Craft
  
THE VILLAGE ARTISANS GALLERY offers a diverse & unique selection of fine craft ranging from antique reproductions to contemporary jewelry. We specialize in bringing you the work of craft artists who take pride in the quality and individuality of their work. The gallery features the work of Pennsylvania artists, many of them from the local area. 
  

Below you will find a cross section of the different mediums and variety of styles that may be found in the gallery. There are one of a kind pieces, others are available in limited quantities and still others are usually available.  You are invited to visit our gallery in person and see all of the work first hand.  

 

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Gay Foltz  
FOLK ART CARVER
Nationally recognized as one of the more accomplished folk-art carvers in Pennsylvania, Gay Foltz has been creating her imaginative wood carvings since 1983. To view a selection of her work please click here: Gay Foltz.

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Wood
  
Our wood craftspeople produce a wide variety of wood products ranging from delicately turned wood bowls and vases, whimsical folk art carvings, sculptured duck, shorebird and fish decoys, beautifully crafted jewelry boxes and cutting boards to authentically reproduced Shaker boxes, painted Colonial boxes and small wall cabinets.
 

Jewelry Chest in cherry      by Harold Weaver	Angel Fish        by Bob Williams	Brown Trout                       by Bob Williams	Wood Spirit carving         by Ed Otto
Pintail Duck Decoy                                           Segmented bowl                       Stained Curly Maple                  by Dean Fowler                                                by Brian wood                               Shaker boxes                                                                                                                                                       by Steve Strouse

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Glass
  
Glass can be found in many different forms including blown, stained, lampworked or torched, slumped and fused glass.
 

  
                  Two Kyoto Lanterns                              Blown Glass Pumpkins                                         Blown glass bowl
         by Melanie Leppla, glass blower                    by C&H Glassworks                                             by Mike Pelusso

Clay
  
Our clay craftspeople create in a variety of clays, glazes and firing methods.  They produce functional as well a decorative pottery such as high fire stoneware dinnerware, salt glazed pots, PA Dutch red ware, porcelain vases and bowls, Raku pots, slip trailed porcelain ornaments, decorative tiles and whimsical sculptures.
 

Willow Creek Pottery                                                                  Raku pots & cat           Large teapot & tea bowls                  Berry bowl in Apple Green/Blue                         by Jenny Cruz                  in Persian glaze                            Frost glaze available in 3 sizes

Ash glazed vases by Frank Stofan                             Stoneware utensil holder                  Raku pot            Traditional patterns                    Venetian pattern                         by Steve Keaton                       by Jenny Cruz

Miniature clay sculptures                       Free form lidded                    Carousel Horse                 by Dianne Fox                                      Majolica jar                         by Patty Marshall                                                                              by Emily Shoey

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Paper
  
The Pennsylvania Dutch are known for their paper cutting or scherenschnitte and fraktur expertise.  We carry the work of several of these artists, both as original work and reproduction cards.  We also have cards whose image is printed using leaves and other plant material.
 

"Squirrels in a Leaf Pile"       greeting card illustration             by Cheryl Kugler	An example of    Judy Orcutt's note cards

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Metal
  
A variety of metals are used to create the functional as well as sculptural work on display.  There are stainless steel, copper and brass wall and plant sculptures, copper and brass garden ornaments and magic wands, wrought iron kitchen tools and candle holders, pewter leaf bowls and Christmas ornaments.   

 

Small All-Steel           Copper and brass                 "Iris"                "Ah...Spring"   "Sails" Abstract                              by Trudi Gilliam, Metal Sculptor   by Ron Stinson  24W x 36H x 6D
High Wheel Bike                                      Wrought iron Judaica                            "Spring Run Off "                          by Larry Shull                                         by Steven Bronstein                              by Trudi Gilliam
An assortment of wrought iron         Triple Cross made from         "Daffodils"                    "Waterlily"             kitchen utensils                            square nails                     Copper sculpture by David R. Guy         by Pequea Valley Forge                 by Travis Burford

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Fiber
  
Art to wear is an apt description of the clothing and accessories created by our fiber artists. Hand painted jackets and tops and handwoven jackets and shawlcoats as well as reincarnated sweatshirts that have become stylish jackets will add a distinctive touch to your wardrobe.  Accessorize them with hand painted silk and hand woven chenille scarves or shoulder shawls. One of a kind fabric purses in delicious colors and original design will catch your eye. Our latest fiber addition is a line of hand woven recycled rag rugs in traditional and contemporary colors and design.  

 

Asymmetrical   Sweatshirt Jacket   by Nancy Crochet	Hand painted         jacket     by Candace      Stephens	"Pennsylvania           Beauties"       quilt by Margaret Lutzke	Fringed Tencel   ponchos by      Margery     Erickson
Hand-woven scatter       Fabric purses designed &         rugs by               created by Linda J. Wenger   Rebecca Francis

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Jewelry
  
Our jewelry designers combine dichroic, stained and lampwork glass, semi-precious stones and pearls, porcelain, PMC and polymer clays with sterling silver, copper and other metals to create jewelry that ranges from elegantly simple to wonderfully whimsical. 
 

Sterling Silver    chain & Lapis     Lazuli bead     necklace by  Margery Erickson	Sterling Silver earrings by Reflections in Silver	Copper wire and silver jewelry                              by Joan Rhodes
Necklaces                                   Bracelet                       Lampwork Bead & Sterling Silver by Donna Damgaard, Jewelry designer           by B H Brody                             bracelet & earrings                                                                                                                  by Sharon Carlucci

   
                        Porcelain clay jewelry in the millefiore technique                    PMC (fine silver) hollow form              
                                  by Tim Garvin of Blue Bus Studio                                          bead jewelry                               
                                                                                                                        by Wendy Shuster
   

Miscellaneous
 

		Salmon Fly:    Prince of the Boyne       by Tim Trexler	English Bulldog rock painting        by Margaret Leaman

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