Artists
 
Ceramics
Drawings
Fiber
Fine Crafts
Jewelry
Metal
Mixed Media
Oils/Acrylics

Pastels
Photography
Watercolors
 

Ceramics

Moon Dance Pottery & Art Studio by Wendy Lyman
Ferndale, MD - Booth #086

Garden lanterns trays table lanterns hand built from slabs luminaries vases extruded altered and more...

Susan Small and Susie Martin
Reading, PA - Booth #030

We both work in ceramics and use a variety of methods including hard building, throwing and modeling. We also work in tiles and mosaics an may have an assortment of these methods in our booth.

 

Drawings

Becky Stiles
Mohrsville, PA - Booth #039

My medium is colored pencil using techniques beyond the traditional use of this medium. My drawing style ranges from realistic to illustrative with realistic elements.

 

Fiber

Artful Addiction by Julie Umbenhauer
Sinking Spring, PA - Booth #074

Color and texture are the two most important things in my work--whether it is functional or non-functional. In my quilts and weavings I manipulate the surface to draw in the viewer. In my handbags, I design my own patterns and choose interesting fabrics to create fashionable, one-of-a-kind bags.

Avril's Designs by Avril Clindinin
Irvington, NJ - Booth #047

Designed and handmade by Avril of Avril's Designs from the finest tapestry and chenille fabrics, each uniquely embellished.

Bowman Fiber Designs by Leslie Bowman-Friedlander
Reisterstown, MD - Booth #020
One-of-a-kind and limited edition quilted wall pieces and accessories using cotton fabrics which have been hand dyed and embellished.

Marla Duran
Bethlehem, PA - Booth #036

I use printed fabrics and mix them with a sense of whimsy. Many are reprints of old fabrics, turning to wallpaper, wrapping paper and vintage fabric for inspiration. Details in my work include pleats, gathers, patches and interesting buttons.  I also use shibori techniques and dyes to create patterns.

Jan & Gary Fulton of Fulton Design Studio
Exton, PA - Booth #050

We create contemporary art quilts and table linens from cotton fabrics, using a variety of piecing, quilting, embroidery and appliqué techniques.

Mythos Clothing and Textiles by David Cook and Heidi Custer
Bedford, PA - Booth #057

We design and produce quality cotton and rayon clothing with value. We tie and dye each piece by hand to create our unique "Krinkle Dye" style in our Pennsylvania studio using fiber reactive dyes. All items are colorfast and machine washable.

 

Fine Crafts

Claypoole Hexsigns by Eric Claypoole
Lenhartsville, PA - Booth #072

Hand painted hexsigns and barn stars.

 

Jewelry

Basically Beads by Marilyn Pounder
Sinking Spring, PA - Booth #044

Jewelry made from Handmade polymer clay beads and glass, stone and/or metal beads and pearls. The handmade beads are made using a variety of techniques including caning, faux techniques, and texturing.

Bee-Beadazzled Jewelry Designs
by Eileen Kastura and Donna Harrington

Wyomissing, PA - Booth #043

Jewelry is handmade and/or hand stitched with high quality glass seed beads, natural stones and Swarovski Crystals. Our line includes necklaces, bracelets, rings, key chains, bookmarkers, earrings and other items. All handmade using sterling silver and platinum wire.

Big Kitty Design Studio by Ellen Baxter and Leslie Walker
State College, PA - Booth #031

Our wearable art is inspired by the sea and its treasures. We link stones, shells, found elements and hand made coral beads on hand wrought sterling links.

 
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Dorian Cola
Sinking Spring, PA - Booth #054

Local jewelry and collage artist.  Affordable, funky and fun jewelry for the everyday woman! Colorful necklaces, bracelets, earrings and pins highlight the collection. Collages created on canvas incorporate fabric, found objects, beads and photography. Spirit Boxes are assembled with the same materials and again are theme oriented. Each individual box is ready to be used to store momentous.

das Silberglanz Designs by Wanda Kalbach
Mohnton, PA - Booth #062

Handmade sterling silver jewelry accented with my lampwork beads, gemstones, pearls, and other natural components.

Designs by Denise Kurtz
Reading, PA - Booth #027

Fused glass, sterling silver wirework, semi-precious.

Diving Cat Studio and Gallery by Markels Roberts
Phoenixville, PA - Booth #042

Jewelry: Sculptural Flameworked Glass coupled with Sterling Stirling Silver.

Handmade Jewelry by Vicki
Reading, PA - Booth #056

Handmade beaded jewelry using precious and semi-precious gemstones, pearls, and precious metals.

Imagination in Glass by Donald and Candace Cothard
Camp Hill, PA - Booth #059
One-of-a-kind architectural pieces of art to wear combining hand-hammered metals, fresh water pearls, semi-precious stones, rough minerals, glass beads, Swarovski crystals with hand-cut Stained Glass.

Jungwhon Joo
Philadelphia, PA - Booth #088

Fine Enamel Art Jewelry-Cloisonné, Champlevé.

Kindred Spirit Designs by Dona Jones
Oley, PA - Booth #078
I currently make over 80 simple, whimsical and primitive styled designs featuring animals, body forms, celestial, oceanic and natural themes into Pins, Earrings, Necklaces and Ornaments. I repeatedly heat and cool each piece with an acetylene torch to create a colorful patina I call "Torched Copper".

A Little Sparkle by Kerry Rohrbach
Reading, PA - Booth #022
I make jewelry that is vintage inspired with a touch of whimsy. It is a combination of vintage beads, buttons, or fabric with new materials that blend to give a fresh look to jewelry and accessories. My favorite designs involve wire techniques, linking and wrapping.

Lucile Martin Fine Jewelry by Lucile Macsherry
Reisterstown, MD - Booth #065

The jewelry is entirely hand fabricated in silver and gold incorporating natural stones and pearls.

Metal Maiden Mixed Media Jewelry by Karen Myers
Shillington, PA - Booth #032

I am a juried, exhibiting, board member of the Reading-Berks Guild Of Craftsmen. My work is described as Mixed Media Jewelry. I combine copper, bass, sterling and center most pieces with a paper clay painting. I use traditional silversmithing techniques. I have a BFA in Illustration.

Michabella Creations by Michelle Harvey and Cindy Grill
Lebanon, PA - Booth #066
Fun, trendy, and unique handcrafted jewelry designed with Swarovski crystals, pearls, gemstones, brass, silver, and natural materials. Affordably priced and lovingly made.


1st Place Prize Winner
Michael Stephens Silver and Bold Studio
Edinburg, PA - Booth #011

I hand-fabricate my art jewelry using traditional metal-smithing techniques with both traditional and non-traditional materials. A passion is to include found objects and Paleolithic images where they enhance the design. I have chosen not to brand myself with a single style of work.

Millstone Designs by Alesia Millschase
Cochranville, PA - Booth #016

Lost wax carved and cast pieces of jewelry. I also use genuine stones and sea glass in my fabricated pieces. My jewelry is made from sterling silver with some 14k accents.

New Moon Creations by Debra Cross
Alburtis, PA - Booth #009

Bead woven jewelry. Weave seed beads with needle and thread into jewelry pieces. Also make jewelry with stones and beads strung on wire.

Nicolina Jewelry Designs by Nicole Phillipine-Martin
Womelsdorf, PA - Booth #053

Handcrafted jewelry designs featuring Swarovski Crystal, Bali Silver, Venetian Glass, Lampwork beads and other top quality components.

Oh Wow! The Colors! Clay Jewelry Works by David A. Fisher
Harrisburg, PA - Booth #041
Jewelry Handcrafted with Polymer Clay and various metals and materials.

One Bead at a Time by Sandra Saylor Seaman
West Lawn, PA - Booth #026

I have been a lampwork glass bead maker since 1997. My collectible glass beads have been featured in exhibits and books. I also incorporate my glass beads into one-of-a-kind jewelry. This year I have been exploring glass fusing. I am creating fused glass jewelry and home decor.

Pretty Little Gems by Evelyn Deutsch
Allentown, PA - Booth #037

Silver Jewelry&Chain Maille designs using sterling silver, gemstones, glass, and other elements. I weave both traditional and unique patterns into my chain maille designs and use other elements to ornament my creations. Semi-precious stones and other elements are used to create my original designs.

Stacey Krantz Fine Jewelry Design
Frederick, MD - Booth #008

I handcraft each piece using traditional metalsmithing techniques and am inspired by nature.

Stacy Jewelry by Stacy Genditzki
Bedford, PA - Booth #049

I use sterling silver and 14K gold fill sheet and wire along with gemstones to create feminine jewelry. I hand hammer, forge and solder the metal and then accent with gemstones. My jewelry is inspired by nature in and the beauty of all women.

Svetlana Designs Jewelry by Svetlana Howells
Allentown, PA - Booth #010

Sterling silver jewelry, created using reticulation, fusing and granulation techniques inspired by nature and the Orient.

Wellington Handmade Jewelry by Marina Bloomfield
Doylestown, PA - Booth #015

Pieces composed of precious stones, glass, crystals, gold, silver and copper. No two are the same.

Wired by Whitney Anderson
Sunbury, PA - Booth #007

Using raw materials, sterling silver and stones I shape each link and every wire by hand. Not knowing the outcome is part of the excitement I feel as I passionately create each piece. Inspired by nature's pallet and shapes I create free form, delicate, organic pieces.

Wise & Wise Fatima Sharrieff
Tampa, FL - Booth #019

Hand design, pounded and rapped with sterling silver, gold filled and copper wire, with gem stones.

Word of Mouth by Louise Devery
Easton, PA - Booth #023

Sheet metal shapes cut, stamped, pierced. Wire formed, stones, glass, Austrian crystals.

 

Metal

Bob Bauers Metalwork
Pottstown, PA - Booth #068

I work mainly with steel and use traditional forging as well as torch cutting and modern welding methods to make sculptures and furniture. I also work in copper, mainly creating two-dimensional pieces that emphasize patina.

Bovano of Cheshire
Cheshire, CT - Booth #035

Specializing in enameled copper sculptures in a rainbow of dazzling colors and sleek designs.  All Bovano products are crafted in Cheshire, Connecticut and offer a colorful assortment of both table and wall sculptures.  Popular themes include birds, butterflies, florals, marine life and more.


2nd Place Prize Winner
Hog Island Creations by Albert Doughty
Cape Charles, VA - Booth #058

Highly detailed pieces are crafted from mild steel, cut, ground and welded to shape. Color variations are attained by applying heat. No casting process is involved.

 

Mixed Media

Artemis Studios by Diana Koziupa
Perkasie, PA - Booth #013

Stainless steel and glass (lampworked, fused) "jewelry for the home".

Butterfly Artworks by Bob and Ravi Natalini
Reading, PA - Booth #082
Mixed-media shadowboxes and jewelry created using unharmed, end-of-life-cycle insects farmed within the rain forest. Using sustainable use materials helping save rain forests.

Kimberlee Dawn
Birdsboro, PA - Booth #028

Angel Essence Portraits: Spiritual Art, Visionary Art. I create the Angel Essence Portrait, interpretation for the individual at my booth and have spiritual, visionary art that I have created - Acrylics, Gems, Pen and Ink, Mixed Media.

George Miller III
Reading, PA - Booth #029

I use acrylic based paints and spray enamel paint on relief style backgrounds to create many of my paintings. I also work digitally and offer prints for sale. Additionally, I will be offering caricatures and Unique crafts.

Hamburg Area Arts Alliance
Hamburg, PA - Booth #024

The Alliance was formed as a committee of Our Town Foundation - Hamburg’s Main Street Revitalization program. There are currently more than 6 dozen artist members; over 40 of them have their work on display and for sale in the Gallery of Hamburg on State Street.

Jay Bee Yell by Jenny Barron Landis
Lewistown, PA - Booth #034

I combine needle felted wool, new, vintage and embellished fabrics for my original design dolls. Tassels are also created with needle felted wool and are strung with ribbon and beads.

Jo's Fab Frames & Fotos by Joanne Zitko
Coraopolis, PA - Booth #052

Using photographs that I've taken from around the world, I bleed the photograph into the 2" frame by hand-painting (using acrylics) the photograph onto muslin.

Chuck Kaiser
Lancaster, PA - Booth #051

Wax-Resist dye process on various media including newspaper and textiles with acrylics & encaustics.

Lisa's Chart Art LLC by Lisa Miglioratti
Webster, NY - Booth #060

Hand drawn 3D custom carved wooden lake, river charts accurately depicting water depth. They come in a variety of different wood face and frame materials. These heirloom quality pieces are commissioned and personalized to the customers specifications. Any body of water, no two pieces are alike.

McCloskey Designs by Linda Benton McCloskey
Harrisburg, PA - Booth #061

Paintings - watermedia, watercolor, mixed media and encastic (beeswax w/pigment) - all abstract designs. ALL ORIGINAL WORKS - NO PRINTS SOLD.

One White Flower by Diana Hydock
Freeland, PA - Booth #045

My work is 3 dimensional art composed of collage and whimsical objects in handmade paper, clay and fiber.

Pysanky by Nick Zdinak
Dumfries, VA - Booth #017

My artwork, pysanky, is done on various types of eggs. The artwork is drawn on the eggs with hot beeswax. The eggs are then dyed. Each layer of dye is covered with beeswax. The beeswax is then melted off to see the various colors and design. Clear glaze is then added to finish the art.

Donna Unger
Reading, PA - Booth #046
Donna's paintings are a bold mixture of different mediums, design, color, line, texture and varied subject matter. She is a colorist that enjoys watercolor, acrylic, oil, pastel and collage. She loves combining the different mediums for a unique and different look.

Wireworx by Leslie Master
Philadelphia, PA - Booth #040

Glass beads on glass & metal pieces then wrapped with wire to make unique designs in a variety of colors.

 

Oils/Acrylics

All Together Art by Jane Runyeon
Shillington, PA - Booth #021
Assemblage cigar boxes, mixed media on paper, purses, acrylic on canvas and button bracelets.

Michele Byrne
Reading, PA - Booth #070

I do mostly plein air paintings in oil on canvas or linen. I paint on location at jazz clubs, and outdoors at cafes and I paint local landscapes.

Jolene Ferlazzo
Reading, PA - Booth #076

Oil painting.

Christine Fleming
Mohnton, PA - Booth #006

Original oil paintings.  Broken pottery mosaics.  Pressed leaf arrangements.

Deb Schlouch
Wyomissing, PA - Booth #012

Life & Love arouse my creativity to scrape, pour, adhere, and brush colorful acrylic paint in multiple layers, creating images that dance and experiences that encourage conversations with viewers.

 

Pastels

Bob Richey
Warminster, PA - Booth #001

I draw landscapes using soft pastels applied to a sanded ground. Most of my works art completed in a single sitting.

 

Photography

Bob Hahn Photography
Bethlehem, PA - Booth #038

Giclée prints from nature and underwater original photography.

Joseph Campbell Photo
Sykesville, MD - Booth #025

I offer both canvas gallery-wrapped and traditionally framed photographic prints. I print all of my own work using archival inks double matted with museum-quality preservation matte board. Sizes range from 20" x 24" to note-cards.

High Rock Images by Lucinda Lobach
York, PA - Booth #064

High Rock Images uses fine art photography to share perspectives on the natural world, featuring views of wild animals in pristine habitats and unspoiled vistas of Planet Earth. Work will be offered professionally matted and framed and in note card form.

Kopicki Photography by Ed Kopicki
Reading, PA - Booth #080

Artistic professional photographic images on canvas in a luscious browntone color.


3rd Place Prize Winner
Neil Dierks Photography
Altoona, PA - Booth #033

Original fine art photography in both digital and film mediums.

Robert Hasenfratz Photography
Toledo, OH - Booth #084

Non-digital nature photography with a fresh approach. Special effects involve multiple exposures photographed on a single frame of film.

 

Watercolors

Art-4U by Mark Cottman
Baltimore, MD - Booth #063

Several layers of watercolors were used to create a translucent matted surface.

Beth Carroll
Reading, PA - Booth #090

Working with watercolor and gouache, I enjoy creating unique animal portraits.

 

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