Michael Smith

Local fabric artist Micheal Smith has been making clothing for over 25 years. His favorite textile technique is a very labor intensive, complicated technique called shibori. This 8th century Japanese art form, originally called shiboru (meaning to squeeze, press, shape) is meant to describe a variety of ways to embellish textiles by shaping, crushing, bundling, tying off and securing. Using this ancient technique always leaves Michael inspired, invigorated and enthused about what and how he creates his fine art clothing.



Because of its incredible lightness, beautiful soft drape and ease of wear, his shibori art clothing is the perfect choice for travel, cruise wear, warm weather climates, weddings or any special event. Equally beautiful at home, his tops, scarves and ponchos are exquisite with turtlenecks, jeans,and boots.

Dabney Sue Peterson

Local artist Dabney Sue has a great passion for pearls, and sources only the very best from all over the world. Each strand has carefully matched pearls, is hand knotted, and has a beautiful closure. The closure is a round ball that unscrews to open and becomes part of the necklace. Pearls are an investment for a lifetime, and given simple care and respect, will last for many generations and beyond.

Dabney Sue believes that pearls should be worn for any and every occasion, from your wedding day to the neighborhood BBQ with jeans and a T.

The Gallery carries her necklaces, earrings of many colors and shapes - from rich cocoa brown to lustrous white and every shade in between.

Chris Kamm

After a false start in a career of banking and finance, Chris found a new job as an apprentice woodcrafter. Years passed and he found himself in San Francisco still doing wood working - lawn furniture, faux finishes and cafe tables all the while still utilizing his apprenticeship skills in marquetry and inlay techniques.

In 1995, Chris entered a wood box contest and was surprised when customers purchased them. Thus started his box carving career. The boxes are very simple -- usually of white oak, lined with a soft fabric on the interior bottom. His trademark is the wonderful quotes carved on the exterior and personalizing each box. The boxes are signed on the base and his card inside denotes his philosophy with the box's care instructions.

As he states about his boxes "I seek simple designs with dramatic materials and offer this box as a secret place for your treasures - real and virtual."

Customers love the popular and unique quotes that grace his boxes - the perfect gift for the graduate, for the men of the family or anyone who has treasures to keep.

Jerry Crowe

Jerry's work graces several top notch galleries across the country. He has been turning out exquisitely turned wood bowls for 25 years part time and full time for the last nine. Before doing art, he was a long time chef, traveling the globe for his work.

Working out of his Missouri studio, this self taught woodworker is surrounded by burls of wood of all kinds - sycamore, walnut, cherry, oak, maple and box elder. Even though elm is his favorite, most of his pieces are from oak since they make up 90 percent of the trees nearby.

First Jerry squares out the chunk of wood with a chain saw, rounds them off with a band saw and then onto the lathe with the piece. When he starts turning it on the lathe the shape just comes out for him. Jerry fill in the natural holes and crevices of a piece with crushed semiprecious stones - lapis, turquoise or malachite. Under his guidance the stones become one with the wood's natural pattern. This final work has become his trademark.

Customers, especially the men, are fascinated with Jerry's turned bowls and vases. The wood pieces beg to be touched and most people love to run their fingers on the smooth glossy surface.

Lyn Lyndall

Lyn is a third generation artist from New Jersey. Ever since Lyn could hold a pencil, she has been drawing and painting. She graduated from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and set off on a career in the arts doing everything from watercolors, oils, leather and bronze.

An avid animal lover, Lyn prefers to paint them as subjects over all else. Each of her leather handbags displays all of her talents in an amazing one of a kind work of art.

Her bags are quality bags made of high quality materials. She describes them as "labor intensive" - the fringe is cut by hand, the lacing and bead work is done by hand and the exquisite animal portraits are lovingly painted with leather acrylic paint. Each bag is lined with beautiful fabric with a inside pocket for a cell phone or keys. The bags are signed by the artist.

The Gallery is proud to carry her wonderful unique leather handbags.

Nell Chandler

Nell grew up near the Smoky Mountains where she can remember painting on river rocks with her sisters. She received her degree in Fine Arts from University of Tennessee with emphasis on painting and printmaking.



She received a gift of a metalwork class from a friend and immediately took to the medium. She utilizes all of her techniques in her jewelry - printmaking, painting and metal fabrication. She draws the design and then etches it into the metal. She adds color using a metal inlay and also paints images on a polyshrink acrylic. Filing and shaping the metal objects allows her to arrange them to form a story or mood.

The Gallery carries her earrings, necklaces and rings with various themes including hearts, peace symbols, teapots and birds.

Deborah Buckner

Deborah is a self taught fiber artist, working primarily with re-purposed wool clothing. She became interested in working with re-purposed clothing in 2005 after purchasing a large box of old neck ties from a local thrift shop. After using the bulk of the ties for pillows and a throw, she wanted to utilize the small pieces left over. Deborah made a purse front and chose wool scraps for the rest. Deborah found she enjoyed working with wool and began buying wool clothing from thrift shops to make purses.

Each purse is one of a kind. She does all the construction, decorative stitches, ornamentation and applique. What may look like a pattern within the material is actually detailed applique and beautiful stitching. Deborah also make lovely wall hangings which we carry in the Gallery.

She explains her creations from wool clothing "I believe that the desire to create "something from nothing" has always been a part of my nature. Creating something of beauty from re-purposed clothing is very fulfilling to me...It is a wonderful way to be creative and take care of the environment as well."

Leslie Bowman

Leslie Bowman-Friedlander graduated from John Hopkins University with a degree in Art History. She is self taught as a quiltmaker and has won awards for her contemporary wall hangings. She currently resides in Maryland and is a full time studio artist.

Her vibrantly colored quilted appliqued purses are a hit with customers. They whimsical animals, mermaids and dogs and cats on the front and have a silk cord for over the shoulder wear.

Beau Ties of Vermont

Our bow ties are handmade by Beau Ties of Vermont featuring beautiful bow ties made by bow tie connoisseurs for bow tie connoisseurs.

Just as they have since 1993, Beau Ties makes bow ties from the finest silks from around the world — including twills, saglias, dupioni shantungs, jacquards and wovens (along with the occasional all-cotton bow ties) — and as always, all of their bow ties are handmade right here in Vermont, USA.





For the first six years the company operated out of an ever-increasing number of rooms in their house, and for several of those same years both Bill and Beau Ties Ltd. co-founder Deb Venman kept their day jobs, Bill as head of the Addison County Economic Development Corporation and Deb as partner in a local law firm.

It wasn't long before the demand for Beau Ties made this a full time job, and the business outgrew the house. In 1999 they moved into a new purpose-built facility with the sewing, shipping and telephone operations at the same location. During the workweek you can also watch their ties being made by a talented group of Vermont craft workers.

The Gallery carries a full assortment of fabrics and designs - from career oriented designs to classic colors, geometric, floral, hobbies and even some nautical themes. If you don't know how to tie a bow tie - we can show you and will give you a printed instruction sheet to take home.