Use the Ocrafolk Festival dropdown website menu for more details. 2023 Festival Artisans Listed Below. The Artisan Application will be open January 1-February 29. 2024 Artisans will be announced in April 1.

Artisans 2023

Fiber Arts
Black Radish Handmade
A native of the D.C. area, Annie Grace Campbell’s interest in fiber arts started at a young age when she learned how to knit. As Black Radish Handmade, she now spins yarn, knits, weaves and hand dyes yarn, accessories and garments out of her home studio in Baltimore, Maryland. blackradishhandmade.com
Rose Rast Studio
Jennifer Rose’s home base is the stunning islands of the Outer Banks. As a self-taught artist, her focus is primarily textiles, but her love for creating art transfers across mediums. Using the technique of hand-embroidery she composes pieces of wearable art & accessories with vibrant colors & textures. Instagram.com/roserast
Westwind Tie Dye
Karen Dillingham is a self-taught Tie Dye artist. Each piece is folded into a pattern and dyed by hand. facebook.com/westwindtiedye
Maribeth Ocock
Originally from Illinois, she has settled in Virginia and loves to spend her time creating sewn and machine embroidery items like luggage tags, reading pillows and aprons. Stop by and see what she has to share.
Glass
Karen Casey Fused Glass Designs
Fused glass vases, dishes, clocks, mirrors, tables, hair accessories, jewelry. Use of a glass saw, high-fire food-safe enamels for screen printing, and different types of glass gives them their unique look. Designs from elegant to wild. Creative, affordable art! karencaseyfusedglass.com
Jewelry
Annie Grimes Williams - CopperTide
Annie creates one-of-a-kind wearable art jewelry inspired by nature, period design movements, and color, using traditional metalsmithing and enameling techniques with a bold contemporary organic style. She enjoys playing with organic vs geometric forms and creating unique and interesting color combinations. coppertide.net
Tangled Turtle
Artists Rosalyn Kutchins and Wendy Johnson make handmade glass wearable art. Using many glass-forming techniques, each piece is paired with handcrafted fine metals to make unique one-of-a-kind pieces.  Their art may be seen in many galleries in eastern North Carolina, from Oriental and New Bern to the Outer Banks. [email protected]
Crystal Blackmon
Crystal believes she can be identified as a seashell artist at this point in her jewelry career. Molding shells using silver, copper and bronze to complement gemstones and pearls has become a passion. Driftwood, bones and coral make great textures in her designs. She started her first jewelry classes on Ocracoke! Facebook:Empty Nest Studio
Lamar by the Sea
An Ocracoke native, Lamarr has always loved the sea and its timeless beauty. Inspired by pirate tales, sunken treasures, and ever-elusive mermaids, Lamarr has captured its images and fascinating tales by creating original, artisan jewelry featuring sterling silver, pearls, sea glass, and semiprecious stones. 252-945-7204
Leather
Milestone Bag Co
Est. 2011, Milestone Bag Co handmakes leather bags and accessories one at a time using traditional methods with a focus on sustainability and minimal waste. They are woman owned and operated out of Siler City, NC. milestonebagco.com
Metal
The UpCycled SpokesMan
Robert and Carol Smith, from Raleigh, NC, formed The UpCycled SpokesMan in 2018. Carol designs the pieces, and Robert, a retired machinist and welder, creates jewelry, ornaments, bookmarks, bud vases and other unique treasures from stainless steel bicycle spokes and stainless and silverplate flatware. Find them on Etsy and Facebook. [email protected]
Other
Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares
Leaf Peeper Tea & Artisan Wares launched at the Ocracoke Fig Festival in 2016, and maintains a plant-inspired theme in an eclectic product line that includes original tea blends made with organic, Fair Trade, homegrown, and/or wild-harvested ingredients; homemade sweet and savory goods; and miscellaneous locally themed crafts. LeafPeeper.xyz
Imperfectionz Art
Mattie Wills is a paper quilled artist. She creates fun, unique pieces using traditional paper quilling techniques taught to her by her grandmother. Mattie also hand-sculpts polymer clay charms. imperfectionzart.org
Painting
Sonya Allen
Owner of Art Ocracoke Gallery, freelance digital artist, and traditional painter. Her portfolio is at sonyastudio.com
Photography
The Image Mill
Greg Mills photographs North Carolina from the mountains to the sea, focusing on the Outer Banks and especially Ocracoke Island. Greg's studio The IMAGE MILL, located in Raleigh, delivers upscale archival photography for home, office and gift giving. theimagemill.com
Pottery
Karin Thompson Artwork
Karin Thompson is from Goldsboro, NC. She is an artist that loves to create nature-inspired work in pottery, painting and other materials. Her work is one-of-a-kind and hopefully speaks to the individual looking at it. Come see what speaks to You! karint#[email protected]
Fragments and Fig
Fragments and Fig is the creative business of local NC artist Emily Figueras. She has an artistic focus in pottery, printmaking, jewelry and more. Her work is inspired by nature and the nostalgia of growing up in rural southeastern North Carolina. She loves creating beautiful and humorous pieces that are functional and can be used in everyday routine. [email protected]
Millstone Pottery
Millstone Pottery specializes in designs that focus on exhibiting natural themes. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and dishwasher and microwave safe. Designs stem from an affection for the local Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
millstonepotteryva.com
Oak Trace Pottery
Christy Eubank has been a NC potter for over 20 years. While she enjoys all the directions clay can take her in, she leans towards functional items that can be used and enjoyed on a daily basis. She has been featured in Our State magazine. [email protected]
Yana Volotovskaya
Yana is from Russia, where her interest in ceramics first appeared. She started working professionally with clay when she moved with her family to Lithuania. Now that she and her family are part of the Ocracoke community, she has been making ceramics from her new island home. In 2023, she was a featured instructor at Ocracoke School Arts Week. [email protected]
Wood
Manteo Made
Manteo Made is a custom furniture and homewares studio located on North Carolina’s Outer banks. Owen Lauber started Manteo Made with the goal of making the highest quality wood products possible. Each piece is handmade with care using traditional methods that will last for generations. Their products use sustainable sourced lumber and all natural finishes. (914) 319-7039.
Vic & Ellen Berg
Well known for their often whimsical carvings, Vic and Ellen Berg have been carving for over 30 years. outerbankswaterfowl.com
Windy Island Designs
The art of Windy Island Designs is a collaborative endeavor between husband and wife team Tom and Keven Eriksen. The evolution of the art has been a journey of creativity and discovery over many years. Their process in creating wood sculpture includes the use of technology and traditional methods. They use computer design, laser cutting, hand finishing and hand painting to create their art and are continually exploring new designs and methods of creating art to keep it fresh and innovative. They are committed to creating art that inspires, provokes ideas and shares the joy received from making it with others. Windyislanddesigns.com