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Jessica Wesley is An Artisan's Emporium's Featured Artist for March

2/17/2018

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Jessica  Wesley,  owner  of  “the  room.”  and  “the  studio.”  is  our  Featured  Artist  on  Saturday,  March 17,  which is the  same  day  we will  be  celebrating  St.  Patrick’s  Day  at  An  Artisan’s  Emporium.  She'll  be  showing hand made, by a local carpenter, blue  bird  houses that she decorates with pyrography & her  newest  pottery  creations.

Most recently  Jessica has  been making ceramic  jewelry; pendants  that  can  be  used as an essential oil diffuser.  Make Mine Homemade's, Tina Barbour, & Jessica worked together to customize oil blends.

Jessica’s  creativity  blossomed  after  taking  a  pottery  class with  local  artist  Ruth  Bass.    Soon afterwards  she  had  the  opportunity  to  branch out  from  her  creative hairstyling  at  “the  room.”  and open  “the  studio.”  right  next  door.  Jessica  describes  “the  studio.”  as  a  fun  and inclusive artist's space  for creative minds  of  all  ages.  

Ruth  Bass (you can find her pottery here at AAE) teaches handbuilt pottery  classes at "the studio." Other instructors teach wheel thrown pottery, painting, photography & crocheting, with more to come.  Jessica is always  looking  for new instructors and new classes for "the  studio."    

She  can  be reached at  103  Depot  Street,  thestudiorox@gmail.com , (336)  508-9626 or  at  107  Depot  Street, theroomrox@gmail.com,  (336)  583-0695. Check  out  her  facebook  pages  at  https://www.facebook.com/TheRoomRox/  or  at https://www.facebook.com/thestudiorox/  or  keep  up  with all  the class  offerings  at ​https://www.thestudiorox.com/blog
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Harriett Tillett is An Artisan’s Emporium’s Featured Artist for February

1/16/2018

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What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than featuring Harriett Tillett’s Jewelry on February 3.  Harriett, owner of Mayo Designs, makes beautiful jewelry of precious metals including gold, silver and copper and many semi precious stones.  Her work has included Keshi, Matt Black Agate, Aquamarine, Lapis, Peridot, Freshwater Pearls, Baltic Amber, Hematite, Amethyst, Tiger Eye, Kyanite and Pyrite and much much more.
 
Harriett’s designs are absolutely gorgeous.  She features handmade, custom designed jewelry which is not only unique, but the finishing is above and beyond what you would expect. The attention to detail is impeccable. She specializes in custom handcrafted jewelry from natural materials and metals. Items are one of a kind and created especially for the individual.
 
Harriett’s Tree of Life in copper or sterling with semi-precious stones has been a favorite in our store and she has created many custom orders for this special piece.
 
You can check out her jewelry on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MayoDesignsNC/.  Be sure to stop by An Artisan’s Emporium on February 3 to discuss your unique jewelry needs for your favorite Valentine.  She will have many jewelry items available for you to choose from.
 

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Melanie Sarder is our Featured Artist for January

1/1/2018

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Melanie Sarder of “Melanie’s Mittens and More” is An Artisan’s Emporium’s Featured Artist for January.  Melanie, who still has family ties in Michigan, is well known for her mittens both in North Carolina and in Michigan.  She makes her mittens out of old woolen sweaters and chooses her patterns very carefully to make some of the most beautiful mittens you’ve ever seen.  Not only does she make mittens, but she uses the leftover fabric to make woolen Christmas Tree ornaments and also makes trivets out of the seams of the sweater  so the whole sweater is recycled.  Melanie also does lots of crochet work including messy bun beanies and pompom beanies in all sizes, hanging dish towels for every season and occasion, cotton dish cloths, snowmen and Santa baby hats and crochet ladder yarn necklaces.
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Melanie will be in An Artisan’s Emporium to discuss her beautiful items on Saturday, January 13th from 11am-2pm. Stop by to talk with her and pick out your pair of handmade woolen mittens to keep your hands warm the rest of the winter.  You can also find information about all her products on her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/melaniesmittensandmore/.  Check out Melanie’s article on our webpage at https://anartisansemporium.weebly.com/. 

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Kim Solomon is December’s Featured Artist

11/23/2017

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Kim Solomon is one of An Artisan’s Emporium’s newest vendors but we felt it very timely to feature her in December because of her beautiful Christmas wreaths.  Kim will be featured during Hall’s Way’s December 2nd “Deck the Hall” celebration.  Besides Christmas wreaths, Kim makes all occasion wreaths, jewelry and also does paintings, photography, clip boards, painted glass, face painting and many custom orders.  She has been crafting since she was a teenager. Kim’s wreaths and other creations can be found on Kimmie’s Kreations.  Currently she serves as Instructional Coach at South Elementary School in Roxboro.
 
Kimmie's Kreations was born after years of crafting gifts for friends and family. Their continuous compliments and encouragement inspired her to start selling some of her handmade goods.  Each item is a unique creation made with love, skill and careful consideration for the potential owner. Check out her facebook page and her website at https://www.facebook.com/groups/kimmieskreations and http://kimmies-kreations.weebly.com/
 
An Artisan’s Emporium will be open on Saturday, December 2nd  from 10am-5pm so come out and enjoy the day long festivities and meet Kim and see her beautiful wreaths in our store.

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Pauline Porterfield and Marie Jansen                                            are Featured Artists for November

11/5/2017

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Pauline Porterfield will be joining us on Saturday, November 11 as our Featured Artist during the Hall’s Way “Home for the Holidays” event. When you visit An Artisan’s Emporium you will find numerous creative crafts that Pauline and her sister, Marie Jansen, have made. The list includes Sock Bunnies, Sachets, Flower/Umbrella Totes, Grocery Store Bag Holders, Changing Pockets, “Hi Dolls”, Apple-Shaped Storage Pouches for Box Tops, Wine Bottle Chalk Boards and Lady Bug Book Marks. Together they have created a business called Sisters' Hotline. Pauline and Marie have been vendors in An Artisan’s Emporium for over a year. Come by Hall’s Way on Saturday, November 11 and let Pauline tell you how they came about naming their store and also how their “Hi Dolls” got that name. They have participated in numerous fairs and festivals including last year’s PCC Step Into The Arts. We look forward to having Pauline featured this month so she can share some of her creativity with you.

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Saundra Shoe of Poplar Branch Pottery is Featured Artist for October

10/1/2017

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​An Artisan’s Emporium will feature Saundra Shoe of Poplar Branch Pottery on Saturday, October 14th during the “Fall in the Hall” Event at Hall’s Way in downtown Roxboro.  Saundra is one of the Managing Partners of An Artisan’s Emporium.  She specializes in functional pottery.  While she does mostly wheel- thrown pottery, her daughter Jocelyn creates the hand-built pottery. 
 
Saundra began her interest in pottery while at Western Carolina University where she majored in Art Education. She continued her studies at UNC-Charlotte and UNC-Chapel Hill.  After retirement from Piedmont Community College and GKN Automotive, she studied pottery further at PCC under two local potters, John Rimmer and Evelyn Ward. 
 
Saundra will be offering a 10% discount on all her pottery during the Saturday, October 14th “Fall in the Hall” Event.  Come by An Artisan’s Emporium and start your early Christmas Shopping.
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Peyton Reed is An Artisan’s Emporium’s Featured Artist for September

9/5/2017

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An Artisan’s Emporium is excited to have Peyton Reed as our Featured Artist for September.  Peyton is the 11 year old daughter of Beth Dalton.  Peyton and Beth have been vendors in our store since its opening in August, 2016.
 
Peyton is Maker Girl and makes Chunky Crayons.  She sells them locally and donates a portion of her sales to Backpack Pals.  She tears the paper off crayons, places the crayons into muffin tins and melts them into various shapes in the microwave. She has very unique names for her crayons including Construction, Galaxy, Ocean, Flower Garden, Dino and more.
 
Come to An Artisan’s Emporium on Saturday, September 9th from 10am -12 noon during our 1st Year Anniversary Celebration to meet Peyton and let her tell you about her Chunky Crayons.

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Carol White of Carol’s Chime Pots                                                       is our Featured Artist for August

8/1/2017

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Carol White is An Artisan’s Emporium’s Featured Artist for the month of August.  She will be demonstrating and discussing her Chime Pots in Hall’s Way on Saturday, August 26 during Personality Festival.  As one of the Managing Partners of An Artisan’s Emporium, Carol has had a vested interest in the start-up and success of the store. On the days she’s not in the store working to sell the wares of the vendors, she is thrifting or constructing new chime pots.
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Carol is a retired school teacher, having taught most of her career at North End Elementary.  She is married to Gary White, who is also one of the store’s vendors.  Carol has been making Chime Pots (wind chimes with a base of coffee pots, teapots, watering cans, etc. along with chimes made from kitchen utensils and beads) for several years,  She has sold her wind chimes at crafts fairs and street festivals along with Gary who sells solar lights (electrical chandeliers turned into outdoor solar chandeliers). Gary will also have many of his solar lights for sell during Personality Festival.
 

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Watch for more Featured Artists coming this Fall ...                                                                                                                                      

7/18/2017

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May Featured Artist Donna Mikels 

​Donna Mikels of Accessories by Donna is An Artisan’s Emporium’s Featured Artist for May.  She is from Stem, NC and will be demonstrating her work in Hall’s Way on Saturday, May 20th.  Donna has been one of our vendors since we opened in August.  She is excellent at re-purposing items into her artwork.  She is well known for her recycled aluminum cans made into wreaths.  She also recycles old barn wood, pallets, shutters and tobacco sticks into owls, stars, trees, boats, snowmen, cats, flags, pumpkins, rabbits and hanging art.  Donna also crochets scarves and many other items.  She has participated in many area craft festivals over the last five years including our own local Personality Festival and Step into the Arts.   She will have a variety of her items on display and for sale as she demonstrates her work.  Check out her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Accessories-by-Donna-244312565660249/ and stop by to talk with Donna on May 20th. 

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