Artisans in the news

We encourage you to follow the Artisans Studio Tour on Instagram and Facebook, for the most up to date news about the event and the talented artisans that are participating. As you explore the Tour website, you can find individual artisans' social media accounts—we recommend also following those to further your knowledge about their art and skills. 

Below you will find the current highlights from the Artisans Studio Tour instagram account.

Nancy Ross is a long time potter of over 49 years whose work is inspired by vistas of her home region in Charlottesville VA. Ross says, “In my newest work, I’m playing with colored clays and slips, often marbling the colors. Deeply root
Jan Elmore builds designs that incorporate a selection of hammered and patinated copper, exotic woods, hand-painted paper, porcelain, aluminum, leather, fibers, and painted panels. Her sustainable approach incorporates salvaged materials from other
Blaise Gaston has been developing his craft as a woodworker and furniture maker since 1969. His work contains sculptural elements while staying in the functional realm. Influenced by visuals in nature, Blaise embellishes the innate beauty of wood t
Katherine Maloney sculpts realistic animals who are singular sculptures or sculptures that correspond with functional vessels and altered forms. Each animal is presented in gestures of significance and integrity, aiming to invoke an introspective res
Shari Jacobs of The Muddy Rabbit Pottery is interested in the place where a tightly thrown, symmetrical, refined shape meets a more fluid, even chaotic, form of decoration. “When I decorate a precisely thrown bowl with impulsive hand carving
Potter Becky Garrity will be in Studio 4 this November 9th and 10th. “I am enthused by a texture that draws one’s attention. Recently, paddling the clay walls of each form with a ruler creates a rough, tactile-rich inviting surface. As y
Weaver Laurie Duxbury returns to the tour this year with her beautiful, colorful textiles. “Colors speak to me, and I love playing with different hues as I weave. My works explore how fabric woven with a variety of dyed threads elicits feelin
We are excited to include on the tour this year, Suzanne Crane. “My work in clay reflects that attention to detail in nature, though my focus is artistic rather than scientific. Each morning I walk and gather botanical specimens to use in the
Holly Horan is a potter at Noon Whistle Pottery, a shop featuring fine American craft, along with her husband, sculptor John Pluta. Holly makes functional pottery, both slab and wheel formed with swirls, dots and flourishes of clay slip decoration.

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