Cumberland Valley Craftsmens Guild
promoting fine craftsmenship in the Valley since 1973

Spring Studio Tour May 9 and 10, 2007 Friday, 12pm - 6pm; Saturday, 10am - 5 pm presented by the Cumberland Valley Craftsmen Guild, a chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen Please Note: Council for the Arts has different hours. See below. Download the Tour Map Look for the Bright Yellow Studio Tour signs!!

Artist Laura Lewis Shindle’s work leans toward realism and she often works in watercolor, oil, and pen and ink. Recently Laura has begun printmaking including etching, collagraphing, and mono printing. This weekend Laura is sharing her studio with Mercersburg area printmaker and painter Lynda Beckwith. Lynda works with zinc plate etchings and drypoint. Her work often features scenes of the surrounding farms and countryside of our area. Many of these are abstract.     Five miles west of I-81 on Rte 16, in the village of Upton, turn right onto Lemar Rd. (995N). About 300 yards on the right is an off-white, split-foyer house with a black wrought iron balcony. Go around back and in the patio door to enter the studio.

Moon Dog Pottery
11667 Mercersburg Rd, Mercersburg, PA
717-328-9993

Potter Janine Davis invites you to Moon Dog Pottery to enjoy a tour of the studio and an explanation of all the steps required in the process of pottery making. You may browse through the gallery and showroom where you will find a full line of functional and decorative hand built and wheel thrown pottery. Classes are available.     From Shindles, continue on Rte 16W (995S) one mile, turn left onto Welsh Run Rd (Rte 995S). Go 3.3 miles and turn right onto Mercersburg Rd, go to 5th house on the left.

The Beards
11232 Worleytown Rd, Greencastle, PA
717-597-9685
www.patbeardhandwovens.com

Pat Beard’s contemporary jackets and shawls handwoven in cotton blends are the ultimate in stylish comfort. Ed Beard’s natural wood pieces are crafted in the traditional Shaker style. Covered oval boxes in many sizes are beautiful and functional.     From Moondog Pottery return north via 995 to Rte 16E, turn right. In Upton, turn right onto Letzburg Rd, at end of Letzburg Rd. turn right onto Worleytown Rd, 1/2 mile on left look for white planter/mailbox with Beard and go back the gravel drive.

Kristin Fay Taylor Original
2445 Hoffman Road, Greencastle,PA
717-597-4544

Kristin Fay-Taylor works in a stone springhouse studio looking over a pond. She uses her multilayered lamp-worked beads in striking contemporary jewelry such as watchbands, earrings, bracelets, and pendants. She also makes functional and Raku and pit-fired pottery. Her decorative techniques include hand carving and hand made stamps.      From Beards, turn left onto Worleytown Rd, go 3 1/2 miles, turn left onto Hoffman Rd. Driveway is on the left just before sharp turn.

Gallery 7
107 E. Baltimore St
Greencastle, PA

Gallery 7 showcases original art and fine crafts by members of the Greencastle Area Arts Council.  This not-for-profit organization has been “planting the seeds for cultural growth” in the Greencastle area for a quarter of a century. Gallery 7 will also be open May 2 & 3, and May 16 & 17 (Fri 12-6, Sat 10-5)     From Taylors, turn left on Hoffman Rd., left at Williamsport Pike, and left at Rt 11. Turn Right at light at Rt 16 (Baltimore St), go through center square. Gallery 7 is on the right just past the next traffic light, opposite the Antrim House Restaurant in the office of C.L. Strausbaugh CPA.

Garden Path Pottery
8099 Shank Hess Rd.
Waynesboro, PA
717-765-8695

Eve and Rich Adkins produce stoneware pottery with a wide range of colors and decorative effects.  Made for every day use in the home, their designs are functional and beautiful hand made objects.  They welcome the opportunity to make a unique piece of pottery to meet your special needs.     From Rte 997 (N. of Waynesboro), turn north onto Tomstown Rd., at 9/10 mile turn right onto Shank Hess Rd.  Drive 3/10 mile to #8099 on the left, look for“The Garden Path” sign.

Willow Creek Pottery
5419 Manheim Rd, Waynesboro, PA
717-765-6838
www.willowcreekpottery.com

Rod Meyer and Karri Benedict’s studio is at the end of a country lane mid orchards and dairy farms. Their stoneware pottery has a simple elegance of form and color, and is lead-fee and user friendly. Be sure to investigate the Raku-fired vessels and bowls made using an ancient Japanese technique with a contemporary twist. This location features jewelry designer & silversmith Frankie Lorraine Yourgulez-Buhrer, who has been making jewelry for more than 30 years.  Her trade mark is a fly emblem.  Her style is contemporary, designed with southwestern techniques using a fabrication method.  Each is free form and unique in its own way. Also glass artists Tom and Jennifer ­Davis will be showing their hand-blown glass, and lampworked beads and beaded jewelry.  Manheim Rd. joins Rts. 316 and 997 midway between Chambersburg and Waynesboro, just north of Quincy. Turning north from Manheim Rd, follow the lane to the second farm.

D’Bec Studio
210 Main Street (Hwy 997), Mont Alto PA
717-749-3831

Becky Dietrich will once again host several fine artists and craftsmen in her ante­bellum home, which once housed “A Little Gallery of Mont Alto”. Becky is a painter, printmaker and has recently begun making crazy quilts. A special feature of the weekend will be the book signing of her recently published book “The Artists of the Cumberland Valley 1976-1995”. The book documents the nearly 100 artists and craftsmen who exhibited in her gallery over a twenty year period. Fine artist Eliane Ambrose of Greencastle will show her paintings. An artist and international poet, Eliane’s paintings are as diversified as her life. She considers her work an unconscious connection between God and nature. She says, “I allow the paintings to speak to my inner sense and feelings while using color to intensify what I feel.” Area artist Ruth Durbin lists her mediums of choice as watercolor and oil. Her work can be seen in local Galleries, exhibits, and at her Studio and Gallery by appointment. Ruth also offers classes. Artist and calligrapher Barb Peshkin will be showing her works derived from the great illuminated manuscripts of the past. Mary and Joseph Shoemaker of Mont Alto will be showing their lamp worked glass bead jewelry.     D’Bec studio is located on the west side of Main Street in Mont Alto (Rte 997), 2 blocks south of the square.

Mont Alto Pottery Cooperative
Mont Alto Campus PSU, Mont Alto, PA
717-762-4670

The Mont Alto Pottery Cooperative is a collective group of potters and pottery students located on the campus of Penn State Mont Alto. The co-op, created in 2003 by the non profit Nicodemus Center for Ceramic Studies, currently numbers 39 members ranging in studio experience from less than one year to more than 40 years. Members’ works cover a wide range of wheel-thrown, slab and hand-built objects in earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. The co-op carries out activities and sales in its pottery studio, room 008 of the General Studies Building, Penn State Mont Alto.     The campus is one mile east of Mont Alto on PA Route 233 (see www.ma.psu.edu/Information/map.htm?cn71B for a map of the campus).

Council for the Arts Gallery
159 S Main St
Chambersburg, PA
264-6883
www.innernet.net/councilforthearts

“Eclectic Visions” is the theme of the Council for the Arts gallery exhibit the weekend of the tour. It features drawings, prints, and collage by Ruth Jordan, Rebecca Myers, and Daryl Ewan. You may also visit the Kaleidoscope Gallery which showcases the work of area artisans producing unique hand made pieces. Fri 10-4, Sat 10-2.        Council for the Arts is located on the west side of the second block of South Main. Parking is available on Main Street or in nearby municipal lots.

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