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Artist Statement: The natural world surrounding my New Hampshire home inspires my designs. The daily craft of printing by hand imparts a sense of timelessness and meditation that, I hope, is reflected in my art. I love the technical details of hand printmaking: selecting the technique best suited for my imagined image, preparing the plates,Continue reading “Margaret (Peggy) Merritt”

Deep in rural New England live three women: a weaver, a painter, and a printmaker, who have been friends for over twenty years. As a byproduct of their involvement with paper, fabric, and the products of nature, they produce an abundance of ORTS (scraps), too intriguing to throw away.After years of using these scraps toContinue reading “ORTworks by Women Who Glue”

Deborah Hatch lives and works at the end of a dirt road in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. She studied at Rochester Institute of Technology’s School for American Craftsmen. She no longer teaches weaving, but now spends her time making stuff—weavings, collages, books, mosaics, and baskets. Deborah likes to work with paper she hasContinue reading “Deborah Hatch”

Chris PughChris Pugh is a wood artisan living and working in Wonalancet, New Hampshire. His early training included a two-year residency in fine woodworking and guitar making at Peter’s Valley School of Craft. From there, he continued to Vermont, working on diverse projects, large and small, including a pair of teak entrance gates for BillyContinue reading “Chris Pugh”

I work in Cut-Paper Collage, cutting out shapes to fit together precisely to form a picture that is identifiable. My work is colorful and graphic in nature and also 3-dimensional. I’m inspired by the work of Henri Mattise, which has a flat, stylized look. My flat art includes landscapes, farm scenes, sailboats, and different typesContinue reading “Robert DeMario”

Ornamental Hand-Painted Furniture A master colorist who splits her time between Southern California and New Hampshire, Theo Page’s designs are inspired by the vibrant colors, intense light and shadows, and geometric patterns of West Africa, where she spent two years in the Peace Corps. She subsequently travelled in North Africa, the Far East, and CentralContinue reading “Theodora Page”

Sally Cornwell, naturalist, poet and teacher, has had her hands in clay for over 40 years. Starting off with a few classes in high school and college, her enthusiasm for clay grew into a fifteen year apprenticeship with a local potter, a membership in the League of NH Craftsmen, and transitioned into many years onContinue reading “Sally Cornwell”