by Martha Beau | Feb 7, 2017
Photographer Ian Creitz has been playing with photography since he was in high school but his interest increased in 2004 when he was given his first digital camera. “From there I continued to grow in my craft. Ever few years I upgrade my equipment and continue...
by Martha Beau | Jan 9, 2017
Welcome to our newest member, Luann Gilligan of Round Lake, New York, who joined Valley Artisans Market in December of 2016. Luann has been fascinated and intrigued by fabric all of her life. She has been sewing since she was 12 years old and has enjoyed all kinds of...
by Martha Beau | Nov 20, 2016
If you have walked into Valley Artisans Market, you have probably been immediately attracted to the gourd houses made by artist Chung-Ah Park. A dried gourd is cut open, given windows and doors and made into a sweet room, decorated like a dollhouse with wallpaper,...
by Martha Beau | Nov 14, 2016
Clothing designer Peggy Gray, of 22 Shades of Gray, is up next in our Two Truths and a Lie contest. Which is the lie?! 1. I exhibited my designs on a runway in NYC. 2. I worked for an international designer. 3. My designs were highlighted in an upscale home living...
by Martha Beau | Nov 6, 2016
Embroiderer Debra-Ann Salat is up next in our Two Truths and a Lie contest. Which is the lie?! 1. I fell out of a moving truck in the swamps of New Jersey. 2. I was a medical assistant who couldn’t stand the sight of blood. 3. When not embroidering, I am a...
by Martha Beau | Oct 30, 2016
Painter Barbara Sarvis is up next in our Two Truths and a Lie contest. Which is the lie?! 1. I met Obama the night before his first election. 2. I have a brown belt in karate. 3. I attended Woodstock and didn’t stay for any of the performances. The lie is #2....
