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Fiber Art

Tour Stop 7: Whimsy

Deirdre creates fiber art handmade pieces that are unique, colorful and joyful. Items range from rug hooked pillows, to painted needle punched stools, mats, and wall art.



Paintings, Ceramics, and Jewelry

Tour Stop 3: Clay-Ward Studio

Carol Clay-Ward works in a variety of mediums: oils, acrylic, watercolor, and clay. Whatever the medium, she captures the soul, personality, and innate spark of the subject matter. "My surroundings inspire me. Someone telling me a story can pique my interest and the brain starts creating compositions and designs."



Prints & Paintings

Tour Stop 2: Garden Corner Studios

A painter, printmaker, instructor and designer in Morrisonville, Virginia, Jill creates bold block prints as well as oil paintings and mixed media work.



Blown Glass

Tour Stop 6: Blikken Hut

Bruce Ferguson started blowing glass more than 20 years ago and it quickly became a hobby/passion that continues to fascinate, frustrate, and reward him.



Woodturning

Tour Stop 6: Blikken Hut

Juan Gil's goal is to expose nature’s work through woodturning.


Paintings

Tour Stop 6: Blikken Hut

Ute Gil's goal is to create paintings that show her love of nature and animals and express the essence and emotions of the subject.


Pewter, Baskets, and Spoons

Tour Stop 8: Taylorstown Pottery

Karen has been creating heirloom pewter pieces with her husband for over 40 years, using the traditional methods of hammering, casting and spinning. She will also have a selection of her woven baskets and hand carved wooden spoons and scoops.



Jewelry

Tour Stop 5: White House Ceramics

Teresa Jardines fuses nearly three decades of art expertise in painting, drawing, printmaking, photography and ceramics with the use of the metal clay to create the jewelry of Zia Design.



Paintings & More

Caitlin Keefe’s fondest memories were created in her grandmother’s art studio. The smell of oil paint and bright colorful paintings cemented a love of art and the creative process.



Fiber Art & Jewelry

Tour Stop 6: Blikken Hut

Mary Kenesson makes "ma su ke" fiberarts and adornments inspired by Asian aesthetics and multicultural artifacts.



Ceramics

Tour Stop 2: Garden Corner Studios

Amy's passion is working with clay — a soft malleable substance — throwing, forming, and urging it into an object of both beauty and function. An object, which can be admired, touched, held, and used in daily life.



Ceramics

Tour Stop 8: Taylorstown Pottery

Bryan Mattraw began teaching art in Loudoun County in 1994. In 1997, he retired from teaching to further his education in ceramics. He moved to Boston to work in an area studio and then on to Vermont for an apprenticeship on wood firing techniques.



Paintings & More

Tour Stop 1: RavenHawk Hill Farm & Studio

Christiane Meister focuses on animal portraiture and has received many commissions over the 30 years she has been painting. At Christmas time, her glass ornament portraits done in acrylic are in great demand.



Metalwork

Tour Stop 4: Creek Hollow Forge

Creek Hollow Forge is Greg Metzler's traditional blacksmith shop specializing in architectural and decorative metal work.


Paintings

Tour Stop 7: Whimsy

According to Kaarin, her artwork is an expression and reflection of the joy that comes from doing what she loves.



Ceramics

Tour Stop 5: White House Ceramics

Lovettsville, Virginia studio artist and educator Kristen Swanson has had her hands in clay since 1991.



Paintings

Tour Stop 4: Creek Hollow Forge

Patricia Taylor Holz is a color consultant, painter, designer & multi-media artist.



Photography

Tour Stop 3: Clay-Ward Studio

Amie Ware is a nature photographer who focuses on Loudoun County where she lives with her husband, Mark, in the house where they raised their two boys.


Beaded Jewelry

Tour Stop 7: Whimsy

Stitching one bead or gemstone at a time onto a felt-like base, Robin creates one-of-a-kind bead embroidered jewelry and accessories. Robin draws her inspiration from the shapes, colors and textures found in Swarovski crystal, gemstones, pearls, and found objects. Each item is a unique piece of wearable art.