Portfolio of Works

There are 2 main potters, the most prolific being Tonya Kimsey Fowler, aka Mud Fairy, of Clarkesville GA. She produces a variety of colorful utilitarian pieces. Carol Van Sant, of Athens, produces complex leaf images on her fine art pottery.

Inlay furniture by Dennis Banks of Clarkesville GA utilizes multicolored natural woods such as black walnut , holly, red box elder, cedar etc to create colorful images, both representational and abstract patterns.

Chris Wilbanks of Tiger GA is the maker of the simpler slab top furniture with twig legs.

Nicholson Ridge is the name of the family that make these. Brenda is the designer and her husband and son cut the wood, turn the bowls and do all the sanding and final coats. Brenda creates the design and pencils it onto the wood, then uses a burning needle (pyrography or wood-burning) to etch the black lines. the color is water color and it is sealed with poly. The gallery offers a variety of sizes and shapes.

Artist Owner Virginia McClure has her own separate website, www.virginiamcclure.com