Marjorie Diehl
West Springfield, Pennsylvania
RayMar Framing on Stone

Marjorie and her husband handcraft a unique method of framing and hand painting art on flagstone. Her husband matches a print to the flagstone texture and cuts it to size of the print with hammer and chisel. We dissolve the backing on the prints, which produces a film of color that, we hand rub into the surface texture of the flagstone. It is then hand panted to extend the color and lines of each stone, this gives the stone a finished and professional look. The final process is to coat the flagstone with polyurethane to protect the painting. All of the flagstone is quarried in Pennsylvania.

Rita Disbrow
Newark, Ohio
Potpourri Oils

Rita has over 35 scented oils, room sprays and potpourri blends. She uses rose hips and other botanicals to create her different blends.  She uses colors schemes to match the scents. In addition she creates garlands interlaced with botanicals that can be hung on the walls, used as tiebacks, and on mantles.

Lonnie Frazier
Fredericktown, Ohio
Rugs

Lonnie Frazier become interested in rug making in 1987 when his grandmother, Maxine Helton, purchased a Union Loom. The hardest part of setting a loom is threading it. The process of threading a loom takes two days. That is the first of the many steps to rug making. All the material used has to be cut up into one-inch strips. Then the strips are sewn together end to end to form one long strip of material that is rolled on a shuttle. The blue jean rugs are his most favorite rugs, however Frazier use cottons, wools, bed sheets and drapes.

Frazier uses two looms since his grandmother passed away in 1994. Using her materials, he was able to make three rugs for the his mother, brother and himself to help them remember her. Frazier had several customers ask him to make red, white and blue rugs to celebrate the Ohio Bicentennial. Having entered one of these rugs in the Fredericktown Tomato Show, along with an Ohio State/Michigan rug, Frazier won first prize for both.

He will do special orders for customers and recently made a denim rug that measured six feet by six feet. This rug was made by sewing three strips that measure 27 inches wide and six feet in length together. Other room-size rugs have measured eight by eight by 10 feet long. (It took approximately 85 blue jeans to make this rug.) Frazier enjoys weaving and selling his rugs.

Joy Ingram
Brown Bear Pottery
Newbury, Ohio
Pottery/Stoneware

Rural Ohio artisan Joy Ingram creates distinctive and functional pottery that  not only looks beautiful in your home, but pottery you will enjoy using. Each piece is handcrafted on the potters wheel, glazed with lead free and food safe finish and then fired at 2167 degrees Fahrenheit.  The final product: a beautiful piece of stoneware, safe for oven, dishwasher, freezer, and microwave.

Silvia Montera Monahan
Native Art of the Americas

Roger Ratliff
Pickerington, Ohio
Jewelry

Roger Lee Ratliff currently resides in Pickerington. Born and raised in Jeweled Ridge, VA, he joined the Air Force until 1966. Roger began silversmithing classes in 1995. He continues classes at the Cultural Arts Center to refine his skills, having also attended jewelry classes at the Leo Yassenoff Jewish Center.

Karen Scott
Hand Turned Treasures
North Royalton, Ohio
Wood
www.handturnedtreasures.com

Hand Turned Treasures is located in North Royalton, Ohio (a southwest suburb of Cleveland).  The company was started in a 10 x 20 room.  As it expanded and grew, so did her work area.  After taking over her 20 x 20 two-car garage, the 10 x 20 room was just what Karen needed for finishing her pieces.  By adding a new 20 x 20 two-car garage for their vehicles, she kept everyone happy.

Karen's fascination with wood, species, color, texture and the endless creativity show in each individual piece. After 13 years in the craft, approximately 8 hours a day, each project brings a new challenge.  Every finished piece a new reality.

Hand Turned Treasures has gone international via the web site www.handturnedtreasures.com.

Gail Thompson
Mount Vernon, Ohio
Jewelry

Talented crafter Gail Thompson designs elegant 14k and sterling silver customized jewelry that says all the right things. Gail’s lovely hand crafted pieces symbolize everlasting bonds of love and friendship. Mother’s bracelets with children’s names, Grandmother’s birthstone bracelets and necklaces, Ohio State watches and jewelry are just a few of the creations you will see when you visit crafter Thompson.