A self-taught jeweler with a fine arts background, Rona Fisher earned a BFA in painting from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts) in 1980. Rona discovered crafts as a valid artistic medium while living in San Francisco in the early ’80s. She then moved to Munich, Germany, where she discovered [...]
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Allen Weichman Groundhog Blues Pottery
Guild Builder Series This is one of a series of blogs on long time members of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen who spent many years volunteering and are members of the Online Chapter of the PGC . The Guild is who we are today because of the pioneering efforts of many craftsmen, such as Allen Weichman [...]
HVQ Byrd Fused Bronze in Gaithersburg this week
Pocono Mountain artist Vicki and Hilton Byrd combine unique talents with a love of adventure, and have lived, loved and worked together for 40 years.
Vicki and Hilton in Mexico
Juried members of the Pennsylvania Guild for over 27 years, Hilton is a founding member of the Online Chapter and Vicki is an active member of [...]
Karri Benedict & Rod Meyer Willow Creek Pottery
From their first studio located on Willow Creek Crossroads near Corvallis, Montana to their return to the family farm in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania, Karri Benedict and Rod Meyer have been making pottery together for more than 30 years.
Karri Benedict and Rod Meyer
Rod began working in clay in high school in [...]
Arlene Freed
Langhorne Pennsylvania artist Arlene Freed brings a new life and interesting curves to handcrafted jewelry. A juried member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen for the past 15 years, Arlene is also a member of the Online Chapter and the Bucks Chapter of the Pennsylvania Guild.
With a Fine Arts degree under her belt, she went [...]
Louise Mehaffey
Long time Guild member Louise Mehaffey was a founding member of the Online Chapter, a long time member of the Board of Directors for the State Guild, and the perfect person to start off our Online Chapter blog! We’ll be featuring an artist a week, plus special events, shows, profiles on Guild chapters and other [...]
Welcome to the PGC Online Chapter’s blog!
Welcome to the new blog of the PA Guild of Craftsmen’s Online Chapter!
My name is Tara Gentile, the designer of this site, as well as the editor of two blogs, Scoutie Girl and Handmade in PA. This site was created using Wordpress, a FREE & easy-to-use blogging & content management software.
What is a blog? Simply [...]
