Laurel Dabbs Laurel Dabbs will be one of the great artisans at the Zoar Harvest Festival. You can see Laurel and other amazing artists at the Artisans Tent at Zoar. Crudely fashioned or exquisitely detailed, decoys provided a means of luring migratory waterfowl close enough to be an important staple in the diet of the […]
Mary Calehuff – Nodders I had been a collector of antique toys when I discovered and purchased my first nodder. It was a small white horse that enthusiastically nodded yes to me when I gently touched its head. I fell in love with him then and have been hooked on nodders ever since. In pursuit […]
Marta Urban Marta has held a fascination with art and hand lettering from an early age. At age 12, she taught herself calligraphy and later worked as a commercial artist while still in high school. Although not pursuing fine arts in college, she knew that her interest in hand lettering would continue to grow and […]
About Joan Berkey I am a folk artist, specializing in small oil paintings that depict what America’s towns, villages, and farms looked like in the 18th and 19th centuries. I call them historic townscapes and historic farmscapes. I am a professional architectural historian who learned folk art from my mother many years ago and I […]
Peggy Taylor Peggy Taylor creates handwoven textiles in the early manner, inspired by those of the 18th century, using wool, linen, and cotton and historic weaving drafts. She researches historic textiles and weaves on looms similar to those in use 200 years ago in this country. Her business name, Loom Hall, comes from the ancestral […]
About Steve Hazlett Weathervanes, whirligigs and trade signs are as varied as the subject matter they represent. One hundred plus year old heart pine salvaged from out buildings and barns built during the 19th century from the upstate New York area are used in creating my work. I also incorporate antique copper, tin and iron […]
Susan Skinner – SJ Pottery SJ Pottery LLC is a limited production studio producing traditionally inspired redware, mocha, salt glazed pottery and whatever else catches our fancy. With every piece we strive to combine aesthetics, craftsmanship and function. We do not run from the words craft or craftsmanship. But strive to earn these well established historical […]
About Stacey Bear Stacey Bear has been creating her whimsical unique art since 1996. Her work has appeared in publications such as Country Living, Country Home, Victoria, Where Women Create and Better Homes and Gardens. She has been a featured artist at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York and has been selected […]
Don Noyes – Whimsical Hand Carved Birds Folk art of the Pennsylvania Germans has always fascinated me. Bird carvings and bird trees always made me smile. The colors and whimsical nature of the carvings really talked to me. My first exposure to Pennsylvania German folk art came in 1991. My wife and I would travel […]
Deborah Hartwick – Sewing Accessories & Penny Rugs Deborah Hartwick has been creating sewn art for over 30 years, from the tiniest of emeries to the large scale penny rugs. I design and sew every stitch in each piece. All of my fabrics are made from natural materials that are hand dyed or over dyed. Pearl cotton threads […]