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loren maron ceramics
26 Beach Road, Ossining, NY
Hosted by Loren Maron
loren maron
Loren has been making ceramics for more than 25 years. She works exclusively in porcelain, creating functional/decorative pieces firing to cone 10 (over 2300° F) in a reduction kiln. Her current body of work focuses on textured hand built tray forms. Many pieces have gold and/or platinum decals applied and fired on as further embellishment. Loren holds a BFA from Syracuse University where she first found her love of clay studying with David MacDonald. She spent 10 years at the Westchester Art Workshop in White Plains, NY before moving to the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY in 2002.She has taken numerous workshops with many notable ceramists. Many of whom have influenced her work today. Loren maintains a studio at her home in Ossining, NY and is an Associate Artist at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, NY. She exhibits and sells her work widely at national juried craft fairs.
Circle Stone Designs
I have been a full time working metalsmith for 14 years, largely self taught in developing my recognizable style and design. I sculpt recycled silver & gold with torches and antique hammers, files and hand tools to achieve work that is deep in textures. Many of my creations incorporate ethically sourced gemstones and minerals in vivid colors and amazing shapes. Others are just rugged interpretations of the natural world around me here in Maine. Each piece of jewelry has a patina and a hand polish that reveals my expressive techniques. I pride myself in the ability to create work that is organic in style, bold in structure and grounded in an energy that allows the wearer to experience the elemental intent in its creation. Jewelry for every day and everywhere.
SAttva woodworks
My shop has been creating custom woodworking pieces using both sustainable resources and traditional lumber in Lower Hudson Valley since 2006. I try to utilize as much local wood as I can. Milling and drying from logs here in the lower Hudson Valley of NY has allowed me to expand my capabilities and forced me to think outside my comfort zone. It has also taught me much more about the characteristics of various wood species and given me a new consciousness of how precious our resources are. I try to use every single piece of wood I cut. Even the smallest cutoffs can be flattened and glued together to create “chaos” pieces. Ornaments, bowls, knife handles… I’m always excited and surprised when the little bits from a larger creation can reunite to make smaller but sometimes even more beautiful works of art.
Oh D’LUXE Candle Company
Oh D'Luxe candle company is a lifestyle candle and home fragrance company located in Bridgeport Connecticut. All our products are eco-friendly, non-toxic, cruelty-free, sustainable, and handmade in small batches to ensure quality while being purposeful in remaining affordable. We strongly believe in giving back to our community, so much so that we are committed to donating a percentage of our profits to help offer educational opportunities for the youth in our community.
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Christine Peters Jewelry
Everything motivates me to create: a winter sunset, a branch, a bug, a tiny flower, the all-powerful sea. Natural forms are the inspiration for my designs, each one of a kind executed in sterling silver, 18 karat gold and precious and semiprecious stones. I’ve been designing and creating jewelry since 1996. I show my work in many galleries and shops in Maine and beyond. I also have a network of private clients for whom I do custom work. I maintain a home studio where I can design and fabricate constantly and consistently. Form, texture, and color meld together as I bend and solder and patinate. I was trained in sculpture at Boston University. For four years I carved stone, pushed clay and welded steel. I moved to Maine in 1995, and lacking a large studio, I gravitated toward jewelry where all I needed was a bench and a torch. I continued my studies at Maine College of Art, Metalwerx, Haystack, and privately with several Maine jewelers, who are now my colleagues. I am always trying to push my metalwork and design sense to new levels.
MJW Ceramics
Melanie Wulforst is a studio potter whose work is an exploration of cultural and historical pattern on traditional pottery form. She received her BFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2014 and has been making pottery and attending craft shows full time since 2019. In her studio practice, Melanie creates her porcelain forms on the potter’s wheel or from molded slabs. She uses the slip-trailing technique to adorn her pieces with pattern and applies celadon glazes to highlight them. Her work is fired to cone 10 in an electric kiln.
kara wilson art
Kara Wilson is a visual artist working in screen printing. Kara’s work explores the abstraction of portraiture and landscape, expressed through layers of deconstructed geometric shapes. Her body of work started with an unexpected crack of illumination, a vision left imprinted in her mind after a dream. The space that exists between the dream world and reality is the foundation of her inspiration. Kara holds a BS in Studio Art and Art Education from Skidmore College. She has worked as a Creative Director in the publishing field for over 20 years. Kara currently resides with her family in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.
Ronnie Taubenfeld Jewelry
My design inspirations come primarily from three sources: the natural world, including treasures I come across in my everyday life; the colors, shapes and possibilities of my materials; and historical art, both recent and ancient, focusing on tiny details of metalwork, textiles, paintings, or sculpture. I take these varied influences and distill them into wearable art. Working in my Thornwood, NY studio, I use sterling silver and 14K gold to hand fabricate jewelry enhanced by the beauty of materials like colored glass smalti, abalone shell, porcelain, and more.
Mount cornwall Bindery
I am a binder and marbler who loves old books. I have a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and have taken binding and marbling classes up and down the east coast. Digital is OK, but analog rules!
habby art
Steve Habersang's pen and ink drawings are a whimsical mix of fantasy and realism with a focus on the natural world, animals, and portraits. From the beautiful to the bizarre, his wide array of subjects offers a broad appeal. Influences include artists such as Dali, Escher, and Rockwell. Habby Art, his business name, sells framed and unframed art prints, stickers, pins, and t-shirts featuring his works.
Creative Fusion Glass
I make kiln fused glass items for the home and garden. I'm not exactly sure when my interest in glass started, but growing up near Corning Glass Works in Corning, NY was probably the beginning! I loved to visit the museum as a child, and love it just as much today!
Now I live in Connecticut with my family. I enjoy spending time with them doing both the Mom things, and the fun things. I love exploring the world around me, whether it's museums, art exhibits or performances, or it's out in nature, hiking or kayaking. I truly try to live by my tagline... Make Every Day Beautiful!
knots on euclid
I make macrame handbags which is 75% of my products. The other 25% is a combination of macrame earrings, necklaces and keychain wristlets.
BREAD STORY
Our stall offers a curated selection of artisanal baked goods, crafted using traditional techniques and high-quality ingredients including sourdough breads, handmade French pastries, and much more.
A Ruiz Designs
Augustin comes from a family of designers, weavers and sewers in the Andean mountains of Ecuador. Leather was the first medium he learned to sew and he started to mix colored leather because he wanted a product that was different and unique. He started using upholstery fabric to make his bags and vests, enjoying finding the right fabrics in terms of color, texture and quality. He hand cuts every design, stiches them together and finishes all the edges with a heavy duty serger, so the edges are secure.