Artisans 2018
Basketry
Judith Saunders
Judith’s woven sculptural baskets are representative of Ocracoke through the use of shells found on the island, as well as a number of plant materials harvested here. Her work is popular with both residents and visitors. Her display features the "shell series" baskets, plaited baskets in copper and painted paper, and woven bead earrings. beachbasket@verizon.net
Collage
Martha Johnson ~ Four Sisters Studios
Martha is a collage artist who draws her inspiration from the natural world, her travels far and wide, the words of many authors, and from color and texture itself. Her collages, cards, and magnets can be found in various local, regional, and national galleries. foursistersstudio@yahoo.com
Drawing
Karen Rhodes
colored pencils, she has self-branded her art onto many useful products! She now owns and operates Trixies Fineries Boutique at Community Square Shops here on the island. etsy.com/shop/billfishart
Kim Mosher
Kim Mosher draws with colored pencils and creates highly detailed art of wildlife, fish, and animals. Kim is currently illustrating another children's book, and her husband is the author! Kim sells books, cards, prints, and T-shirts. www.kimmosherdesigns.com
Stephanie Kiker
Stephanie loves her life as an island girl. Her island happens to be Hatteras Island, NC, where she is literally immersed in the textures, colors, patterns, shapes, and movements that you will find in her soft pastel, colored pencil/ink, and silk painting. When not at the drawing board, Stephanie is likely to be kitesurfing or surfing...doing a little market research! www.stephaniekiker.com
Glass
Enchanted Fungi - Classy Glassy
Amy Brown creates fun, hand-painted glassware for all occasions. A bottle of wine becomes an event with a beautiful, themed, hand-painted wine glass. She also paints coffee beakers, vases, candy jars, steins, and other functional glassware. www.etsy.com/shop/EnchantedFungi
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. Tangledturtlenc@gmail.com
The Back Room Studio
Anne Hinton started working with art glass, making a traditional mosaic to create a table top for her daughter. The Back Room Studio was born as her interest in traditional mosaics grew and she discovered the technique of mounting art glass on acrylic. Anne has work for sale at www.etsy.com/shop/thebackroomstudio.
Karen Casey Fused Glass Designs
Karen Casey and Arlen Custer are Durham NC artists who love color and interesting shapes for their glass pieces. You will find fused glass jewelry, hair accessories, vases, dishes, clocks, and mirrors. The waterfall tables are fun and functional. Designs from elegant to wild! They also enjoy music and art shows. www.KarenCaseyFusedGlass.com
Nana Glass
Colors fascinate Nancy Aldridge. Through fused glass, she shares the wonder of color, light, and glass. She finds the luminescent pieces can encourage healing & transformation. Dichroic glass simultaneously reflects multiple colors, and is featured in her creations. Angels are often highlighted. Each piece is completely unique. nanaglass65@yahoo.com
Jewelry
Crystal Blackmon
Crystal Blackmon can be found at her studio in Frisco on Hatteras Island. She designs jewelry by molding shells and beach finds into silver, copper, and bronze. Her pieces are a unique creative fusion of organic treasures and textures, complemented with beach glass, gemstones, and pearls.
Delaney's Bead Designs
Delaney Goldberg is 21 years old and a brain cancer survivor. She grew up on the Outer Banks with her two Chihuahuas and family, and started making jewelry when she was in the hospital. Her 3rd grade teacher brought her a beading kit, and she started selling her creations to the nurses and doctors. Once she was out of the hospital she created a business. She has been participating in the Ocrafolk Festival since she can remember and has watched all the local children grow into teenagers! obxbeadgirl@aol.com
Designs By Rego
Rosalyn Sharpe has been making jewelry for a living for 38 years. All creations spring from her imagination. Nature is her inspiration; it is ever-changing and continuously grows & evolves.
Joy Hannan Designs/ KiDoodles
Extraordinary mermaids! Handcrafted by Joy, one at a time, in sterling silver and gold, with genuine gemstones. She cuts each one out of precious metal sheet with a tiny jeweler’s saw, solders them together, adding wire for hair, polish, and texture, and lastly gives them names. Come see her! www.kidoodles.com
Marlene McDonald
A torch and flame reaching 1900 degrees, rods of glass being melted and wrapped around steel rods, and an imagination as deep as the ocean, all combine to create one-of-a-kind, wearable glass art sculptures that are set with precious metals and freshwater pearls.
www.marlenemcdonald.com
www.marlenemcdonald.com
YouMeUsDesigns
Robin Macek is a mother of three grown children and wife to her husband, Chad. They left Connecticut for the North Carolina coast in 2012, and started YouMeUs Designs shortly thereafter. She makes things that are fun and evoke great memories for people. Who doesn’t feel good when they think about the 60’s/70’s? www.instagram.com/YouMeUsDesigns
Sea, Sand and Hand
Pembroke is an artist and professionally trained goldsmith who receives inspiration from the natural beauty and history of authentic sea glass. He uses that inspiration to make fine jewelry, featuring rare sea glass in its found state, from his home studio on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
www.SeaSandAndHand.com
www.SeaSandAndHand.com
Staci Sawyer Phebus & April Trueblood
Juniper Bay Metals is the handcrafted jewelry of Raleigh artist Staci Sawyer Phebus. Raised in coastal North Carolina, she feels that her work is often inspired by the sea. Using traditional metalsmithing techniques & materials such as silver, gold, turquoise, and other gemstones, each piece is handcrafted, producing one-of-a-kind results. April Trueblood will join her with her great headbands or some other festive items!
http://www.juniperbaymetals.com/gallery/
http://www.juniperbaymetals.com/gallery/
The Victorian Magpie
The Victorian Magpie captures a memory in each timepiece-inspired jewelry item they create. They marry non-functioning timepiece parts with whimsy and style, creating one-of-a-kind jewelry items and repurposing treasures from the past into items that can be enjoyed for years to come. Their work synthesizes popular nostalgia with the steampunk movement that is so popular today. Whatever your connection with these timepiece trinkets, the Victorian Magpie is sure to please. VictorianMagpie.com
Woodcrafty
Woodcrafty offers wooden jewelry adorned with intricate mosaics that are handmade by Jon Pitts in Raleigh, NC. The designs feature recycled woods that are given a second life as art. www.woodcraftyart.com
Other Mediums
Amy Draws
Amy Friend's work, rooted in foundations, delves into the complexities of life, finding balance between her desire for adventure versus security. Using metaphors and abstracts, her work maintains realism in its depiction. The compositions create a graceful struggle and an uncertain balance. Friend received a BFA from Art Academy of Cincinnati. www.amydraws.com
2 Chicks with Scents
Bitsy Crawford / Kara Rider are two gals whose NC based company features hand-poured, small- batch soy candles created with intention, and handcrafted, all-organic bath and body products. All creations have intention, and the candles have cleansed, blessed crystals in them. www.2chickswithscents.com
The Bearded Heart
The Bearded Heart is where Horace Long hand-screen-prints his original artwork onto high-quality Tea Towels, Cotton Napkins, Tote Bags, and T-shirts. His studio is located in downtown Wilmington, NC. thebeardedheart.com
Mattie Cordio ~ Imperfectionz Art
Mattie Cordio is a polymer clay and paper quilling artist whose work can be seen at fine galleries on the island. She is a past instructor in Ocracoke Alive’s Arts Partnership Program with Ocracoke School. https://m.facebook.com/Imperfectionzartstudio/
Two Sisters' Creation
Wanda Gardner and Joane Dundore have been sewing and creating together since they were girls. The antique weaving loom belonged to their mother, and Wanda continues the family tradition of weaving beautiful rugs. Joane enjoys creating children's toys and homespun items.
Milk Street Soap Co.
Kim and Roger Meacham invite you to one of the BEST showers of the year! Sponsored by Milk Street Soap Co. Big, effervescent bubbles, shower blooming essential oil blends, and skin nurturing premium ingredients. Earth conscience handcrafting, organic and long lasting... a LOCAL FAVORITE! Warning: May be HABIT FORMING. MilkStreetSoap.com
Minhas Henna Tattoos
Minhas Henna Tattoos have been around for thousands of years, and are a part of her culture! And Mehak Minhas is so happy to share this tradition with Ocracoke! She applies Live, Free Hand Tattoos in Black, Brown and White henna. She also hand-designs Candles, Decorative plates and much more to create unique pieces of artwork. www.facebook.com/mehakminhasartist
Robinson "Ex-files" Knives
Since 2011, Danny Robinson has been a full-time knife and tool maker. All handcrafted cutlery and tools are made from vintage files and farriers’ rasps. Facebook: Ex-file Knives
Seaside Reflections by Kathy
Kathy has always loved the beach and collecting shells, and has now translated this interest into a medium that can be shared with others. All pieces are handmade with love, with seashells harvested from the North Carolina coast, including Ocracoke! The process of her grouted oyster shell projects and "tabby shell" is both unique and beautiful, utilizing mostly hand-picked shells directly from the beach. https://www.facebook.com/SeasideReflectionsKathy/
Sarah Setzco ~ 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
The Glass Garden
Growing up along the beaches of NC has inspired Karen Mason’s love of nature and the sea. She strives to bring her visions of whimsical beauty to life in colorful home and garden creations. www.facebook.com/TheGlassGarden
Painting
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
Linda Flynn
Welcome to Linda’s colorful world of alcohol ink painting. She paints with alcohol ink on ceramic tile and yupo paper. Alcohol Inks are dye-based inks, and they are bright, luminous, and spontaneous. Painting with these inks allows your inner creativity to flow in a fluid and organic way. She can create more spontaneously and lets the ink flow guide her through many compositions. www.LindaFlynnArt.com
On My Travels
Originally from UK, Manda Holden has lived in NC for 23 years and recently moved from Ocracoke to Beaufort. Her bijou whimsical ink and watercolor paintings are places and things she loves on her travels. Every piece is an original, framed in vintage up-cycled frames that she repaints in soft, salty colors fitting to the artwork. Instagram: onmytravels Facebook: On my travels mandaholden64@gmail.com
SUES Hand Painted Leather Bags
Sue is a fine art painter who turns her passion into hand-painted handbags and one-of-a-kind wearable art pieces on leather. Many of her designs are related to nature and yoga. Her popular series called the Painted Faces is inspired by the emotions of kindness, love, global humanity, and connection between all people. https://instagram.com/sues_handbags
Photography
Cyndi Goetcheus Sarfan
Cyndi is a fine art and nature photographer from Kill Devil Hills, NC. Cyndi is a member of the KDH Cooperative Gallery and the Dare County Arts Council. Her work can be seen and purchased at art shows across the region as well as on cjnewlifephotography.com.
Pottery
Marty Freeman
Marty Freeman is a retired nurse who fell in love with pottery. Her work is continually evolving and changing. She loves color and blends of texture with lots of movement; she enjoys hand-building and exploring bold glazes on her functional pieces. Brilliant color that bleeds and blends together seems to make her pieces "happy”. Most of all she enjoys the feel of the clay and working in mud. mgfmudpies.com
Oak Trace Pottery
Fun & functional! Christy Eubank has been creating pottery for more than 20 years. She has won multiple regional awards and her work has been featured in Our State Magazine. Working out of her gallery in Siler City, NC she is inspired by the endless possibilities clay provides. She makes hand crafted items using stoneware clay, textures, and a variety of glazes resulting in a colorful collection made for every day use or display. etsy.com/shop/oaktracepottery
W.A. Flowers
William A. Flowers is a self-taught artist from North Carolina. He began making functional pottery in 1969, after building his first potter’s wheel using an old truck axle, odd metal parts, and a bag of cement. His earliest wood firing experience nearly set his cabin on fire! Now, after years of trial, error, and endless experimentation, William has changed the face of Southern Folk Art. waflowerspottery.com
Textile/Fibre Arts
A Good Catch
After many years working in New York designing housewares, Vicky Lowe moved from the city to Hatteras Island. She creates whimsical, bright watercolors, as well as functional items for the home, including pillows, table runners, and shower curtains. Her work is available in galleries on the Outer Banks and online at www.agoodcatch.us
Jennifer Ray
Jen Ray creates handmade, one-of-a-kind clothing from recycled T-shirts. She also features adorably crocheted stuffed animals and dolls, along with reversible bucket hats for the little ones. There is something for everyone. www.facebook.com/jenraymadethis
Lorrie Stone
Working hard sewing, Lorrie has done several new shows but her heart is on Ocracoke.
Maribeth Ocock
Maribeth loves to create with fabric. She does machine embroidery as well. Her favorites are fabric luggage tags . . . an awesome way to find your bags. Microwave bowl holders that save your hands from hot food bowls (or cold ice cream). Embroidered aprons for you or for gifts.
Wood
Windy Island Designs
Creative collaborators, Tom & Keven Eriksen, use an innovative process of combining hand carving and technology to create wood sculpture & wearable art. The unique colored wood is created using veneer intended for skateboard decks. They have also recently begun to incorporate metal into the designs. Exploring new materials adds to the range of expression in design. Windyislanddesigns.com
Vic and Ellen Berg
Herschel Pilcher
Herschel enjoys finding unique pieces of wood and releasing their hidden wonders. Part of the fun of wood-turning is allowing the wood to determine the outcome of your turning. Creations include uniquely designed bowls, spindle work, as well as decorative items such as Christmas ornaments, jewelry, and candle holders. hep0369@yahoo.com