Nancy Bishop
Nancy is a functional potter who has a sensitive touch with Porcelain forms and a delicate brushwork on her glazes. She has taught workshops stateside and overseas. While living in Australia, the vivid red skies inspired her work and the rare chromium “Ruby” glaze with tree designs was born.

Nancy Gardner
The whimsical pottery of Nancy Gardner is all handbuilt with pinch and coil technique. Each piece is one of a kind, individually hand formed and decorated with multiple layers of underglaze and glaze. Nancy is inspired by the history of decorative arts, global cultures, vintage paintings, fabric patterns and dishware.

Claire Weissberg
Claire studied pottery with Clary Illian in Iowa, and with Chiyoichi Shimizu in Japan. She received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and currently makes urban folk pottery full time in her studio. Claireware if functional porcelain and is hand thrown, carved and fired. It is lead-free and safe for food as well as microwave, dishwasher and oven safe.

Xeno Glassworks
Xeno Glassworks specializes in wonderful, unique glass bracelets. Each bracelet is free formed in the flame of a torch using borosilicate, “pyrex”, a glass known for it’s extraordinary durability. They have been making glass bracelets since 1984.

Greg Price
Greg Price is a Fauquier County, Virginia native and literally grew up with a hammer in his hand. After graduating college with a B.S. in Landscape Architecture, Greg worked five years in an architectural office before he realized he could not sit behind a desk any longer. In 1999, he journeyed to the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina where he studied under some of the nation's premier blacksmiths. For the past eight years, Greg has returned to the Folk School annually to teach beginner, intermediate, and advanced blacksmithing. His commissions range from a single accent piece to outfitting a whole residence in ironwork. His work has also been featured in Schiffer Publishing's Ironwork Today 2.

Megan Le Boutillier
Megan is a mixed-media artist. Functionality and beauty inspire her work in paper, glass, polymer clay, watercolor paint and fiber. She has always loved to “make things”, and this exploration is guided by the question of where the creative intersections exist between various materials. She believes that creativity is a spiritual practice that can nourish the soul as well as delight the senses.

Lori O’Neill Designs
Each L. O’Neill Design handbag is created from the finest jacquard, silk and linen fabrics. The fabric patterns and color combinations are chosen and then woven in mills around the world. After each bag is designed and patterns drafted, pieces are hand cut, layered with interfacing for structure and then constructed with impeccable craftsmanship. The combination of color and texture, along with the final touch of semi-precious stone and gem detailing, gives each handbag a charm of it’s own. Designed with a flare, but built to wear.

Anne Sanderoff-Walker
Anne has been working with fiber since her first exploration with clothing construction as a young girl. She has been weaving for 16 years. She comes by these skills naturally as her foremothers were skilled seamstresses and family legend talks about her great-great-grandparents having a farm and sheep shearing business in the "old country." We love her hand-woven scarves created for both men and women. They show a flair for color, texture, and fashion sense.

Michael Murphy
Michael has spent his entire career as an artist and craftsman. Since 1992 he has been designing and hand-painting silk neckwear. He works out of his studio in a remote and beautiful mountainous area in WA state. Besides being an artist he also is an avid bicyclist, having traveled on his bike in many parts of the world.

Michael's collection offers distinctive designs inspired by nature and travel that are sure to please you with their artistic character. Each piece is dyed by hand, one at a time. Starting with white silk, stretched like a canvas, the designs are applied using brushes, stamps and hand tools. The dyed silk is steam set to ensure color fastness and washed to rinse out any excess dye. The silk is then carefully cut and sewn into high quality neckties.

Linda Neel
Born in Denver, Colorado Linda grew up with an absolute love of fabrics and sewing which has become a lifetime hobby. Early on, this hobby competed with Linda's second love of horses and dressage which would in 1984 bring her to Virginia where she opened Leesburg's first art gallery, Leesburg Gallery of Art. The gallery was well known for its top originals, fine art prints and distinctive museum quality framing.

In 1990 Linda and artist husband, Tom Neel, joined the fine art publisher The Greenwich Workshop in Connecticut for four years where they represented some of the nation's top artists, before returning to Virginia. Today with no horses, Linda dedicates all of her free time to her love of textile art. Her pieces can be purely art as in wall art or functional art as in hand dyed and silk screened silk scarves and wraps, finger woven wool wraps and jackets. They are rich with deep color, texture and flair. All are fun, especially unique one of a kind originals. She shows her work in national textile shows and has studied with well known textile artists.

Mary Kenesson
Mary creates jewelry and wearable fiberarts with an Asian flair in a rural colonial village in Virginia. Her work, known by her “ma su ke” label with a dragonfly logo, often combines beads and fibers as well as vintage buttons from her huge collection. She is inspired by Asian art, textile patterns and paper prints whether she is making jewelry, purses, or clothing.

Patricia Burling
Patricia has been a professional hand-weaver for 30 years creating one of a kind pieces for corporate and residential environments. She specializes in wool rugs with bold graphic design and jewel toned color for subtle variations often with rayon accents for reflection. Weaving in the Warp Face tradition she is able to add interest with hand manipulation of each weft shot for a painterly effect. Woven with the highest quality wool yarns, Patricia densely sleys 48 yarns to the inch to ensure durability. She can also customize the thickness of the rug. Edges can be bound or finished with hefty fringe. Patricia specializes in custom coloring and custom sizing. She can use samples of fabric, paint chips, floor covering etc to create just the right colors for a custom rug. Rugs can be woven 72 inches wide without seaming and any length. All rugs are reversible, equally successful on the floor as area rugs or runners, as wall hangings or panels and as space dividers to be viewed from both sides for your home or office.

Alice Watterson
Alice is a lifelong resident of the Southwest, Arizona and now New Mexico. The bright light of the desert suits her use of intense, saturated colors, and a well developed imagination fuels her fanciful approach to art making. She creates mixed-media figures with the intention of depicting the human spirit in creative form. She has earned national recognition and awards for her artwork.

Jason Kasdorf
Bubble Wands are beautiful, hand crafted bubble makers. Their unique designs make them an enjoyable piece of art as well as a fully functional wand for creating magical bubbles for young and old alike. These wands are a great gift idea for any occasion!

iro Design
iro Design has been creating beautiful and unusual accessories for the home and body since 1986. In 2006 they celebrated their 20th anniversary in business! Bold patterns and colorful images are the hallmark of their products. Each and every piece is created by hand, thoughtfully and carefully, one at a time. They work with hand mixed dyes on silk and cotton denim. Everything is eco-friendly, with no material wasted.

Barrick Candles
These wonderful candles are made by a team of artisans in Pennsylvania who have been designing and making elegant candles for 30 years. The company began in 1970 when father and son began making candles. From the beginning they were not satisfied with ordinary candles. Today the son and his wife continue the tradition of creating unusual candles that are wonderful accents for interiors of all styles. While the forms are contemporary in nature, their simplicity lends them to both modern and traditional settings. We have them in a tall style featured at the left and also a shorter, squatter version in a variety of colors.

Betty Bacon
Betty fell in love with wirework jewelry in 1995 and has been specializing in it ever since. Incorporating beautiful elements such as Swarovski crystals, hand-blown Venetian glass beads, dichroic glass, lampwork eye beads, cloissoné and a variety of precious stones. Betty designs one-of-a-kind, elegant pieces. Her designs have been featured in “How to Make Your Own Great Earrings” by Jane La Ferla and Lark Books, and is co-designer and co-author of the 172-page “Wonderful, Wearable Wire.”

Sara Rivera
As a young girl, Sara’s love of jewelry stemmed form her grandmother’s “treasure box”. It was filled with unique pieces of jewelry from around the world. In 1998 she began taking classes ar Baltimore College Institute of Art and in 1999 she started her career by working for Sterling Inc as an apprentice. In 2005 she took the plunge and started creating her own line of unique jewelry. Sara works in the Mokume-Gane technique. With its distinctive layered patterns and Sara's masterful eye for design, this mixed-metal laminate produces interesting and elegant works of art jewelry. Patinas of satin silvers, gold and copper are found throughout Rivera's custom designed pieces which include collar necklaces, pendants, earrings, rings and bracelets.

Karen McCreary
Karen, an artist with a professional background in jewelry manufacturing, has been exhibiting her jewelry and sculpture extensively since her graduation from the School of Fine Arts at California State University, Long Beach. Searching for a wider opportunity for experimental design than traditional jewelry techniques and materials would afford resulted in a decision to work with the multitude of plastics available. Her current work combines carved acrylic with sterling silver, 22K gold leaf and colored lacquers, producing innovative, handcrafted contemporary jewelry that is durable, lightweight and elegant.

Joline El-Hai
As a child Joline would sit on her back porch in the late afternoon sun, sewing sequins onto scraps of black velvet. The effect of the dramatic light and glowing colors fascinated her, and it is this love of color and light that still inspires her artwork today. The imagery in her work can be seen as whimsical little snippets of dream-like stories.

At her studio, Bella Luz Studio, the production line of lights start out as drawings - pastel, colored pencil, and watercolor. Photographed and reproduced as translucent, durable prints, the images are housed in lustrous copper frames.

The Luminettes are tiny works of art which cast a warm and useful glow. They come in frames of hand-textured copper colored by patina with a 4 watt bulb in a beautiful gift box, ready to plug in. A hand-hammered copper swirl dangle is an embellishment to the Luminettes, hanging at the bottom of the frame, disguising the night-light switch and mirroring the etched swirl at the top of each frame.

Handmade Soap
We are pleased to represent the hand made 100% natural glycerin soap of Patrice Link and Linda Wells. They have been making soap for over 10 years. I want you to think above and beyond regular glycerin soap. These truly are beautiful soaps. Every curl and swirl in this soap is hand cut and carved. Of course, we had to take some home for testing and we can tell you that they look beautiful down to the last sliver. Did we mention how fragrant and colorful they are? We have some wonderful fragrances: Cucumber Melon, Orange Grove, Rose, Tulip, Lavender, Lemon Verbena, Oatmeal & Honey, Ocean Breeze and Sandalwood. They also make great hostess gifts or for friends and relatives. We are sure you will love the way this soap feels, looks and smells!

Alexandra O'Leary
Alexandra started flamework in 2004, by taking classes with Michael Higgins at the New Dynasty Glass studio in Virginia and glass quickly became her passion. Flamework is done using a propane and oxygen torch and all pieces are annealed to ensure durability. Alexandra uses mostly borosilicate, also known as hard glass (akin to Pyrex). Having been a painter for over 40 years, Alexandra saw an opportunity to create designs with glass, to “paint” with glass. Working over a flame widens design opportunities, as the glass may be shaped, stretched, and twisted. Techniques such as implosion provide three-dimensional designs within the glass, (e.g. blooming flowers). With her combination of artistic backgrounds involving the use of different media, Alexandra has created a style of her own resulting in very unique jewelry pieces.

Sarah Angle
Sarah Angle, a native of Virginia, has always had a passion for wood and tools. She has been a professional woodcarver for 20 years. She has shown her work in shows around the state and is now represented exclusively at Live An Artful Life. Her work is in collections across the United States and the UK. Each piece is designed, carved and painted by the artist. Through each piece the artist hopes to bring laughter to the viewer. Sarah's work is both fun and functional. Her wooden sculptures range from small figures to wonderfully humorous freestanding table clocks. Not only is she a fantastic wood carver but her painting skills, depicting the "attitude" of each work, are phenomenal. Sarah lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, four cats and a dog.