It all started with a favor to a friend.  In the summer of 2006, Rosemary took her first art class as a favor to a friend.  She was hooked.  Now, five years later and more classes and time under her belt, Rosemary likes to “go with the flow” and allow the materials to guide her artistic eye.  Focusing on metals, recycled materials and vintage components, she finds an endless supply of opportunity.

Handmade in South Carolina

Seneca native Linda Peeler grew up watching her mother sew and now sews pillowcase dresses for her granddaughters.Linda sews and sells the pillowcase dresses and donates her proceeds to the charitable organization Remember Nhu.

Remember Nhu helps little girls worldwide escape being sold into the sex trade.  Linda calls it "a CASE for fashion"--pillowcase dresses helping the helpless.

Handmade in Seneca, SC!

Artist Amy Gernhardt  has a deep respect for the earth.  She grows her own vegetables, raises chickens for eggs and fishes frequently.  With this respect for the earth, she makes original pottery pieces “from scratch”—she mixes her own clay and glazes—an unique touch in the pottery world!

Amy focuses on functional art: high fire stoneware which is durable, dishwasher and microwave safe!   She is particularly proud of her one of a kind water bottles, which she designed to replace the ubiquitous plastic water bottle.

Made with love and pride in the USA!!!

My first glass class opened the door to a whole new world for me. I felt so at home working with glass. I was intrigued and my mind was whirling with the possibilities.

I love the simplicity of design,  pure color and vibrancy inherent in working with glass!

I hope the joy I find in creating these glass pendants is evident in each piece you see here. I am always so pleased when others find joy in wearing one of my creations!

I live in Greer, South Carolina with my family - who patiently put up with a dining room table covered with glass pieces, glass cutting tools and a kiln.

Ron, recently retired from teaching and coaching football, is now exploring his life-long hobby of wood working.  Although he has long created these wooden treasures, he has only recently begun to sell them, after much encouragement from family and friends who recognized his enormous talent.

Using mostly domestic woods, Ron creates bowls and cheese boards sure to delight.  Each is engraved with Ron’s name, date and the wood used.  Enjoy!

http://wilsonfalls.blogspot.com

Janelle is a first generation American born and raised in Washington, DC by Trinidadian parents.  Currently she lives on Folly Beach as a wife/stay- at- home mom of 3 and artist creating unique mixed media art and jewelry.

Even though she has a hospitality management degree, art has always been her life.  Genetically disposed to fathomless creativity and the love of colorful jewelry, she created up- cycled bracelets using glass cabochons made in her beach cottage.  She also is a great cook, photographer, painter, and dabbles in crocheting.

I grew up in Clemson dreaming of an adventure.  I am amazed at the adventures I have been able to experience.  Somehow this shy hometown girl managed to travel to 31 countries and all the while embracing the people, the culture, and the places.

I volunteered helping people in Thailand, aborigines in Australia, and in medical centers in the Solomon Islands. I have worked in orphanages in Bali, Surabaya, Thailand, and South Africa. I have had the incredible opportunity to work on several photojournalist projects in the Middle East, Bali, South Africa, Panama, and Brazil.

Even though my adventures have taken me across the globe my roots will always be in Clemson, South Carolina.

May you enjoy my photography as much as I have capturing the life behind it.

www.joeypaynterphotography.com

Catalina Keller, originally born in California, has lived in Greenville for ten years.  She finds inspiration for her works from nature and beautiful locations near, far, and imaginary.  Her favorite part of creating jewelry is working with an amazing array of colorful precious and semiprecious stones.  Along with jewelry design, she is a local artists' model and performance artist, and enjoys painting, book collecting, cooking, gardening, hiking, and writing.