Peter Clark fulfilled a lifelong dream when he built his studio in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Grass Valley. He creates metal art, with two working dog assistants, a few steps away from his organic garden. Expanding on his Fine Arts degree in Sculpture, Peter uses traditional methods of blacksmithing and metal spinning with salvaged, [...]

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I am a stay at home mom to four kids in Monroe Michigan. In my previous life I was a consultant for a popular candle company. But I wanted to move away from the fast lifestyle and find a way to support my own candle habit. With a special needs child, I also needed to [...]

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Nature is the beginning of the inspiration for my art. I am also fascinated with architecture of all kinds. Consequently my art is the marriage of nature and human structure with a good helping of fantasy thrown in from time to time. All of my pieces are OAK, one of a kind, and are completely [...]

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Frigid winter winds, white blanked prairie and a farmhouse filled with the warmth of fabric and buzz of a sewing machine.  Woolen fabric squares all linked together in pairs making their way to the floor from mother’s sewing machine where I sat with scissors too big for my hands but managing to cut them apart [...]

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Karen Burke of Portland, Oregon is a graphic artist by day and a Brit-marrying, corgi-loving, gardener and crafter in her free time.  Her projects have taken the notice of national magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens and Sunset Magazine.

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Alicia Hutchinson is a mother of three in South Dakota, with a busy life that that entails. When she’s not cooking and cleaning and raising her clutch, she’s in the sewing room stitching up wonderful garden-inspired pillows, seed caddies and other products.

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Quida Quon lives a creative life in Southern California. First there is the garden full of succulents, Asian umbrellas and the Spanish moss tree. Then there is Quida’s studio where she crafts Plant Sticks – jewelry for your plants.

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Working with recycled, repurposed and natural materials, Southern California artists Juan Diaz and Rick Munguia create garden mobiles and rain chains as outdoor decor, plus large scale spiders and other bugs with metal parts and industrial lights.  

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Fran has been artist all of her life, first for fun, then for college and then as a career. Now she makes garden jewelry full time combining her love of fashion with artistic flair. The garden is part of her life too: Fran also loves gardening, spending time with her avid gardener husband, and both [...]

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I am by trade a horticulturist and studied at Ohio State University back in the 80′s in landscape design and nursery management. My family has been in the greenhouse business since the turn of the century when Cleveland, Ohio was known as the Greenhouse Capital of the World…. Who knew?

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Greg Tatum is a Master Gardener, jazz musician, garden designer and artisan living in Tallahasee, Florida.  Greg creates his crane sculptures from limerock and Japanese lanterns from recycled concrete and metal parts. He is has shown his work at the Lemoyne Art Gallery and we are thrilled to have him with our group of artisans.

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Battle Hill Forge is a partnership of three artists: Israel “Izzy” Fitch, Jeffery Vanam and William Blass in Falls Village, Conneticut. Famous client: Bunny Willams. The three create unique and beautiful sculptures, railings and lighting and also design custom garden fencing and tuteurs.

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I would love to say that I take my inspiration from the lakes and trees which surround me, but ultimately I am from the city and like shiny things. I love the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat and the imagery of Tim Burton. I have been working with clay for around 20 years. I generally throw [...]

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I am an artist, gardener, and general maker of things who lives in Toronto with my film-making husband whom I met at the Ontario College of Art and design. I work from home with our toddler daughter. We are joined by a big white dog and two naughty kittens who have declared war on my [...]

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Throughout my life, I have always loved getting my hands in the dirt. There is something spiritual about planting something and nurturing it until it comes to life. I spent many summers on my family’s farm in Oklahoma as a child. The sense of community, the love of the “farm lifestyle” has always been something I [...]

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I am originally from Ghana in west Africa where wood carving is an ancient tradition and very respected culture art form. I studied African traditional art there. I have been living in Colorado since 1999 where I was introduce to antlers by a friend. Since then I have been working and creating unique works from [...]

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For longer than I can remember, I have been creating new items out of vintage objects. Then working in the design field for several years, I’ve come to appreciate unique lighting fixtures. So, a few years ago when I built my new house, I wanted lighting fixtures that were a little different than what everyone [...]

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Mostly retired from his trade as a cabinet maker, Virgil has found his niche working with hand tools. In the spring of 2010, he began making wooden hay forks from an idea he found in a book his mother gave him 30 years ago. The long wait to make his first fork was well worth [...]

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I can’t say that I’ve always loved playing in the dirt. When I was growing up my mom would be working in her garden and ask me to help and that’s when I would find the nearest large rock to plant my butt on. I was more of a garden gnome than a gardener because I [...]

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Jeff Reinhardt comes from a multi-generation family of metal workers and craftsmen. He has spent his working career, since 1979, in the metalworking industry. He has been a jeweler, welder and blacksmith as well as doing machine design and running research labs for a large metal working factory. Jeff Reinhardt forges his handmade tools in [...]

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Holding a newborn baby and the hand of an inspired man, I fled my black-clad designer life in NYC for a muddy little hay farm in the bucolic hills of Bucks County PA. Mud became garden, flowers bloomed and fruit ripened, family multiplied. I grew happier and more childlike, wiggling my toes in the soil, [...]

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I was born and raised in Sierra Madre, California and never left. I’ve explored all types of creative processes from sewing to sculpting. Walking through gardens and strolling around shops filled with collections of vintage items are two of my favorite things. Combining the essence of these things is my current passion when creating my [...]

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Although I find myself a University Administrator by day, my background and heart is in the Visual Arts. At my home in Northern British Columbia, Canada, I spend my free time creating watercolor and acrylic paintings, playing with felt and fabric, and working with paper to create paper dolls and pop-ups. I love the process [...]

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I LOVE PLANTS.  I LOVE PLANTS. Oh yeah, did I mention that I love plants?  Plants are my true passion in life. I graduated with a degree in horticulture and landscape architecture, but my plant passion really stems from when I was a child, digging in the garden with my grandmother and picking wildflowers that [...]

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Alisa Esposito is a stay at home mom in North Carolina who lives an old-fashioned new-age life, pickling and canning what comes from the garden, keeping goats and making soap, keeping chickens and eating fresh, and crafting her woolen gnomes with upcycled sweaters and other vintage items. She is committed to living off the grid [...]

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We are an artistic family living and working in Glasgow. Robert & Julia; brother and sister-in law; stained glass artist and sculptor, painter. We like to experiment and play with different materials and techniques. Each of us works differently but, even though each of us has our own way of expressing our passion for art, we [...]

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Mom of a little artistic family and living in an old renovated mill in Manchester, NH, with husband, baby boy, plus three cats. Our home is on the third floor and we try to live a unique and aware lifestyle, listening to music and creating a world built around a DIY aesthetic.  All my shirts [...]

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I am a working artist from Baltimore, MD. In addition to owning a handmade greeting card company, I also work as a freelance illustrator. Illustrating for Glen Hibline Illustration has led to many accounts nationally. Some other freelance clients include Hairspray the musical, Baltimore Research, Kennedy Krieger Institute, and Mercy Medical Center. My work can [...]

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Jennifer Fisher is an artist and designer who recently moved to Berkeley, California after 8 years working in New York. Her work ranges from textile prints to concrete installations and combines color and form with ergonomics and usability. With four years experience as a design researcher at Smart Design, and two as an industrial designer [...]

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Tuli Fisher is a full time blacksmith in Bozeman, Montana.  He graduated from Montana State University with degrees in Museum Studies and History, and worked as an apprentice with a blacksmith in Montana.  Since 1999 he has been forging hand tools and studying traditional tool making in various settings. In 2003 Tuli worked with a [...]

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Julia Hillier is a San Diego wreath maker and artist who has been creating her living arrangements for over 10 years….

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I discovered my love of pottery almost 25 years ago after watching a master potter working his wheel. To my then untrained eye, it appeared that the potter made the clay rise up almost as if by magic. I was hooked! Later I became a student of the master potter who had inspired me. While [...]

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Erin Nelson and Dawn Schwandt are “Irish Twins” (born 12 months apart – okay they’re really 11, but who is counting?) in South Dakota committed to creating small batches of handcrafted soaps that are good for you, your home and the environment. The two reuse, recycle and reduce whenever they can and steer clear of [...]

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Bob and Rita Denman have been crafting hand-forged garden tools with the Red Pig label for over 15 years that are considered some of the best in the country. Working in a barn in Boring, Oregon, Bob mans the blacksmith shop and Rita runs their completely charming garden store in front. Red Pig tools are [...]

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So our story begins like this: Bill used to be a chef. He wore clogs and a chef’s jacket, and went to work at 5 a.m. every morning to make chocolate profiteroles and things encased in spun sugar. I was a costume designer and styled everything from Barbie dolls to Luther Vandross. Longing to combine [...]

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Lisa Rivas is a full time artist living in Nashville. Trained in graphic design at the Hans Neuman School of Design in Venezuela and in fiber arts at Memphis College of Art, her hobbies are gardening, art, design, children, sewing, books, botanical, nature, patterns, cooking..

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Blenda Tyvoll is an expressive artist who paints in a variety of mediums which help to convey her vibrant inner spirit. She studied art and design at Maryhurst University, earning a bachelor of arts degree. Blenda is an award winning and published artist, an active member and past treasurer of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, [...]

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Scott A. Roush is an apprentice bladesmith and bowyer living in Northern Wisconsin near the shores of Lake Superior. His forge and workshop are located on 10 acres of gardens, orchard and pine forest just above the ‘Bigrock Hole’ on the Sioux river, famous for it’s salmon and steelhead runs. Scott lives a sustainable lifestyle [...]

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After meeting in Indianapolis and living in Boston and Honolulu, two graphic designers end up in Cincinnati, where they make esoteric work that explores ideas of place. Michael Stout was born and raised in Indianapolis and Maya Drozdz was born in Gdynia, Poland and raised in Gdynia and Brooklyn. Together, they are VisuaLingual, a design [...]

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Annie Haven has been a rancher for her entire life. And a gardener. So manure tea is something that was passed down to her by her grandmother to use on roses, vegetables and houseplants. But Annie’s tea is not your everyday factory fare. Some call it old-school, but today you could call her business sustainable. [...]

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Art has always been my therapy, especially when I can roll up my sleeves and use my hands! Graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA in Studio Art – focusing on ceramics and industrial design. Ceramics are my passion. All of my work is entirely handmade, and I consider myself so lucky [...]

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I’ve been carving animals since 1975. As my skills developed, so the style evolved. As my knowledge increased, so the species multiplied until now I make over 250 of them. I studied art in college, but my main skills of carving with knives and chisels, and airbrush painting are self-taught.  After the shapes are [...]

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Rusty Cricket art prints is run by a two person team, Eric and Stephanie Huges. The majority of the work is done by Eric, a stay-at-home dad to a three year old son, Olson, and our 18-month old daughter, Emerie. Both enjoy designing, but Stephanie works more on the business side, while Eric showcases his [...]

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Margaux and Walter Kent, the creators of The Black Spot Books and Peg and Awl, are known for their hand bound journals and jewels covered in antique leather, as well as treasures for the home and garden, made from reclaimed wood and decoupage. A photographer and a painter, respectively, Margaux and Walter’s recent past exhibitions [...]

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Twig Terrariums is a verdant, Brooklyn, New York based venture, sprung from the minds of two old friends, Michelle Inciarrano and Katy Maslow. We create moss terrariums and other small worlds in antique, vintage, and new glass containers, apothecary jars, science glass, kitchenware, and any odd glass objects we find on our travels. Each Twig Terrarium [...]

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I love to make people smile.  It can be when someone is looking at my vintage silverware pieces or when I am caring for them as a registered nurse.The best part is finding that perfect item at a tag sale or flea market. Then in my little hide-away basement workshop, I create my garden and cheese markers! The [...]

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Nature is my primary source for inspiration. Our personal connections with one another are becoming ever more apparent in my work. Each piece is created using a painterly approach in kilnformed glass to create one of a kind garden pieces and home decor. Organic lines inspired by nature. “I’ve been working with glass since 1996 [...]

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I love making things.  I love the focus, the preoccupation and the process.  My pottery is hand-crafted in my home studio in Northern California where I am surrounded by redwood trees, nature and wildlife, all of which have influenced me in designing simple, elegant pieces that are both beautiful and functional. I find inspiration in [...]

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I am a potter, writer, and distracted academic. I am also the mother of two beautiful daughters and the wife of an eccentric madman. I’ve always felt a profound pull toward clay, starting from a very young age. The texture, the smell, the provocative mess, its earthy unpretentiousness… I love every moment, every single stage [...]

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I’m Chris Fox. Although originally trained as an engineer, I’ve always worked with wood and have been running my own furniture-making and woodturning business for a number of years. I have a workshop in the basement of a stonebuilt 18th century silk mill in NW Lancashire, which is towards the top left hand corner of [...]

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Dustin’s earliest memories are working in the garden with his grandparents. That passion lead him to his first job at Heard’s Garden Nursery working with rare and hard-to-find plants. Then there was the stint at Heronswood with Dan Hinkley, then on to Greenlee Nursery with grass expert John Greenlee. Finally with a B.S. in Horticulture [...]

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I am a farmer/organic landscape designer living in Half Moon Bay, California. I grew up with an affinity for all things “dirty” and have taken to gardening at a young age, wheedling a pair of safety scissors in my grandma’s garden to prove it. I own Wildflower Farms doing landscaping and plant propagation and farming [...]

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Joseph was born in New York City and studied fine art at Parsons School of Design and Hunter College before moving to St. Louis. He has lived and worked in downtown St. Louis since 1993. His work in the restaurant industry, in order to support his art habit, lead to opening two restaurants, Hot Locust [...]

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I am Jennifer Beinke, owner and designer of Kiss My Mutt pet products. I created my company with my two loves in mind; dogs + design. I have made it a point to create products that are durable for your dogs, but also stylish for your home. As an avid dog lover, I know that [...]

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Cathy Meinke (the one in the middle) is a golfer in good weather (she lives in Michigan) and jewelry addict all year long. She loves wearing it, making it, selling it and her ‘Just Jaynes’ sterling silver pieces are hit right from the start. We love the clean lines and simple elegance. Her best tip [...]

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I am fortunate to have lived and traveled in beautiful places. A childhood in rural Wisconsin with fall colors and iced winters, then Quebec was home for a year, and France, too, with extensive travels through scenic Switzerland. I now live on the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada, just a few minutes from miles of [...]

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What can I say? I’m a California girl who started digging in the dirt when I was just a wee 17 years old. I still dig plants, and veggies and flowers of all sort and have spent the last 15 years as a full-time journalist gabbing about those subjects (oh yeah, and reporting news.) Lately [...]

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