One day I was contacted by the Trails and Trees Studio Tour of Berkeley County, West Virginia. They had seen my crafts and wanted a closer look with an eye to adding me to the tour. I believe it was Mona Kissel and Ed and Cat Cigmalio who came over and examined some things I’d set out for them. I realized as they looked things over that it didn’t matter if I was accepted or not (at least to me). What mattered was that I was accepted as an artisan. They welcomed me as such and later accepted me into the tour.
This open attitude rings all through the tour both to artisans and customers. We have the tour once a year, but whenever and wherever we meet I can say for myself it’s a joyful meeting.
This year, our tour event is this coming weekend, November 6 and 7, 10-5 each day. I have listed our artisans by studio and craft because in a lot of ways it’s a journey into beauty and art. These items grace our home also.
Studio # 1 7278 Hedgesville Road, Hedgesville, WV
Sherry Harper (Blue Goose Pottery)
Rachel Cammer (Darling Dot’s Designs) – functional mandala art and décor
Studio #2 128 Fourth Ridge Road, Hedgesville, WV
Catherine Cigmalio (Kat’s Studio) – acrylic painter and fiber artist
Deborah Scheinberg (Time Passes Jewelry)
Studio #3 973 Parkinson Road, Gerrardstown, WV
Bettie and Cathy Pharr – quilting and wood applique
Studio #4 2921 Specks Run Road, Bunker Hill, WV
Matthew Butterworth – glass blowing
Studio #5 749 Nadenbusch Lane, Martinsburg, WV
Mona Kissel – jewelry, knitted cawls and art cards
Studio #6 E. Addition St., Martinsburg, WV
Carol Slovikovsky – stained glass and yarns
Studio #7 101 Russet Rd., Martinsburg, WV
Anna Howard (Left Field Clock Company)
Kathy McClung – basketry and honey
Studio #8 123 Maple St., Martinsburg, WV
Lynn Gundy (Labyrinth Art Glass)
Bill Friend (Bill Friend Woodworking)
Joe Bourgeois (Bourgeois Furniture)
Studio #9 700 Diamond Ave., Martinsburg, WV
Judy Jeffares (Dancing Light Studio at Whisperwood) – mixed media jewelry
Sheila Mace (Art by Weeze) – paintings
Studio #10 4083 Greensburg Road, Martinsburg, WV
Daniel Sampson – wood turning