Crafts at the 30th Annual
Washington Folk Festival, June 5 and 6, 2010
Melanie Barry
"Entertaining Designs", www.greathandmadegifts.com\MelanieBarry
Unique and colorful tableware, glassware and
wine accessories decorated with glass beads and silver wire. In addition to liking the appearance of
Melanie's decorated pieces, many customers find they are easier to hold than
standard tableware.
Leslie Barr
& Friends
"Pine Tree Crafts Co-Op" - Beadwork and Other Crafts
Beaded jewelry, handmade greeting cards and
other paper crafts, and hand-knit items, wearable and decorative, made by
members of a local crafts cooperative.
Charlotte
Boynton
"Boynton Pottery"
Charlotte makes elegant highfire stoneware
and porcelain with Celtic designs that swirl, twist, knot and glide across
bowls, mugs and other useful shapes.
Her friend Leigh Partington makes ceramic items including ocarinas and
pieces decorated with her original sketches of birds and animals.
"Old Work, New Hands" -
Quilts & Old Fashioned Clothing
Enjoy
these clothes, quilts and dolls made in a style reminiscent of times past. Clothing is for women, men, and
children.
Beth Dana
"Beth’s Silver Art" -
Molded Silver
"Fine silver (..999 pure
silver)" molded pendants. Beth designs many of her own molds and
accents her pieces with semiprecious stones, silver wire, and glass forms. She also offers earrings and pendants
featuring "fine silver" wire work.
Bill Day &
Rita Ferrara
"something eXtree" – Woodturning and
Pyrographic Art -somethingextree.com.
pyro-artist.com
Bill makes lathe-turned objects, including
conventional bowl forms and one-of-a-kind natural-edge pieces, making the most
of the wood's texture, irregularities, grain and color. Rita woodburns original designs on boxes,
magnets and pendants made of wood and other natural materials. Her drawings
feature textured, carved effects enhanced with layers of translucent
color.
Trish Doty
"Trish Doty: Brush, Water
& Color" - trishdoty.blogspot.com
Trish offers original watercolor paintings of
all types, subjects and sizes, from 2" x 3" miniatures to works of
art over 3 feet tall. She offers both
matted and framed original work as well as greeting cards. All pieces are archivally mounted. Trish
loves to share her experience with people and loves painting demonstrations
during festivals.
Janet Dykstra
and Claudia Segal
"Lotsaknots" – Wearables - www.lotsaknots.net
Lotsaknots is the work of two fiber artists and friends who hand knit,
hand weave, hand sew and hand crochet wearables such as shawls, scarves,
sweaters and special things for the home.
Together they have over a hundred years of experience knitting,
crocheting, sewing and weaving.
Empowered Women
International
"Economic Opportunity and Integration Solutions for Immigrant Women" www.ewint.org
EWI provides immigrant and refugee women with
professional development and income generating opportunities including the
making and sale of art and crafts. EWI
members are offering a variety of crafts including handpainted silk scarves,
original fine art notecards, hand painted wooden boxes. small original art,
jewelry and other gifts.
Gerry Gantt
"Nature & Scenic Photography by Gerry" www.gerryganttphotography.com
Nature and Scenic Photography, including
prints and note cards of birds, butterflies and wildflowers, and scenic
photography from Thailand and Singapore.
Gerry makes, mats and frames his own photo prints.
"June Apple Dulcimers" www.juneappledulcimers.com
Carl
Gotzmer has been building musical instruments for more than 30 years. In addition to mountain an hammered
dulcimers, Carl and workers Dylan Magargie and Kent Hibben craft obscure
European mountain zithers, bowed psalteries, and original design instruments
such as the Cellomer. June Apple is the only maker of early
American dulcimers back to 1740. They
have made three mountain and two hammered dulcimers for the Smithsonian.
Carol Lundquist
"Wine
Bottle Art"
Carol makes useful and decorative items from
recycled wine bottles using stained, fused, and etched glass techniques. The items include lamps, cheese platters,
dishes, vases, rooting vases, sun catchers, and wall hangings.
“HourGlass Creations” - Wearables in
Silk
Custom
silk clothing with a whimsical touch.
Each item is made from pure silk, hand-dyed. Many are trimmed with colorful appliqué to create a wide range of
cloaks, skirts, dresses, scarves, purses and more. Each piece is unique, whether in its dyed color or the choice of
appliqué. Designs may be paired with
our hand-made coordinating jewelry.
Designed to fit women in a wide variety of sizes and body types.
Percy Medina
Gourds, Musical Instruments, Wall Hangings
Percy creates striking images that are hand
carved, burned and painted on intricately decorated gourds. He also makes Peruvian and other musical
instruments, and handmade quilts and wall hangings..
Mary Moll
“Merry Stitches” – Fabric Home and Personal Accessories
Fabric home accessories such as table runners
and wineglass coasters, and personal
accessories such as photo envelopes, coin purses, and eyeglass cases. .
Clare Nykolyszyn
“Crow Candy” – Lampworked Glass
Personal adornment and home accessories of
lampworked glass, making use of unique lampworked glass beads that are handmade
by the artist.
B. J. Opfer
“Opfer's Wildlife Art"
Original watercolors and limited edition
prints of songbirds, raptors, waterfowl, small mammals and big game.
Kathryn Ottman
"Kathryn Ottman Designs" -- Polymer Clay, www.kathrynottman.com
One-of-a-kind art and jewelry items created
from polymer clay. Decoupage plates and
boxes. Items for children including
kits.
Jean Preble
“Stuffins” – Stuffed Toys
Jean makes lively stuffed animals and other
imaginative stuffed toys using velvet, fake fur, corduroy, velour and other
fabrics. Her toys have polyester
stuffing.
Marla Rudnick
Knitted Silver Jewelry www.marlasrudnick.com
Marla uses fiber techniques (mainly knitting)
with metals such as silver and gold to fabricate unusual necklaces, earrings
and bracelets.
"PJS Designs" -
Wooden Boxes www.TheArtOfTheBox.com
Elegantly crafted, original
wooden boxes and other wooden objects
Rag Rugs and Paper Cut-Outs
Roma is keeping alive her Polish mother's craft,
offering durable hand-loomed rag rugs, stoles, scarves and other items based on
the European traditions.
“BriteCloth” – Tie Dyed Wearables www.britecloth.com
Maria creates tie dyed clothing for men and women,
children and infants as well as accessories and other wearables including hats,
socks, hair accessories, pet shirts, and much more.
Katie Wagner
“Moonlight Bindery” – Book
Bindery www.moonlightbindery.com
Katie is a
classically trained bookbinder who likes to mix her traditional skills with fun
and funky materials. The results are books made from Lego(R) pieces,
wallpaper scraps, and unique papers and bookcloth. Katie works in her home-based studio surrounded by her antique
presses and vintage finds.
Diane Yim
“By Yiminy” – Quilted Totes and Wearable Art
Diane creates
striking quilted wearables including ten-pocket tote bags, pieced and quilted
vests, and quilted jackets, sweatshirts and cardigans.
Sunisa Yorgason
"Sunisa's Clay Flowers” http://mysite.verizon.net/clayorchids/
Handmade flowers of
air dried clay, displayed in lifelike, graceful arrangements. Sunisa's specialty is orchids, but she also
makes many other varieties of flower including roses, irises, calla lilies,
bird-of-paradise flowers and many others.