Artisans 2015
Basketry
Judith Saunders
While traditional basketry techniques are used in Judith’s art pieces, the results are far from traditional. Her vessels are intended to be more sculptural than functional. The "shell basket" series always starts with an Ocracoke shell that provides a new design challenge. [email protected]
Collage
Martha Johnson
Martha is a collage artist from Kill Devil Hills, NC. She draws her inspiration from the natural world around her, her travels far and wide, the words of many authors, and from color and texture itself. She is a self-taught collage artist and uses paper, fabric, paints, plant materials, and found objects in her work. Her collages, cards, and magnets can be found in various local, regional, and national galleries.
Drawing
Stephanie Kiker
Stephanie loves her life as an island girl. Her island happens to be Hatteras Island, N. C., where she is literally immersed in the textures, colors, patterns, shapes, and movements that you will find in her soft pastel, color pencil/ink and silk painting. When not at the drawing board, Stephanie is likely kitesurfing or surfing...doing a little market research! www.stephaniekiker.com
Kim Mosher
Cape Hatteras color pencil artist Kim Mosher draws detailed art of fish and animals. Kim's new illustrated children's cat book, that her husband , will surely bring some fun. www.kimmosherdesigns.com
Glass
Artsea Fuse
Artsea Fuse is the creation of Annie Gaskins and Flavia Burton. They have been fusing glass for about two years on Ocracoke. Their creations include platters, plates, sun catchers and a variety of fish.
Karen Jefferson
Karen lives and works in Virginia Beach VA. She has been doing stained and fused glass for the past 25 years. Her work is beach/nautical themed, and is incorporated into windows, tables, frames and cabinets. [email protected]
Karen Casey
Fused Glass Design Karen and her husband, Arlen Custer, design fused glass jewelry, hair accessories, vases, dishes, clocks, mirrors, functional tables and art pieces! Use of a glass saw and a combination of dichroic and other glass give their products a unique look. Designs range from elegant to wild. Enjoy creative, affordable art! 919-724-2340 www.KarenCaseyFusedGlass.com
Nana Glass
Colors fascinate Nancy Alderidge. Through fused glass, she shares the wonder of colors with light. Dichroic glass (glass that appears to have more than one color simultaneously) is featured in her creations.. Each piece is of her own design and completely unique. [email protected]
Jewelry
Pembroke Bryant
Pembroke Bryant is a professionally trained goldsmith specializing in handmade fine jewelry featuring rare, authentic sea glass in its found state. He is both a collector and a purist at heart, and thinks that authentic sea glass should be featured the way that Mother Nature intended‚ naturally! www.SeaSandAndHand.com
Mattie Cordio
Mattie has been working with polymer clay for about 12 years and quilling for about 15 years, She has developed her own style and techniques and loves being creative and producing things that make others happy. www.facebook.com/pages/Imperfectionz-art-studio/109630629207387?ref=hl
Joy Hannan /Kidoodles
Joy specializes in mermaids and other fantastical beings. Each piece is handcrafted one at a time using hand tools. She works in sterling, gold, and mokume, and uses gemstones to enhance her designs. All her mermaids have names, and no two are the same. www.kidoodles.com
April Trueblood & Juniper Bay Metals
Hatteras Island resident April Trueblood & Hyde County native Staci Sawyer Phebus (of Juniper Bay Metals) met in art school at ECU. In their first metal design class together, they discovered metal as a form of expression and learned to see potential for the creation of beautiful and exciting jewelry in ordinary everyday objects. With Staci's beautiful silver work and April's pop art jewelry and accessories, they offer a diverse collection of exciting art and jewelry. www.juniperbaymetals.com
The Tide Within
Amandolin Webb creates wearable works of art that embody her passion for the ocean. Her jewelry speaks to that inner voice that's always pulling you back to the sea, even when you're miles away from the lapping waves. thetidewithin.etsy.com
Delaney's Bead Designs
Delaney Goldberg lives in Kitty Hawk and is 18 years old. She has been making jewelry since age 8, when she was in the hospital with brain cancer. Her teacher brought her a beading kit and she started making jewelry. Delaney is now cancer-free and doing well! [email protected]
Other Mediums
SeaCatchers by Beth Fleishaker
Mobiles & necklaces are made from colorful wire, glass beads & shells found on the local beaches. Depending on the style that captures your fancy, you may hang them from your car’s rear view mirror, on your wall, on mirrors, or in your window to capture the light and catch the breeze. Decoupage boxes, bookshelves and original photos of OBX Lighthouses on marble coasters will add a sparkle to any room. 252-256-1080 [email protected]
Karma Studios
A self-taught designer and metal smith from coastal North Carolina, Karen Mason loves the outdoors, especially the ocean, from which she derives her inspiration! [email protected]
Marion Holmes
As an artist, Marion’s intent is to be a co-conspirator with time and nature: weather,
endurance, change; to cultivate a sensitivity to the softening beauty of things left out in the elements. Integration and disintegration. Waves of sound, light, and spirit. The feminine, the animate, the soft. Using the wind to make music is to bring attention to the ephemeral, to seasons. A gust of wind brushes against us, now gone. hollowcompassarts.weebly.com
endurance, change; to cultivate a sensitivity to the softening beauty of things left out in the elements. Integration and disintegration. Waves of sound, light, and spirit. The feminine, the animate, the soft. Using the wind to make music is to bring attention to the ephemeral, to seasons. A gust of wind brushes against us, now gone. hollowcompassarts.weebly.com
Kim Meacham
Taking art to the outdoor shower!! Milk Street Soap Co. is an Ocracoke family of artisans focused on good clean fun, constantly inspired by the awe-struck beauty of this little island out in the sea and the amazing people who live here or visit! The focus in Milk Street Studio is Integrity, Responsibility, Sustainability and a grand creative experiment in repurposing existing items in unusual ways. Amazing Organic Soaps. 252-588-2205 MilkStreetSoap.com
Cheek to Cheek
Sarah Setzco has been professionally face painting for three years, using high quality, FDA approved, skin-friendly face paints. Her designs range from simple cheek creations to full face "embrace the paint" artwork. 252-917-2998 www.facebook.com/CheekToCheekFacePainting
Painting
Gordon Lewis
Specializing in custom art to accentuate your life. Based on the Outer Banks, North Carolina, Gordon has been etching glass and laying paint for thirty years and counting. His freehand glass designs are perfect for residential and commercial settings, boats, elevators, museums and the list goes on. Gordon's custom glass and ink designs are priced by order. Signature freehand Ink prints; original oil and acrylic prints.
Joan Sears
Joan Sears is an award winning painter and decoy carver. She also upcycles antique lumber into beautiful and useful pieces of art that have a story to keep alive. Joan's home studio is in Gull Rock and her Art Gallery is at 31615 Hwy 264 Lake Landing, Hyde County. [email protected]
Artworks by Douglas Hoover
North Carolina artist Douglas Hoover enjoys creating colorful paintings with oils on canvas. His work consists of urban-inspired city scenes as well as coastal scenes of Ocracoke and surrounding coastal towns. Douglas' original oil paintings are currently shown in several galleries and are also available at art festivals he attends. www.douglashoover.com
Meg Rubino
Meg Rubino is a painter from Kitty Hawk, NC. She paints in watercolor and acrylic and tends to apply her mediums boldly. Meg is inspired daily by the sights, sounds, and smells of the Outer Banks and paints the good feelings they convey. She also loves to travel to other coastal towns to capture the essence of the local color. Her work can be found at galleries along the Outer Banks, including Ocracoke’s Bella Fiore and the KDH Cooperative. www.megrubino.com
Barbara Adams
Barbara has been a long-time island resident and volunteer for Ocracoke's National Park Service. Born in Kentucky, student of nature and drawing, she was inspired by Ocracoke's wild beauty, and made her home here with husband Don and their Airedales. Seeing the wild pony herd, birds and turtles is a focal point for many of her paintings and prints. For Barbara each day becomes a new adventure in life and art. [email protected]
Photography
Ocracoke Island Creations
Trudy Austin and John Simpson own and operate Ocracoke Island Creations. Native and resident, with over 30 years’ experience in photography, Trudy has focused her work on nature, wildlife and Ocracoke's landmarks. John has family roots long anchored in Ocracoke's history. His creative talents include decoy carving, woodworking, photography and painting. 509-930-4988
Rebelle Photography
Katie put her love of exploration into a career in Environmental Education. Long quiet hours with nature led her to pick up a camera in the hopes of preserving the reflections of people’s lives through nature. With a unique way of seeing and blurring lines between our natural existences and our daily lives, Katie's art reflects our deepest, most primitive humanity in our modern world, and promotes an enduring sense of place within it. 828-719-9893 www.rebellephotographie.smugmug.com
Don Bowers Photography
Don has been a Hatteras Island fixture since 1966 and learned photography while working on the Sea Chest magazine in high school. He is currently the staff photographer for the Island Free Press, which nominated him for a Pulitzer for his work. Don also freelances for regional and national publications. [email protected]
Pottery
Salt Creek Studio
Ocracoke Island resident Maria Logan uses original designs to create functional and decorative ceramic wares. Tiles, back splashes, framed murals, vessels, and other goods are created from wet clay slabs in her studio and gallery, Salt Creek Studio, located on Back Road. www.saltcreekceramics.com
Oak Trace Pottery
Fun and functional pottery! Self-taught potter Christy Eubank owns the Raleigh Street Gallery, located in Siler City, NC. Working out of the Gallery, she makes functional items from stoneware clay, often adding a fun twist to a pot! She uses a variety of glaze colors & combinations, resulting in a colorful display. 336-669-6754 [email protected]
Vicious Circle Studios
When people call Alessandro an artist he is flattered; he considers pottery to be a skill. His intention is to create pottery that is functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. Each item is created by hand on a wheel, finished with lead-free, food-safe glazes. Oven dishwasher and microwave safe. 252-637-6641 www.northcarolina-pottery.com
Textile/Fibre Arts
Lorrie Stone
Lorrie has been sewing and crafting since she was a very small child. She makes Barbie, Ken, Cabbage Patch, and American Girl clothes, but is willing to make special order clothes for other dolls. She would like to make Ocracoke her summer home with a shop someday.
Vicky Lowe
Originally from England, Vicky began work in London as a graphic designer. In 1997 she moved to New York and began designing textiles for the fashion Industry, and dinnerware for Williams-Sonoma . In 2010 she moved to Avon, Hatteras Island, to launch her own line of textiles, "A Good Catch." www.agoodcatch.us
Creative Fiber Art by Lisa S Winslow
Lisa has been felting for 10 years and enjoys the process from
sheep to finished products. She loves to create needle-felted whimsical
sculptures, from sea animals to woodland characters. As a bird lover, Lisa
created wet-felted birdhouses that withstand most weather, keeping your wild
birds comfortable and dry.
252-562-5441
Wood
Saw Dust
Crawford Evans has always loved working with wood and making sawdust. He has been a resident of Dare County for over 40 years, and after retiring from his retail business of 25 years, he finally has the time to indulge. Crawford's hand-crafted benches, chests, swings, cabinets and tables are all built with wood from his brother's SC property: red oak, white oak, hickory, cherry, maple, poplar, black walnut, pine and red cedar. www.crawford-sawdust.com
Jack's Toy Hauler
Jack has been making toys since 1960. In the early years his toys were made from mahogany wood washed up on local beaches from ships clearing their decks offshore Ocracoke. Today the toys are made of white pine and nontoxic paints. They are still the same style as the originals. 757-285-6911 [email protected]
Vic and Ellen Berg
Longtime residents of the Outer Banks, Vic and Ellen carve a wide variety of birds and fish. Vic also creates one-of-a-kind hand-carved tables. The Bergs are one of the most prolific carving teams in the country. 252-261-7842 www.outerbankswaterfowl.com