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The 14th Annual
Just a few of the many things to see & do at the Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival
Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival
 

Artisans

Artisans are listed in alphabetical order. If you'd like more information on an artisan, click on their name and you will be taken to their website if they have one.
Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival
The Fourteenth Annual Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival - Saturday & Sunday July 26 & 27, 2008.
50 nationally recognized folk artists & craftsmen showing traditional & contemporary folk art & crafts in a wide variety of mediums. Many demonstrating their talents.


A & M Chainsaw SculpturesA & M Chainsaw Sculptures
Wood Sculpture

 

 

 

 

 

 


Acrylics By Sue
Wildlife Artwork
Sue Emmerson
Corinna, ME


Barbara Walch Pottery
Handcrafted Stoneware Pottery
Thorndike, MEBarbara Walch Pottery

 

Barbara Walch has been making handbuilt pottery since 1973. She is one of only a few American potters who work primarily with the pinch technique. Her handcrafted stoneware dinnerware is distinctive, unusual, and appealing. Barbara and her husband, Charlie Krause, are the proprietors of Fire Flower Garden at their home located just outside the village of Thorndike, in central Maine, where her studio has been since 1989. In addition to the working pottery studio, there are extensive cottage gardens, cutting beds and a roadside plant stand.

 

 

 

 

 


Blueberry Bliss
Premium Blueberry ProductsBlueberry Bliss
Betty Maker
Jonesboro, ME

Premium Blueberry Products
Made from Wild Maine Blueberries
Delicious all natural ingredients...No preservatives!
The wild blueberry native to Down East Maine lends its unique color and flavor to our premium line of blueberry products. Based on old family recipes, all Blueberry Bliss™ products are made by hand using the finest native berries from nearby fields.

 


Burnham Shaker Products
Country Shaker-style Furniture
Burnham, ME
Burnham Shaker Products

 

Our Shaker boxes are made of hand-selected native Maine hardwoods. The procedure is still a handmade and precise process, much the same as the Shakers used 150 years ago. We’re proud to be keeping this wonderful craft alive. 

Our Shaker-influenced country furniture is made of solid Eastern White pine. All exposed painted surfaces (tops, fronts and sides) are knot-free. The finish is a wax over paint, giving the pieces a warm, country feel. Minor distressing and square-cut nails complete the effect of high-quality reproductions.  We offer an extensive line of chimney and jelly cupboards, hutches, base cabinets and small tables, in a variety of sizes and configurations. We also welcome inquiries for custom variations of our current offerings. 

Because of the size and weight of our pieces, we find costs prohibitive for shipping. Our venue to our customers is face-to-face, either via visits to our shop or at one of several folk art / craft shows that we attend throughout the northeast.  Please refer to the schedule for shows that we’ll be attending this year.  Choose the piece you would like, in the color you want, and we can bring it to the next show in your area.  Orders must be placed at least one month prior to a show for pickup.  If you plan to visit our shop, it’s always a good idea to call ahead to confirm that we’ll be there and to get directions.

We believe that our furniture will not only serve the buyer for a lifetime, but will be handed down to be the next generation’s antiques. 

 

 


Cabin Pottery
Stoneware Pottery
Andrea & Joe Ford
Edgecomb, ME

Cabin PotteryCabin Pottery - authentic hand-made stoneware pottery crafted by Maine artisans. Our pottery is hand painted as well as wheel thrown, and our finished stoneware products are microwave and dishwasher safe. We hope you enjoy using our pottery as much as we enjoyed creating each piece of stoneware.

 

 

 

 


Cathy Shamel, PiecemakerCathy Shamel, Piecemaker
Cathy Shamel
Framed Art Quilts
Grand Lake Stream, ME

 

 

 

 

 

 


Common Folk Herb Farm
Herbal Products
Betsey-Ann Golon
Naples, ME

Common Folk Herb Farm

 

All natural fruit, herb and spice teas from our organic herb farm in the Lakes region. Eight caffeine free teas with edible flowers create a visual "potpourri" in elegant glass jars. Green teas, children's beverages and full line of seasonings, soups, breads and holiday items. Custom blends and private labeling program available.


 

 



Crafts at Two Apple Farm
Packbaskets & Totes
Martha Chessie
Shapleigh, ME


Crows Rise Farm
Handspun Angora Products
Karen Cornell
Anson, ME



D & E Metalworks
Metal SculptureD & E Metalworks

Eda & Dave Bentinnen
Mercer, ME

D & E Metalworks creates wind chimes, mobiles and sculpture for indoor and outdoor locations.
We use a variety of metals and techniques, as well as other embellishments, to create unique works of art. The Cor-ten steel, used for some of our outdoor sculpture, has enhanced atmospheric corrosion resistance due to the protective oxide formed during weathering.  When painted, the paint will last twice as long on Cor-ten as on conventional steels. We continue to create new and interesting designs and we invite you to explore our wide range of metalwork.


D J Herrick Woodworking
Screen Doors
David and Jean Herrick
Princeton, ME


D M Designs
Pyrography on Rustic Furniture
Deb Cochran
Grand Lake Stream, ME


Damselfly Photography
Nature and wildlife photographic prints and note cards
Jane Scanlon
Lee, ME


Daylily Weaving & Dye WorksDaylily Weaving & Dye Works
Women's' apparel
Nan Sepik
Perry, ME

 

 

 

 

 


Dragonfly Instruments
Musical InstrumentsDragonfly Instruments
Thom Knowles
Lee, ME

 

Thom has crafted a variety of acoustic stringed instruments and guitars, both 6-string and 12-string models. Other handmade instruments include: mandolin, banjo, acoustic bass, mountain and hammer dulcimer. He combines exotic and local Maine woods to produce a quality instrument with a distinctive warm, resonant sound. Beautiful inlay designs adorn each instrument.




Fine Pine DesignsFine Pine Designs
Wood , Furniture , Basketry
Jim & Linda Leech
Bangor, ME

 

 

 

 


Framed Gardens
Japanese Oshibana Style Pressed Flower Art


Hawk
Rustic Furniture Hawk Rustic Furniture
Randy & Wanda Huber
NB, Canada













Heather Perry Fine Jewelry
Fine JewelryPerry Design Jewelry
Heather Perry
Calais, ME

Unique fine jewelry inspired by the authentic beauty of the natural world, and created to nurture our hearts and minds. My designs are an extension of my belief that the expression of beauty is an essential part of our daily lives and promotes the fulfillment of the human condition.

Based on texture, form, and beauty, I combine elements of sculpture with the wearablilty and scale of jewelry. I watch trends in lifestyle adapting them into realistic and functional pieces of art that can be worn easily and comfortably while above all, remaining fun.

 

 

 

 


Home Spun and SpiceHome Spun and Spice
Floral Designs

We offer a wonderline line of products made with dried apples, oranges, bayleaves, cinnamon sticks, and dried botanicals all wonderfully scented with her custom blended long lasting quality essential oils. Be sure to check them out! Homespun and Spice is a small family business in Mechanic Falls, Me offering a wide variety of handmade crafts.  We strive to keep our product line fresh and continually seek to develop new unique custom items with wonderful fragrances.  We welcome new product ideas and take custom orders. 


 

Hutton handwovens
Handwoven Rugs
Hillary Hutton
Vienna, ME

Hutton handwovens - Hillary Hutton


     Cotton Rag Rugs are my specialty. I also weave women's clothing, in both cotton and silk. One item that has been part of my line since the very beginning is a soft and cuddly heirloom Baby Blanket.

 

 

 

 


Hutton Studios
Hand Thrown PotteryMark Hutton - Potter
Mark Hutton
Vienna, ME


I began working in clay in 1981, and have worked in high-fired porcelain and stoneware since 1988.

  I fire all my work in two firings. The initial firing is called a "biscuit" firing, and is about half as hot as the final "glaze" firing. This strengthens the raw pieces enough to be handled more easily during the glazing process. 

 


Jones LimitedJones Limited
Handmade Clothing
Janice Jones
Bradford, ME

 

Handweaving and designing textiles for clothing and the home has been the passion of Janice Jones since 1970. Now, in a studio overlooking hayfields and woodlands in central Maine, she designs, weaves, and finishes scarves, shawls, clothing and accessories for the home.

 

 

 



Knapp Photographic
Fred Knapp
Wildlife Photography
Princeton, ME


Lions Paw Jewelry & Glass Art Lion's Paw Jewelry
Glass Beaded Jewelry
Mandy Williams
Charlotte, ME

I love glass because its allows me to create a world inside a bead with depth, beauty, color and sparkle.  I have the ability to make detailed flowers, give landscapes a 3D look, and make wearable sculptures.  Glass is my favorite medium because it is challenging.  It is dangerous and hard to control, but the depth, detail and beauty that can be achieved through lots of practice make it very rewarding.

 

 

 

 

 


Loon Mountain LeatherworksLoon Mountain Leatherworks
Leather goods
Barbara Waits & Paul Sawyer
Millbridge, ME



Loon Mountain Leatherworks was started in June two thousand and three by Barbara Waits and Paul Sawyer as a way to express their creativity in leather.
Barbara brings a background in art design and fashion as well as over thirty years professional sewing. Paul adds a practical knowledge of construction as well as many years of sewing, making specialty items for his outdoor pursuits.
Our products are handcrafted by us, one at a time not in a factory. We strive to provide our customers with beautiful, functional, handcrafted leathergoods that will last a lifetime.

 

 

 


Coleen Lynch
Metal Sculptures and Reliefs


Maine Hooked Rugs
Hand Hooked Wool Rugs
Brooklin, ME
Maine Hooked Rugs

 

Traditional rug hooking as we know it today is an artform that many believe originated in New England and the Maritime Provinces of Canada.  Maine played an important role in this history.  For instance, a tin peddler by the name of Edwards Sands Frost of Biddeford created the first commercial patterns for rug hooking in the late 1800's.  Cushing dyes originated in the Foxcroft area about the same time and are still sold under that name to this day.

The rugs and patterns offered here are all created by Maine artisans to celebrate the tradition.  We offer an eclectic group of hooked items with each artist producing her/his own style and color choices.  Most of these rugs are one-of-a-kind. The material is usually 100% wool and most are hand dyed by the artist hooked on quality backing material (linen) and finished by hand so your purchases will last for generations with proper care. 

 

 

 

 


Nestlewood Birds
Bird Carvings
Black Cap Chickadee, Nestlewood BirdsErwin Flewelling
Northport, ME

 

Bird carvings, feather pins, carving kits and instructional books.

 

 

 

 



New England Candle Mill
Soy CandlesNew England Candle Mill
Bonnie Gagner
Grand Lake Stream, ME

 

Hand poured 100% soy wax candles (16 oz. jars, 10 oz. jars, 6 oz. seamless tins). All natural votives, tart, firestarters and aroma bead air fresheners.

 

 

 

 


Pottery by CeliaPottery by Celia
Celia Y. Talbott
Handthrown Stoneware & Porcelain Pottery
Naples, ME

Our pottery is functional, food-safe, dishwasher-safe and microwaveable.












Precious Metal Creations
Jewelry and Holloware
Scott & Marjorie Withers
Cooper, ME

Fine Handmade One of a Kind Jewelry using Precious Metals and Gemstones

 


Quoddy Trail Moccasin
Handcrafted Shoes
Kevin & Kirsten Shorey
Perry, ME

Quoddy Trail Moccasin

 The Shorey family has been making moccasins for generations, beginning with Harry Smith Shorey, a handsewer for L.L. Bean in the early 1900s. Today, we continue this fine tradition with Quoddy Trail. In Downeast Maine, near the shore of the Passamaquoddy Bay, we make traditional moccasin styles using time-honored techniques and quality materials. Each process is done by hand — cutting, skiving, stitching, and handsewing.

 

 



Rainmaker SoapRainmaker Soap
Herbal Soap
Lynda Caron
Machias, ME

As natural as the rain" - handcrafted herbal and floral fragranted soaps made with olive, coconut and vegetable oils, jojoba and quality essential and floral oils.



Rusty Tipton Designs
Art Clothing
Rusty Tipton
So. Portland, ME


Salt Meadow Studio
Floor Cloths
Beverly K. Runyan
Pembroke, ME


Seacolors & The Maine Blanket
Woolen Textiles
Nanny Kennedy
Washington, ME

The Maine BlanketThe Maine Blanket is woven with 100% new wool from Maine sheep. Intended to help save the sheep industry, growers who participated in the Maine Blanket Project got three times market value for their wool last year. Now, through incentive pricing, growers can receive up to ten times the market value for their wool.

  Seacolors
  Seacolors is your source for high-quality wool. All our yarns are sun dyed in seawater using colors inspired by nature. Our wool is grown on the backs of fine-wooled sheep and goats still grazing on the hills of our farmstead in Maine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Shipyard Point Glass WorksShipyard Glassworks
Glassware and Beads
Beverly Lamoureux
Franklin, ME

My lifelong enchantment with glass and a desire to be ever present on a daily basis for my family, has driven me to discover lampworking. Being mostly self-taught, learning has been much slower than if I had taken innumerable classes. The mistakes I have made along the way are so much more revealing than being taught everything flawlessly the first time. I am inclined to create pieces that are uncommon and organic in their appeal.

Pieces that will inspire you to think, imagine and create!

 


Spiralworks
Sculptural Felt MakingSpiralworks Felt Making

 

 

This primitive technique of shrinking wool fiber to make garments and sculpture has captured my attention and passion! I have specialized in making woolen vessels for finer galleries and craft shows throughout the United States. You can finally see a pattern outlining my technique in Carol Cypher’s new book entitled “How We Felt” (Interweave Press).  I am recently exploring the richness of felt to make functional handbags, sculptural hats, and bird forms, in addition to my signature vessels with coiled wire rimming!

 

 

 

 

 

 


Stanchfield Farms
Gourmet FoodsStanchfield Farms fine specialty foods
Wilma Stanchfield
Milo, ME

Creators of award winning pickles and fine specialty foods. Stanchfield Farms is a real working farm deep in the heart of Maine. Using the methods of yesteryear and the finest ingredients we make everything in small batches to preserve the authentic flavor of rural Maine.

 


Susan Designs
Quilts
Susan Placy
Perry, ME


Theo's Character DollsTheo's Character Dolls

Soft Sculpture
Theo McDonough
Charlotte, ME

 


 

 


Timberstone
Natural Stone Items
Mark Guido
Montville, ME

Timberstone natural stone productsFrom the beautiful Maine coast, enjoy our natural stone products. These jewel-like stones have been carefully selected from Maine cobble beaches for their color and shape. Tumbled by the ocean for years, each of our stone products is as unique as nature, herself.

 

 

 

 


Todd Watts - Folk Artist
Hand-carved, Hand-painted Birds and Fish
Bocabec, NBTodd Watts Folk Art ~ Brook Trout

Through my folk art creations I share my love of wildlife and old wood. I make sculptures, furniture, and decorative bird houses. My pieces integrate original hand carvings with reclaimed wooden architecture and old furniture parts.

          I am self-taught and have been working as an artist since 1996. I carve basswood that I purchase from small wood lot owners and sawyers, individually sculpting each piece using traditional hand carving techniques. Each piece is then hand painted.

 

 

 



Topsail CanvasTopsail Canvas
Canvas Items
Martha Bryan
Letete, NB, Canada

Carry your gear and personal items in a Topsail Canvas bag, handcrafted with the same quality workmanship, and commitment to the environment as Bryan Boatbuilding

 

 

 


Village Blacksmith
Traditional Blacksmithing
Sidney Hughes
Lubec, ME

Wicked Good BasketsWicked Good Baskets
Handcrafted Baskets
Cathy & Mark Czarnecki
Hermon, ME

Quality ornamental and functional baskets, which are handcrafted with attention to detail. Each basket is made to order in a variety of shapes and sizes.

 

 

 

 



 

James C. Wheeler
Leather Crafts


Wild Ivy DesignsWild Ivy Designs
Paper Jewelry
Suzan Scribner-Reed
Winterport, ME

This jewelry is one of a kind, comprised of found recycled papers, that I embellish with paint, beads and gold filled and sterling silver wire.

My work includes: pins, earrings, barrettes and pendants.

 


Works in Wood
Turned Bowls and Accessories


Wrenovations Stained Glass Creations
Stained Glass Artwork
Mark & Arlene Wren
Robbinston, ME

Wrenovations handcrafted stained glass

We are able to create custom designs using your ideas or pictures, or you may select from artwork that we have already created. We offer a large selection of lamps, panels, windows, mirrors, jewelry, wall hangings, holiday, sun catchers and special occasion artwork from which to choose. Panels may be made to fit an exact location, decor, color and theme for your home or business. We use the copper foil technique because it allows the use of small pieces of stained glass, which results in greater detail in the finished artwork. If you are interested in a hand crafted work of art, stop by to see us at a local art and craft festival or at our studio in Robbinston, Maine.

 
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