From her Cornwall, CT studio, Puerto Rican artist Magaly creates art born from pure intuition and boundless curiosity. Her unique vision manifests in pieces that gracefully merge whimsical narratives with robust contemporary and folk art aesthetics. Magaly’s mastery spans gouache, acrylic, mixed media, and hand-monoprints, transforming everything from custom papers to found objects into profound statements. Her impactful work has captivated audiences in galleries across San Juan, Connecticut, Miami, and through its selection by Art for Film in New York City.

Ms. Upin is an accomplished metalsmith who has been working in the field for over 50 years. She has a BFA from Drake University, an MA from San Diego State University and an MFA from California State University at Fullerton. She has exhibited in over 125 exhibitions world wide and has work published in many books and periodicals. Ms. Upin has taught at a variety of universities as well as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Craft and Centro: Diseño, Cine y Television in Mexico City.

Munya has been a life-long member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths and organized the 1989 conference in San Antonio, Texas. She was involved with the Women’s Jewelry Association and for eight years, co-owned ALCHEMY 925, a fine craft and contemporary jewelry gallery in the Boston area.

Munya is still working in her studio, creating pieces for galleries and exhibitions.

https://m-avigail-upin.com

Creating with fiber has been a lifelong obsession. I began by making knitted clothes for my Barbies and Trolls. When I was older and able to reach the pedals my mon taught me how to use a sewing machine to make clothes for myself. At college in Kentucky I was exposed to patchwork quilting and made quilts for friends and family.  Later as a newlywed I took an art center class in handweaving and it was there that I found my place. My new husband recognized my passion for weaving and bought me my first loom. I am fortunate to have studied under talented teachers; distinguished artist/weaver Ethel Stein, Frieda Rubin and Irene Preston Miller. 

My studio Margaret Lent Handwovens produces one-of-a-kind and limited edition wearable art garments and scarves vibrant colors and varied textures.  I weave cloth with chenille yarn ( sometimes rayon boucle yarn) accented with novelty yarns that are velvety, hairy, bumpy, shiny, fuzzy and more.  Vests are constructed of my handwoven cloth that is cut apart and reassembled in crazy quilt or patchwork patterns some are embellished with additional surface designs. Scarves and shawls are woven in plaids, pinstripes and some in triangle shape with textured accents.

I draw inspiration from the world around me and beyond to create new work. Translating the color combinations in nature:  plant life, sky scenes or animals is usually a good starting point but portraying mood or emotion is also an important  influence. Using the familiar in a new way is one of the more challenging aspects of creating my handwoven designs. Clothing made from handwoven cloth is a good merging of form with function. The wearer is able to have a very personal experience through wearing my work-looking and feeling in a different way. I feel a piece is successful if it involves as many senses as possible.

My work has been included in many galleries, museums and fine craft shows nationwide and has been awarded many times including being a Niche award finalist in 2002 and 2004. 

My goal is to make unique, functional and lovable pots.  Animal imagery underpins all of my work whether animals decorate the plates, bowls, platters and mugs or animal sculptures are assembled from thrown or hand built pieces. I like the fluidity of moving between the two modalities. The tesselations found on the plates were/are designs that I started to develop during the pandemic when everything was so up in the air and unnerving.  In retrospect, it was a  personal way of containing and controlling (in my head) the chaos that was going on in the world. I immensely enjoyed the long hours I spent in the studio during that time of isolation. As with any art form one idea leads to the next and sometimes my inspiration comes from the previous pieces I’ve worked on and sometimes i turn to ancient pottery to be inspired.This has been my mode of creating through my many years of working with clay.  Remembering back to when I made my first piece in pre-school, I remember the feeling of being totally enchanted by the magic of working with clay and luckily for me that feeling still holds true.

https://alisonpalmerstudio.com

“If I don’t do my art I get very cranky!”

Creativity has always been the story of my life.  I started young as dancer and choreographer, then 40 years as a costume designer throughout the United States.  Shamanism added to that mixture and intensifies my connection to nature.    My art reflects these myriad interests.  The emotional idea directs the medium: acrylic, colored pencil, pastel, clay and cardboard,  fabric, found objects from nature and hoarded trinkets.  Thus,  paintings, drawings, sculpture, greeting cards, children’s books are all  part of my portfolio.

https://www.instagram.com/bgrahamart/

Judith Secco, a native of Connecticut’s Northwest corner, has been an avid self-taught photographer all of her life. She began with an in-home darkroom focusing mainly on black and white images and later realized a passion for digital photography. Developing her own technique by using textures and layers, she gives her images a unique quality, enhancing nature’s beauty with an artist’s eye and neutral background, bringing nature to life.

Shooting a variety of subjects, Judith’s work finds its balance between photography and fine art. She has won numerous awards for her work which has been shown throughout New England. 

All framed and matted pieces are printed on an Epson SC P5000 Professional Printer using all archival inks and paper. Most frames are created by Judith’s husband, James, adding a beautiful finishing touch to each piece.

https://www.judithsecco.com

Elizabeth Place is a South Kent-based woodworker and member of the Berkshire Woodworkers Guild. Working under the name Berkshire Place Tables, she creates one-of-a-kind serving boards and furniture, using locally sourced woods with dramatic grain and live-edge character. From ashwood charcuterie boards to walnut writing desks and large applewood tables, each piece is crafted by hand in her studio. Elizabeth collaborates with area sawmills and a local blacksmith who forges custom steel legs and brass handles, honoring a tradition of honest, regional craftsmanship.

Her process is deeply personal—she offers clients video tours to select the perfect slab or burl, shares behind-the-scenes updates during production, and delivers the finished piece herself.  Place’s work celebrates the natural beauty of the wood, showcasing unusual shapes and grain patterns that inspire her designs. Learn more at www.bptables.com and follow at #BerkshirePlaceTables to see new pieces. 

https://www.bptables.com

Danielle Mailer received her BA from Bowdoin College and studied at the New York Studio School and School of Visual arts. In the last decade, she has completed four larger than life, public art pieces permanently installed in Connecticut’s Northwest Corner.

Mailer has shown in galleries and museums throughout North America. She was honored with a retrospective at the Mattituck Museum (2009) with over 40 works on display. She was also part of a traveling retrospective of Provincetown artists titled “The Tides of Provincetown” produced by The New Britain Museum of American Art.

In 2013 she debuted her Dancing Muse installation at Five Points in the East Gallery. In June 2020 (the height of Covid), The Mattituck Museum invited her (along with five other Connecticut artists), to offer a cyber studio tour showcasing to their members her current work. She is represented by the Berta Walker Gallery in Provincetown Mass and also has her own Gallery in her home town Goshen Ct.

Danielle divides her time between making art and teaching art at The Salisbury Boys School in Salisbury Connecticut. She lives with her husband jazz music Peter McEachern, their three adult children who visit often, and little Merlin the beloved and sometimes wicked terrier.

https://www.daniellemailer.com

Deborah G Seidman before her artistic life turned toward ceramics, was a photographer and graphic designer (Pratt Institute BFA Photography, California College of the Arts BFA Graphic Arts). She pursued a career in graphic design and she also taught design on the college and continuing education level. (The College of New Jersey and School of Visual Arts NYC).

Upon taking a class 20+ years ago, Deborah realized that clay was a medium that was satisfying in process and gave her results that set her on a path to pursue ceramics/pottery. This path has included many classes, workshops and many many many hours putting in the time to make things out of clay. After various iterations that have been figurative, sculptural, and wheel made, the tableware pieces are hand built, with a wabi sabi* sense of making. Deborah creates this work at her home studio in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York.

*wabi sabi is a deep topic that is about finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence and simplicity.
https://degaseiclay.wordpress.com

Jill Scholsohn’s anthropology background is evident in the pieces of jewelry she creates. She uses a mixture of amulets, talismans along with rare, exotic beads and mediums from sourced from several cultures spanning the globe. In her work you’ll find Indian Rubies, Ancient Coral, Turquoise dating back 2,000 to 4,000 years,  Gaspeite, Sugilite, Glass Seed Beads, Carnelian, Fossilized Mammoth and Walrus Tusk and more.

While in Thailand she bought her first spirit lock and still wears it today.

In 1997 Jill Scholsohn had begun a new career as a NYC paramedic. To reduce her stress level, she chose to take a kayak lesson in Cornwall, CT. That was how Riverstone was founded. She married Dan Greenbaum, her kayak instructor, 3 years later. They both had a love of travel so they spent months traveling the world learning of other cultures and collecting artifacts for a store in Kent, Ct.

They opened the store in order to sell their crafts but they soon found they were too busy running the store and had no time to create so in 2004 the store was closed in order to pursue their crafts.

www.riverstonejewelry.com•

My knitting focuses on color and pattern. I am inspired by the way colors interact and how they change in different patterns and combinations. Using a knitting loom, I make pillow covers with patterns that I design, based on anything from tiles, Art Deco, or patterns from other countries as inspiration. The covers close with a mix of vintage and modern buttons. I also knit larger abstract geometric wall hangings in wool, which is then felted.  I handknit colorful and warm cowls that button in front, using cotton chenille, which provides the warmth of wool without the itch.

https://www.instagram.com/susanrandel/

Focusing on the form and shape of fallen trees and found objects on our property, I have been creating original pieces of furniture and sculpture for the past 15 years in Warren, Connecticut. Using my chainsaw and other tools, I deconstruct logs using their natural form and texture and “reconstruct” the milled lumber into striking and stylish furniture and sculptures. Developing each piece as I go, and rarely knowing where the process will end, I create tables, benches, chairs and sculptures using the unique qualities each tree contributes. I incorporate a tree’s texture. form and shape to develop original pieces of furniture and art.

My boyhood home was full of duck decoys and decorative wildfowl art. My father loved his duck hunts on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Many school days were wasted away as I doodled ducks at my desk. Today that pencil has been replaced by a draw knife and hand plan. I carve working decoys which means I actually use them on marshes and lakes to attract the real thing. They are hand carved from white cedar and hollowed for buoyancy. This is referred to the “South Jersey” method. No two ducks look the same as they reflect my mood and temperament on that particular day. These decoys are brought to life by my wife Elizabeth who paints them. It’s a collaborative effort. Today the inside of our house has a familiar resemblance to my boyhood home. Our decoys have a wonderful presence which captures the attention of all who visit. We are offering commissioned pairs to those interested in owning a unique and fading woodworking craft.