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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. |
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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." |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Fiber Art & Jewelry
Tour Stop 6: Blikken Hut
Mary Kenesson makes "ma su ke" fiberarts and adornments inspired by Asian aesthetics and multicultural artifacts. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Metalwork
Tour Stop 4: Creek Hollow Forge
Creek Hollow Forge is Greg Metzler's traditional blacksmith shop specializing in architectural and decorative metal work. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
