I love the outdoors and have spent much time hunting, skiing and just walking in the woods. Most family vacations were skiing or scuba diving. My love of fish came from scuba diving and keeping aquariums of both fresh and saltwater fish. I live near several lakes in the northwestern part of Wisconsin and I hardly ever fish. I make them in my shop. I find great satisfaction when someone chooses to take the things I have made into their home. My son Jeff is an artist and encouraged me to try my hand at creating something of value.

https://jamesboutinmetalart.com/

Locally farmed & offering over 30 different canned good items.

Mary Cincotta

Edna’s life journey with jewelry is about providing positive energy in her pieces and for her customers.

Her focus is on expanding her line to include innovative materials and exploring new designs.

Dan has been designing and making custom furniture for the past 50 yrs. Over the past few years he began turning bark edged wooden bowls as well. Dan offers a variety of wood turned pieces.

I have been working with water-based clay for over 30 years, after falling in love with the medium while taking a 1987 night class offered by WITC. Largely self-taught, I have acquired and utilized a large library of books, videos and DVDs to facilitate my continuing education, along with all the equipment needed to pursue this passion. Over the years I have attended numerous night classes, camps and week-long workshops. I have learned directly from UW River Falls instructors Kurt Wild and Randy Johnson. I studied with renowned sculptors Eugene Daub, Jeremy Cox and (the late) Stanley Bleifeld at the Scotsdale Artists School.

I chose to narrow the focus of my work with clay to human figurative and portrait sculpture after an exceptionally rewarding week in 2016 spent studying with Master of Portraiture Phillipe Faraut at his New York training studio. In June of 2018 I will be attending a week long workshop at the Indianapolis Center for the Arts, studying with hyper-realist sculptor Tip Toland. I hope to bring home knowledge from that experience which will help me expand my palette of surface treatments.

My creative work is rooted in my love and appreciation for the often astounding beauty found in nature. My latest passion, botanical printing, is direct contact printing of leaves onto textiles and paper. Pigments and tannins are coaxed from the leaves with high, prolonged heat. Most colors come from natural dyes, but I have also been experimenting with the vivid colors from modern dyes, using the same botanical printing process.

Joyce Halvorson is a Blacksmith by Barron Wisconsin. She has been forging steel for 30+ years. Most of her work is in smaller items like hooks and bottle openers and adds an artistic touch to make them both useful and decorative. Campfire tripods, wind chimes, mobiles, small tables and railings are some of the larger items she makes. “What I love about Blacksmithing, is that with just a hammer, anvil, forge and steel the variety of things that you can make, including your own tools.”

Having first been introduced to watercolor painting long ago, only lately have I had the time to paint again. Aside from a few work-shops, I have no formal training. My work is a mixture of mediums and methods that I have learned, one being the traditional approach where a reference subject is chosen with well-planned procedure to make a representational picture. On the opposite spectrum the experimental or intuitive approach is just what the name suggests- a spontaneous and expressive use of splashing or pouring the paint on the paper after which the artist slowly pulls order out of the "chaos" and builds the composition.

Nathan White

Textiles have been Loretta’s muse for many years.  She spins, weaves,felts, knits and crochets natural fibers to create functional and beautiful pieces to use and enjoy

http://www.blackberryhills.com/

Paul started creating pottery and tile after a career as a Swiss trained pastry chef and food technologist. Transitioning from the pastry arts to pottery was a natural transition as many of the techniques used in the pastry arts transferred easily to pottery and tile.
He has worked in porcelain, for tiles, stoneware and earthenware for pottery. The majority of Paul’s glazes are made from scratch. The garden inspired pottery uses glazes that crawl and run freely. Learning the way the glazes run and mix in the kiln has been a continuing adventure. 
He is influenced by the free forms and colors of Mexican street pottery. No two pieces are exactly the same and the individuality of the artist is celebrated. Paul enjoys making colorful pieces for the garden, from bird baths and bird houses to decorative garden pieces. Each piece is one of a kind and carefully hand crafted with intentionality.

Jewelry & Mixed Media Collage

Christy makes pottery that enriches daily life. Each pot is hand thrown, soda fired porcelain, made with attention to detail, every one as unique as you!