovensteins left their Forest Service jobs in Washington State to live a simpler life. “We were drawn to Stone County, Arkansas because it is a community with strong ties to the past, when life was slower,” says Jerry. In 1976, they and their two-year-old son, Adrian, settled on a secluded 59 acres along Grassy Creek. “We came with a Mother Earth News education in homesteading and a determination to make it here. Jobs were scarce. Seasonal waitress work at the Ozark Folk Center turned into the key to our future” recalls Judy.
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Jerry Faulkner
Jerry Faulkner has a way with clay. From her idyllic studio setting at the site of the historic Rhea’s Mill in Northwest Arkansas, she produces a broad spectrum of functional bowls, platters, and mugs; outdoor accessories, and jewelry. Her clay work focuses on both form and function. Functional work primarily is wheel-thrown stoneware, while the decorative pieces are often hand built and more organic in design, and often raku or pit fired. In addition to her own work, she devotes time to teaching pottery.
Jim Tindall
A passion for painting and a love for the Arkansas landscape Jim is comfortable painting in most any media in a wide range of subject matter. Living by his faith in Jesus Christ, Jim finds peace and joy in the living of this life. He credits his Creator with all that is wonderful and beautiful in the universe and gives Him the glory in all things. Beauty is truly subjective to each person. Jim is struck by the abundance of the natural beauty one can find once they are willing to open their minds eye and look. He feels there is no greater part of the world to find it than right here in the “natural” state. “I love this state, its people and its wealth of visual pleasures.
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Jo and Marvin Smith
We live, work, garden and walk our two dogs on 40 beautiful acres in the Arkansas Ozarks, a wonderful place for inspiration. We began exhibiting at juried art shows in 1987, and have been members of the Arkansas Craft Guild since 1988.
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Joe Doster
I started woodworking sitting on my rear. As a kid my Dad would often say “I need your help.” “Sit on this board while I cut it.” I learned so much from my father, just by being around him while he accomplished whatever needed to be done, using his hands and mind. I think of him all the time as I work. Little things “pop” out at me showing he is still a part of me and all of my woodworking.
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John Kirkpatrick – JK Woodworking
I started making canes out of unique and unusual pieces of wood I found while walking through the woods around my home. I decided to see what else I could do with wood, so I built a bench on my back porch and started carving spoons and scoops using deer antlers and other wood for
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John Perry & Judi Munn
We produce our pottery at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. During the visitor season, we demonstrate the art of making wheel-thrown pottery to the public. We form pots out of raw clay. The following day, we trim and decorate them. To decorate the pot we press a fern or hand-made stencil into the surface of the clay. Colored clay, or slip, is then painted over the stencil. Once the colored clay stiffens, the fern or stencil is removed.
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JP Rosenquist
JP Rosenquist makes her jewelry using the fabrication process of metalworking using primitive tools and techniques passed down through generations of Navajo craftsmen, a skill she learned as an apprentice to a master silversmith in New Mexico. As a result, each piece is individually hand crafted, created without casting or molding.
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Karen Gehl
The Ozark Hills of Fairfield Bay are home to Karen where she designs and fabricates with light and color decorative glass art. Traditional design and free form with use of accent materials often enhance designs providing interest.
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Karen Harmony
My first involvement with needlework was with crewel embroidery when I was still a teenager. Shortly after that I learned to knit, then do needlepoint. My skill level was always very high, as though I had a gift for, but it wasn’t until I took my first quilt class in 1976 that I found my true passion.
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Leigh Abernathy
I love the feel of the metal as I work with it, transforming it into art you can wear and use. I start with an idea, then take sterling silver or solid copper wire and sheet and hand cut, form, shape, forge, fuse and polish or patina each piece as its design directs. My inspiration comes from the world around me—walks in the woods, sitting by the water and even my sons’ bubbles have driven my designs. They all fuel my creativity, helping me to translate those ideas to metal. My designs are unique.
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Les Brandt
Les creates pieces in two different ways – some are rough turned and then dried before finishing by turning to a round shape – some are turned to final thickness and allowed to warp and twist as they will during the drying process. They are then sanded and buffed in whatever shape develops.
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Lewis Grounds
My name is Lewis Grounds and I have been interested in photography ever since receiving a Brownie Holiday camera while in grade school. I can still re-live old memories from the pictures taken with that simple camera. For me, this was what photography was about…capturing memories.
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Linda Armstrong
Artisan Linda Armstrong creates original, one-of-a kind, hand-built porcelain and stoneware clay sculptures, wall art, and functional artware in her private Porcelain Iris Studio in Flippin, Arkansas. Her artistic expressions began early in childhood and lead to extensive studies in mold casting, and an array of finishing techniques. The natural progression to the free-form process of creating artworks with clay followed, as well as studies in mixing and combining glazes.
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Lisa Krause
If faces can tell a story then the characters in Lisa Krause’s collection of gourd people have plenty to tell. Their detailed expressions are sure to amuse and delight. These brightly decorated ‘individuals’ are crafted from simple gourds, then painted and embellished to create unique personalities. Each piece is like no other and can be displayed effectively alone or as part of a grouping.
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Loretta Babak
A passion for painting, combined with love of nature, paves the way for Loretta’s creations. Many of her paintings of wildlife, are on wood that has nature’s flaws (knots, etc.) incorporated into scenery, that is not only lovely, but fanciful.
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Luke & Willow Block
Luke and Willow say they create their works for art not to be separate from practical use, but to harmonize with it. Intricate patterns are created by cutting and restacking colored clay into blocks. These blocks are then sliced into slabs which are hand rolled, shaped and slowly dried. Dishes are then misted with a clear glaze and single fired with wood and gas.
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M. Lusk & H. Harper
”Each photograph we take has a story. A photograph can tell what can’t be put into words.”
Howard Harper and his wife Maggie Lusk have spent countless days and many miles traveling Arkansas recording the state’s natural beauty and wildlife, and discovering its history. They produce images as photographs, note cards, and bookmarks.
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Mark Cothern
From the first time he saw a bowl being turned on a lathe, Mark Cothern was hooked. “Something about the wood spinning and taking shape has a hypnotic effect on me,” he explains.
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Marvin Gentry
30 years ago, Marvin Gentry entered into a trade that has turned into art as he has researched and tried different techniques to create beautiful vases and bottles from glass.
Mary Harbour
Real leaves are the basis for Mary Harbour’s porcelain leaf impressions that are made by pressing individual leaves into thin layers of clay. Each leaf impression is carefully cut from the slab of clay, shaped and dried, and then kiln fired. Stains in fall colors are added and an acrylic sealer is applied to protect the color. These decorative pieces retain the fine details of the original leaf.
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Mary Laurie
Traveling with clippers at the ready, Mary Laurie gathers and collects the natural materials she uses for basketry and non-functional gourd vessels. While most of the materials are native grasses, vines, and woods from Arkansas, she explores the use of unusual weaving resources collected wherever she travels as well as found objects and metals. She prefers contemporary to traditional influences.
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Maura Miller
Maura, originally from California, now resides near Fayetteville, Arkansas and works full time as a potter and sculptor at Terra Studios. Her Passion for clay began in elementary school, when she discovered that she could dig up clay form her backyard and make “wonderful creations”. Maura obtained a B.A. in Studio Art and Cultural Anthropology form the University of California at Santa Barbara. She has taken many postgraduate courses in clay at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
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Nikki Bond
“I’m enthralled with herbs; intrigued by their many uses. They are a passion.”
Nikki Bond transformed her early interest in herbs and gardening into a line of products that combine the best attributes of the plants she cultivates with traditional, high quality craftsmanship to create artisan soaps and specialty herb products. Soaps are all natural (no animal products or animal testing) and cured for before packaging to lower the PH level and harden the bars for longer use. Her soaps are gentle to the skin and ideal for sensitive and dry skin types. They lather luxuriously and rinse easily.
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Pat Church
Dots, stripes, swirls and lots and lots of color give Pat Church’s painted ceramic dinnerware its flair. She begins with earthenware bisque, then draws designs with pencil and fills in with colorful underglazes to create graphic and playful themes. Each unique piece of low-fired pottery has three layers of food-safe glaze applied and is dishwasher safe. Products include pitchers and mugs, plates, platters, bowls, bakeware, place settings, and accessories.
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Patricia Bergman
Being a one person operation, my fabricated work is created by simply taking a piece of metal in hand. The metal is manipulated into a form which represents several steps, including, cutting, bending, soldering, hammering and buffing. Three lines of my work are verdigris, which is an oxidized copper or brass; tri-metal of brass, copper and sterling; and all sterling, which sometimes includes stone settings.
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Patti Quinn
Professionally educated, earning an Accounting degree & Industrial Engineering degree, working as an Industrial Engineer. I always kept my art close at hand. At the age of 15, I started selling, paintings and wood carvings. Six years ago I found gourds. I still sell paintings and wood carvings, however gourds are my joy! Gourds combine all my creative abilities.
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Patty Levine
Patricia Levine uses her expertise as a master gardener to grow flowers, herbs, and grasses and combines those with wild botanicals, seed pods and cones to design unique, dried floral arrangements. From her home in Eureka Springs, she creates intricate and colorful displays that blend textures and hues to create artistic pieces to adorn interior and protected exterior spaces.
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Paul Caldwell
Paul has been a photographer since he was a teenager. His intensity for his work is evident in his finely crafted images. His work ranges from abstract compositions of natural subjects to outdoor scenic panoramas.
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Paul Gillam
From Blue Mountain Woodworks at Timbo, Paul Gillam works with his father to make custom furniture, cabinets, cutting boards, serving pieces, other products using native hardwoods, including walnut, cherry, red and white oak, hickory, ash, maple, and aromatic cedar. Each piece is handcrafted and finished to perfection to bring out the warmth of the wood. The natural color variations of different species are used to create interesting patterns and tasteful lines.
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Paul Pitt
Although Coyote Clay is formally educated and teaches sculpture and drawing at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas he has chosen a different path from the norm. He and Sharon, his wife of over forty years live in the woods in a cavehouse, make an organic garden and experience directly the Creator’s gentle touch.
The flute-making studio is also underground. When the weather is warm enough some of the work on the flutes can be done outside where the sounds of the forest provide an appropriate backdrop.
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Ramona Buss
After several years of studying and experimenting with fiber manipulation Ramona Buss began weaving what she calls ‘sculptural basketry’ using wild fibers, vines, and branches which she gathers from the woods and roadsides. Her weaving process is free form, often dictated by the materials she uses. Bark, along with reeds and seagrass hand-dyed with vegetable and procion dyes, add accents of texture and color.
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RC & Jane Schroeder
RC Schroeder was born in Beloit, Wisconsin where is grew up in the country on a small farm. He worked at his father’s Bakery in Beloit, Wisconsin until he graduated from High School. He took an apprenticeship at Fairbanks Morris Industries becoming a Machinist/Fabricator. All through his apprenticeship, he was working on his unique style of metalworking. From there he moved to Arkansas in 1972 with his family where he continued incorporating nature’s beauty and design into his work. After a couple years they moved back to Illinois to be closer to their families. Later he moved back to Stone County Arkansas around 1977 to begin his long-lived love of creating works of art in various metals. He is self-taught in the technique of chase and repousse’ and produces his own tools in the process.
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Rick & Donna Chrisman
Sleek contemporary and Shaker designs are the hallmark of Rick and Donna Chrisman’s array of boxes, trays, carriers, and specialty wooden pieces made at their Revolutionary Designs woodworking shop. Simplicity and attention to detail make their designs timeless. Their choices of exotic woods lend elegance and create pleasing contrasts in subtle colorings and grains: Birdseye, Curly, and Quilted Maple, Walnut, Cherry, and Zebrawood. Enhanced miter joinery adds interest and stability to these functional designs. Dividers, trays and leather lining make the boxes perfect for a variety of treasures. Canisters have air tight porcelain coated steel liners and bottle and can koozies have neoprene inserts.
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Rita Ruben
Rita Ruben loves to crochet and she’s been doing it for more than 30 years. She uses an artful approach to create scarves, afghans and blankets, table cloths and runners, baby items, and potholders that become family heirlooms and treasured gifts. “I love working with many different types of yarns – natural and manmade fibers, sometimes mingling two types of yards to create a different look.” Rita selects yarns to enhance each design using easy care acrylic fibers for stadium blankets, frilly ribbon and unusual blends for scarves, and hard wearing 100 percent cotton for potholders. ”All of my stitches are my own designs.”
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Ron & Connie Locke
The Locke’s natural soy candles are poured by hand and made with 100% soybean wax, providing a healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional candles. There is an aroma for every mood and palate, from subtle fragrances like linen to a host of fruits, spices, and blends.
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Ron Mynatt
From Callahan Mountain Studios in Northwest Arkansas, Ron Mynatt creates hand-blown decorative and functional glass pieces with the emphasis on form and pattern. His work varies widely including large and small vases, bowls, paper weights, ornaments, and perfume bottles, to name a few, as well as custom glass creations. Intricate use of color and attention to the interaction of transparency, reflectivity, and color sets his work apart.
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Ronald Ufkes
After a storm, Ron Ufkes throws a chain saw in his truck and cruises for downed trees or limbs that will become his next work of art. “I do love to collect my wood, but I rarely cut a living tree. It’s unnecessary because there is so much discarded wood.”
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Russ Wilhite
Russ was born in St. Louis Missouri in 1922 and then moved to Memphis where he showed promise at an early age that artist. A local organization, dedicated to promoting the arts awarded him a scholarship to attend the Memphis Academy of arts in the late 1930s. His work and travels have taken him such widely diverse places as New York, Rome and Tokyo. Newspapers, television stations, advertising agencies, animation studios and other collectors have bought his work.
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Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown makes natural candles and bath and beauty products that are unique and are the result of extensive research, thought and trial. Her all natural candles contain scents that are a blend of essential oils – not purchased manufactured fragrances. She uses the finest quality natural ingredients in unique formulas and recipes that are packaged in simple but elegant ways.
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Scott Isslieb
Scott Isslieb uses old world techniques to craft uniquely styled jewelry using a wide variety of hand cut gemstones and sterling silver. He draws from German and Swiss influences and fabricates each one-of-a-kind piece to accentuate the characteristics of every stone.
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Sharon Barber-Andrews
Sharon Barber has a passion for purses. She sews and paints, glues and hammers, cuts and drills, sands and finishes in the process of making purses that are like no others. Driven by her own need for a stylish and convenient accessory that could be customized quickly for multiple occasions without having to transfer the contents, she created a one-of-a-kind purse that is patented.
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Sharon Chisholm
Everywhere I look I see paintings, make them in my head, trap them in my camera, chew on certain ones until the painting gets grabbed and moved out onto the canvas or paper. Whether water color, oil or mixed media, my goal is paintings that flow with light an invite with shadow.
Shawn Hoefer
Since he was old enough to clutch a crayon, he’s been creating.
“I was lucky,” admits Shawn Hoefer, “I had very supportive parents – and neighbors who bought my masterpieces taped to the picket fence in front of our home for a quarter – who encouraged me every step of the way.”
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Sue Lukens-Creasy
Sue Lukens Creasy has used her interest in sustainable living and a love of herbs and medicinal plants to develop a line of fine handmade soaps, bath salts, and other products to pamper and soothe the body. Her simple soaps are made with no artificial ingredients or colorings, just extra olive oil and chamomile and calendula flowers that provide anti-inflammatory properties as well as a natural creamy color. Lilac, lavender, rose and patchouli are some of the favorite fragrances that are blended into soaps for different uses and bath salts that relax tired bodies. For those who prefer the absolute basics, she also makes a plain and mild white soap.
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Terri Parson
What starts out as a raw lump of polymer clay, in the hands of Terri Parson becomes wearable sculpture that looks deceptively like glass, stone, wood, metal, and bone. She mixes clay like paint, with color suspended in the clay – not painted on, and uses intricate textures and visual effects. She borrows techniques from the ancient metalsmithing art called Mukume Kane, which creates a wood grain metal look, and adds metal inclusions or uses metallic clays to create dramatic depth.
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Thomas Dunn
I was born in Ohio some 60 years ago. I moved to Arkansas almost 30 years ago. I live alone, so I can devote a lot of time to my wood turnings. I started turning wood over 20 years ago on a homemade spring pole lathe. Over the next several years my equipment improved and so did my turning skills. Whenever I thought I was at the top of my skill level I would try to push myself to a new higher level. About 10 years ago I started doing some simple segmented bowls. Every year or so I try something a little more challenging. I have come a long way, but I still have a long way to go.
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Tom & Sage Holland
Tom and Sage:
In Washington, D.C. in 1990 Sage met Tom and he told her about Arkansas. They joined studios in Stone County in 1993. Now they teach and lecture together on the mysteries of ancient glass through the art of glass beadmaking. Being surrounded by nature inspires them to look closely for the harmony in the designs in plants and animals and in the transformation of the seasons and the clean air and water that gives life force to all beings.
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W. J. “Kip” Powers
Hardwoods from the Ozarks, particularly burls, crotches, stumps, and spalted wood marked by lines and colors of fungal attack, are some of the woods Kip Powers uses to create a diverse array of fine wood turnings. Mesquite and other non-local tree varieties often find their way to his lathe as well.
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Zack and Malinda Folkers
Cherry Street Leather is a collaboration of Zack and Malinda Folkers. Adding their individual perspectives of style and design, they create quality handcrafted leather items that combine functionality with aesthetic appeal. Leather is hand cut using original designs and often dyed to create subtle and sometimes vibrant shades.
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