Country Roads Artists & Artisans Tour 2011

 

 

VISIT STUDIOS ~ SEPTEMBER 9, 10, 11

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Enjoy good food for a good cause!

During the Open Studio Tour, lunch will be served Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the corner of Routes 105 and 235 in Hope. This is a fundraiser for the Hope School.

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Country Roads and Artisans Tour


.....showcases the highly refined skills of local craft designers and artists. It includes a wide variety of work, all carefully and thoughtfully handmade at our studios here in Midcoast Maine. Some of our work uses centuries-old techniques, while other work takes advantage of more modern processes.

Most of our studios are open all year. On one special September weekend, we invite you to enjoy our free open studio tour. For more information, call 207-236-9619.

Please note that all studios are open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. during the three days of the tour, but regular hours differ. You will find these listed on the back panel of the brochure.

Our Artists & Artisans

A      Akvarell Studio
Watercolors celebrating Maine's unique coastal light: scenes of Camden, Rockport, and outer islands of Monhegan and Swans Island. Also affordable framed or matted prints and cards.

B      Benjamin Leavitt Metalwork, Inc.
Custom-built goods for home and garden that merge organic design and practicality through traditional blacksmithing and modern-day welding technology.

C      Brookside Studio/Gallery
Vibrant, colorful works that are imaginative and eclectic, in a variety of media: fused glass, jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, mixed media paintings and drawings.

D     Chris McLarty & Debra Thuss
Finely crafted polymer jewelry and sculpture in a wide price range by two artists with a flair for fashion and fun. Commissions welcomed. Classes offered.

E     Clay Spirits
Fine arts for the soul. Figurative spirits expressed in ceramic, bronze, and graphite, and photography of Maine's earth spirits.

F     Fireside Pottery
Elegant and functional slab-built porcelain designed to enhance the rituals of daily life. Subtle and striking glazes. Stoneware also available.

G     Florimbi Studios
Colorful, energetic oil paintings, wooden boats, and custom homes.

H      The Foundry
Exquisitely crafted hand-blown glass and bronze artistry inspired by the sea, including unique vessels and spectacular claws and deep-sea fishing lures.

I    Linda Norton Studio
Realistic watercolors of marinescapes, landscapes, portraiture, and the flag. Combining washes with dry brush techniques to achieve depth and feeling in two-dimensional works.

J     Lulu Designs
Original handmade creations in fiber and clay by Linda Lewis and Sasha Laurita.

K      Michael Good - Michael Good Designs
Studio and showroom of Michael Good, renowned
designer of exquisite handcrafted 18-kt gold and sterling jewelry. Prints, gifts, and jewelry by national and international designers.

L      Peter Jones - Mountain Street Pottery
Specializing in functional, contemporary stoneware
and porcelain pottery. Fine craftsmanship at a
reasonable price.

M      Randy Fein Mountain Studio
Imaginative clay objects for home and garden. Featuring blue-and-white glazed dinnerware, unique outdoor sculpture, and handmade relief tilework, plus whimsical ceramic fish and birds.

N      Remsen Studios
A variety of decorative and highly functional reduction glazed high-fired porcelain.

O      Richard & Lynette Robertson - Rockport Pottery
Bowls, casseroles, fountains, tea sets, lamps, flower
containers, bottles, jars, bonsai pots, menorah, oil
lamps, serving bowls, plates. All stoneware, some
wood fired, mostly one-of-a-kind.

P       Sleepy Hollow Rag Rugs  
Rag rugs hand woven from old clothes, giving infinite variety and texture. No one else does them quite this way.

Q      Jay Sawyer - Stemwinder Sculpture Works & Gardens
Garden art and sculpture in metal, stone, and wood. Many unique pieces created using Jay's eye for found objects and two decades of fabricating experience.

R       Stephen Gleasner, Artist
"Plyscapes"--sweeping seascapes of the artist's imagination carved in low relief in plywood. Their delicate colors let the grain of the wood show through.

S      Tillman Crane Gallery
Platinum and palladium photographs: 19th-century materials blended with a 21st-century aesthetic.

T     van der Ven Studios
Working with hands, head, and heart, Simon creates objects for warmth, light, and nourishment in porcelain, stoneware, and other materials.

U    Wood & LIght
Exquisitely turned native woods and burls: Bowls, boxes, plates, platters, vases, canisters, wok stirrers, pepper grinders, coasters, lamps, candleholders, more. In a charming 1800s farmhouse.

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Camden Chamber of Commerce  Rockland Chamber of Commerce
Lincolnville Business Group Camden's Premier Inns
Historic Inns of Rockland Farnsworth Museum
Maine Tourism State Of Maine
Portland Museum of Art Center for Contemporary Art
Maine College of Art    Children's Museum
Bates College Museum of Art

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

Colby College Museum of Art U Maine Museum of Art
Maine Media Workshops

Owls Head Transportation Museum

Maine Coast Welcome Center

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