HISTORY of "Crafter of the Month"

2022 November: Dan McPhail, creator of antler/horn furniture etc. 

2022 December: Beth Hester and Scott Gilbert, basketmakers

2023 January: ?? Kim Dixon, Dixon Designs; or Kimani Custom Dolls ???? 

2023 February: Mark Whitley, furniture maker

2023 March: Warren A. May, dulcimer builder

2023 April: Caroline Zama, Star Bird Pottery

2023 May: Matthew & Karine Maynard, Maynard Studios Hand Forged Custom Designs

2023 June: Stuart Joynt, Lost Art Stone Masonry

2023 July:  Laverne Zabielski, Truly Wearable Art

2023 August: Red Dog Chairs

2023 Sept.:  LanMark Farm Functional Fiber Art

2023 October: Savané Silver

2023 November: BE Leathercraft

2023 December: Pat Sturtzel, Pat's Fiber Arts Studio

2024 January: Colleen Martinez, Wildlight Glassworks

2024 February: Bimbo Knott, Bo's Custom Knives and Metal Work

2024 March: Carl Suk, Nolin Lake Crafts and Pens

2024 April: Deborah Kessler, October Press Letterpress

2024 May: Robert W. Haven, Tambour Beading 

2024 June: Plowman family, Bourbon Barrel Furniture of the Bluegrass

2024 July: Tater Knob Pottery & Farm

2024 August: Brushy Fork Creek Galley & Studio

2024 Sept:  Mary Colmer / Weaver's Bottom

2024 October:  MAYBE: Hideaway Craftsmen (brooms)???  

2024 November: David's Woodturning

2024 December: Falls City Ironworks, Lewis Meyer, blacksmith

2025 January: Once Upon A Log, Justin Driver, chainsaw carver

2025 February:  Fred Nez Keams, Navajo Flute Maker

2025 March:  Mark Whitley Studio -- Wood Furniture

2025 April: Gary DuBois, Stone Table Studio -- repurposed countertop stone

2025 May: Iron Touch Forge (Sherman Blankenship - Jefferson Co.: Louisville) decorative wrought iron and non-ferrous metals 

          Sculptural and Architectural Blacksmithing

2025 June: Emily Ridings (baskets) 

2025 July: Sawdust'n'Solder (woodturning/glass art)  Tim and Gail Lass

2025 August: J. Daniel Graham (luthiery and more) 

2025 Sept: Herwaybow Kevin Brown

2025 October: RiverborneArt  Mack Dryden (driftwood chandeliers etc.)

2025 November: The Bad Button Bespoke Corsets (Alisha Martin-Franklin Co.: Frankfort) 

2025 December: The Burned Gourd (Paul Buhrmester - Warren Co.: Bowling Green)

2026 January: Another Era Lutherie (Harps): Craig Pierpont - Metcalf Co.: Edmonton)

2026 February: Primitive Leathers (Thomas Carlisle - Christian Co.: Hopkinsville)

2026 March: Jamie Donaldson Woodturner (Scott Co.: Georgetown)

2026 April: Angela Jones: Breezy Ridge Rugs (Marion Co.: Raywick)

2026 May:   Bri Weaves  Weaver

2026 June:   John Ryster violins - Rowan Co.: Morehead

2026 July:  Wayne Bates, studio potter - Calloway Co: Murray

2026 August:  Turtle Farm Pottery - Wolfe Co.: Campton