... your community homeplace.
About Us
Initiatives & Projects
Courses & Events
The CCLC Journal
Photo Album
CCLC Store
Links
Make a gift to the CCLC

Artisans

If you'd like more information or you are an artisan and would like to apply, please email us or call: (207) 796-8199

Artisans are listed in alphabetical order. If you'd like more information on an artisan, click on their name and you will be taken to their website if they have one.

the Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival
The Thirteenth Annual Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival - Saturday & Sunday July 28 & 29, 2007.
50 nationally recognized folk artists & craftsmen showing traditional & contemporary folk art & crafts in a wide variety of mediums. Many demonstrating their talents.


Acrylics By Sue
Wildlife Artwork
Sue Emmerson
Corinna, ME


Blueberry Bliss
Premium Blueberry ProductsBlueberry Bliss
Betty Maker
Jonesboro, ME

Premium Blueberry Products
Made from Wild Maine Blueberries
Delicious all natural ingredients...No preservatives!
The wild blueberry native to Down East Maine lends its unique color and flavor to our premium line of blueberry products. Based on old family recipes, all Blueberry Bliss™ products are made by hand using the finest native berries from nearby fields.

 


Cabin Pottery
Stoneware Pottery
Andrea & Joe Ford
Edgecomb, ME

Cabin PotteryCabin Pottery - authentic hand-made stoneware pottery crafted by Maine artisans. Our pottery is hand painted as well as wheel thrown, and our finished stoneware products are microwave and dishwasher safe. We hope you enjoy using our pottery as much as we enjoyed creating each piece of stoneware.

 

 

 


Common Folk Herb Farm
Herbal Products
Betsey-Ann Golon
Naples, ME

Common Folk Herb Farm

 

All natural fruit, herb and spice teas from our organic herb farm in the Lakes region. Eight caffeine free teas with edible flowers create a visual "potpourri" in elegant glass jars. Green teas, children's beverages and full line of seasonings, soups, breads and holiday items. Custom blends and private labeling program available.


 



Crafts at Two Apple Farm
Packbaskets & Totes
Martha Chessie
Shapleigh, ME


Crows Rise Farm
Handspun Angora Products
Karen Cornell
Anson, ME



D & E Metalworks
Metal SculptureD & E Metalworks

Eda & Dave Bentinnen
Mercer, ME

D & E Metalworks creates wind chimes, mobiles and sculpture for indoor and outdoor locations.
We use a variety of metals and techniques, as well as other embellishments, to create unique works of art. The Cor-ten steel, used for some of our outdoor sculpture, has enhanced atmospheric corrosion reisistance due to the protective oxide formed during weathering.  When painted, the paint will last twice as long on Cor-ten as on conventional steels. We continue to create new and interesting designs and we invite you to explore our wide range of metalwork.


D J Herrick Woodworking
Screen Doors
David and Jean Herrick
Princeton, ME


Damselfly Photography
Nature and wildlife photographic prints and note cards
Jane Scanlon
Lee, ME


Daylily Weaving & Dye WorksDaylily Weaving & Dye Works
Women's' apparel
Nan Sepik
Perry, ME

 

 

 

 

 


D M Designs
Pyrography on Rustic Furniture
Deb Cochran
Grand Lake Stream, ME


Done Roving FarmDone Roving Farm and Carding Mill
Fiber and fiberart
Paula & Steve Farrar
Charlotte, ME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Dragonfly Instruments
Musical InstrumentsDragonfly Instruments
Thom Knowles
Lee, ME

 

Thom has crafted a variety of acoustic stringed instruments and guitars, both 6-string and 12-string models. Other handmade instruments include: mandolin, banjo, acoustic bass, mountain and hammer dulcimer. He combines exotic and local Maine woods to produce a quality instrument with a distinctive warm, resonant sound. Beautiful inlay designs adorn each instrument.




Fine Pine DesignsFine Pine Designs
Wood , Furniture , Basketry
Jim & Linda Leech
Bangor, ME

 

 

 

 


Garden DreamsGarden Dreams Soaps & Herbals
Soaps & Herbals
Jennifer Condoulis
Eaton, NH

Garden Dreams is a woman-owned herbal bath and body products business in Northern New Hampshire that creates goat milk soap, hand and body lotion, face lotion, herbal bath bags, lip balm, and massage oils.

 

 



Hawk
Rustic Furniture Hawk Rustic Furniture
Randy & Wanda Huber
NB, Canada













Heather Perry Fine Jewelry
Fine JewelryPerry Design Jewelry
Heather Perry
Calais, ME

Unique fine jewelry inspired by the authentic beauty of the natural world, and created to nurture our hearts and minds. My designs are an extension of my belief that the expression of beauty is an essential part of our daily lives and promotes the fulfillment of the human condition.

Based on texture, form, and beauty, I combine elements of sculpture with the wearablilty and scale of jewelry. I watch trends in lifestyle adapting them into realistic and functional pieces of art that can be worn easily and comfortably while above all, remaining fun.

 

 

 

 


Hutton handwovens
Handwoven Rugs
Hillary Hutton
Vienna, ME

Hutton handwovens - Hillary Hutton


     Cotton Rag Rugs are my specialty. I also weave women's clothing, in both cotton and silk. One item that has been part of my line since the very beginning is a soft and cuddly heirloom Baby Blanket.

 

 

 

 


Hutton Studios
Hand Thrown PotteryMark Hutton - Potter
Mark Hutton
Vienna, ME


I began working in clay in 1981, and have worked in high-fired porcelain and stoneware since 1988.

  I fire all my work in two firings. The initial firing is called a "biscuit" firing, and is about half as hot as the final "glaze" firing. This strengthens the raw pieces enough to be handled more easily during the glazing process. 

 


Inner Fibre’s by Meredith
Handspun Accessories
Meredith Tipton
Handspun Accessories


Jim Lambert FolkartJim Lambert Folk Art
Contemporary Folk Art
Jim Lambert
Northfield, NH

In the spirit of "pure" folk art, Jim Lambert creates unique and colorful wall and free-standing figures from found and cast-off materials.
Like the old saying "Waste not - want not,"  Jim carves, sews, paints, and assembles wood, natural materials, plastic, and metal "junk" parts to create these truly one-of-a-kind pieces.
Jim's work has been acknowledged by the Museum of American Folk Art and has appeared  in Country Living, Early American Homes, Country Collectibles and NH Business magazine.  He is a juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

 

 


Jones LimitedJones Limited
Handmade Clothing
Janice Jones
Bradford, ME

 

Handweaving and designing textiles for clothing and the home has been the passion of Janice Jones since 1970. Now, in a studio overlooking hayfields and woodlands in central Maine, she designs, weaves, and finishes scarves, shawls, clothing and accessories for the home.

 

 

 



Knapp Photographic
Fred Knapp
Wildlife Photography
Princeton, ME


Laughing Raven Cards
Gretchen Mead
Graphic Art
Lubec, ME


Lions Paw Jewelry & Glass Art Lion's Paw Jewelry
Glass Beaded Jewelry
Mandy Williams
Charlotte, ME

I love glass because its allows me to create a world inside a bead with depth, beauty, color and sparkle.  I have the ability to make detailed flowers, give landscapes a 3D look, and make wearable sculptures.  Glass is my favorite medium because it is challenging.  It is dangerous and hard to control, but the depth, detail and beauty that can be achieved through lots of practice make it very rewarding.

 

 

 


Loon Mountain LeatherworksLoon Mountain Leatherworks
Leather goods
Barbara Waits & Paul Sawyer
Millbridge, ME



Loon Mountain Leatherworks was started in June two thousand and three by Barbara Waits and Paul Sawyer as a way to express their creativity in leather.
Barbara brings a background in art design and fashion as well as over thirty years professional sewing. Paul adds a practical knowledge of construction as well as many years of sewing, making specialty items for his outdoor pursuits.
Our products are handcrafted by us, one at a time not in a factory. We strive to provide our customers with beautiful, functional, handcrafted leathergoods that will last a lifetime.

 

 


Maine DeLight
Seascape Candles
Bonnie HayesMaine Delight Gel Candles
Lubec, ME

Bonnie Hayes, President of Maine DeLight and the internet mainedelight.com, founded the company in 2000. Backed with years of gel candle research and development in this new aspect of a centuries old craft of the candle making industry, thankfully mainedelight.com has steadily grown to fill a previously unfilled niche of not just candles, but art in candles.

 

 

 


Nestlewood Birds
Bird Carvings
Black Cap Chickadee, Nestlewood BirdsErwin Flewelling
Northport, ME

 

Bird carvings, feather pins, carving kits and instructional books.

 

 

 

 



New England Candle Mill
Soy CandlesNew England Candle Mill
Bonnie Gagner
Grand Lake Stream, ME

 

Hand poured 100% soy wax candles (16 oz. jars, 10 oz. jars, 6 oz. seamless tins). All natural votives, tart, firestarters and aroma bead air freshners.

 

 

 

 


Old Orchard Woodworks
Wood Carvings
Todd Watts
Calais, ME


Out of KnowwearOut of Knowwhere
Soft Sculpture
June Weaver
Cornish, ME

June Weaver is a self-taught elf-meister, devoting her full creative energies to individually crafting these soft-sculpted individuals from natural materials and fine, recycled clothing. Being about the height of a toddler, fully wired and poseable, and possessed of remarkably expressive eyes, they project a life-like appearance, enhanced by costuming and the tools of their trades and hobbies (blacksmithing, carpentry, tailoring, candlemaking, reading, painting, and fiddle.

 

 


Cathy Shamel, PiecemakerCathy Shamel, Piecemaker
Cathy Shamel
Framed Art Quilts
Grand Lake Stream, ME

 

 

 

 

 

 


Pottery by CeliaPottery by Celia
Celia Y. Talbott
Handthrown Stoneware & Porcelain Pottery
Naples, ME

Our pottery is functional, food-safe, dishwasher-safe and microwaveable.












Precious Metal Creations
Jewelry and Holloware
Scott & Marjorie Withers
Cooper, ME

Fine Handmade One of a Kind Jewelry using Precious Metals and Gemstones

 


Quoddy Trail Moccasin
Handcrafted Shoes
Kevin & Kirsten Shorey
Perry, ME

Quoddy Trail Moccasin

 The Shorey family has been making moccasins for generations, beginning with Harry Smith Shorey, a handsewer for L.L. Bean in the early 1900s. Today, we continue this fine tradition with Quoddy Trail. In Downeast Maine, near the shore of the Passamaquoddy Bay, we make traditional moccasin styles using time-honored techniques and quality materials. Each process is done by hand — cutting, skiving, stitching, and handsewing.

 

 



Rainmaker SoapRainmaker Soap
Herbal Soap
Lynda Caron
Machias, ME

As natural as the rain" - handcrafted herbal and floral fragranted soaps made with olive, coconut and vegetable oils, jojoba and quality essential and floral oils.



Rusty Tipton Designs
Art Clothing
Rusty Tipton
So. Portland, ME


Salt Meadow Studio
Floor Cloths
Beverly K. Runyan
Pembroke, ME


Seacolors & The Maine Blanket
Woolen Textiles
Nanny Kennedy
Washington, ME

The Maine BlanketThe Maine Blanket is woven with 100% new wool from Maine sheep. Intended to help save the sheep industry, growers who participated in the Maine Blanket Project got three times market value for their wool last year. Now, through incentive pricing, growers can receive up to ten times the market value for their wool.

  Seacolors
  Seacolors is your source for high-quality wool. All our yarns are sun dyed in seawater using colors inspired by nature. Our wool is grown on the backs of fine-wooled sheep and goats still grazing on the hills of our farmstead in Maine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Shipyard Point Glass WorksShipyard Glassworks
Glassware and Beads
Beverly Lamoureux
Franklin, ME

My lifelong enchantment with glass and a desire to be ever present on a daily basis for my family, has driven me to discover lampworking. Being mostly self-taught, learning has been much slower than if I had taken innumerable classes. The mistakes I have made along the way are so much more revealing than being taught everything flawlessly the first time. I am inclined to create pieces that are uncommon and organic in their appeal.

Pieces that will inspire you to think, imagine and create!

 


Stanchfield Farms
Gormet FoodsStanchfield Farms fine specialty foods
Wilma Stanchfield
Milo, ME

Creators of award winning pickles and fine specialty foods. Stanchfield Farms is a real working farm deep in the heart of Maine. Usingthe methods of yesteryear and the finest ingredients we make everything in small batches to preserve the authentic flavor of rural Maine.

 


Stevens Nets
Handmade Fishing Nets
Alan & Vickie Stevens
Anson, ME

Stevens Nets hand crafted landing netsAlan Stevens retired in 1994 after teaching math for 27 years in central Maine schools. He quickly turned his hobby, canoe making, into a business, and built what he termed 'little wooden boats'. When Alan could not find a landing net to suit his needs, he built one; a new business was soon created: Stevens Nets.
Alan lives in Starks, Maine, a small community in western Maine not far from the Sandy and Kennebec Rivers. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and archery. He competes in black powder shooting and has received national recognition. His wife, Vicki, also a retired mathematics teacher, works with him in the business.


Sunlight Creations
Turned Wooden Items
Al Mather
East Machias, ME


Susan Designs
Quilts
Susan Placy
Perry, ME


Theo's Character DollsTheo's Character Dolls

Soft Sculpture
Theo McDonough
Charlotte, ME

 


 

 


Timberstone
Natural Stone Items
Mark Guido
Montville, ME

Timberstone natural stone productsFrom the beautiful Maine coast, enjoy our natural stone products. These jewel-like stones have been carefully selected from Maine cobble beaches for their color and shape. Tumbled by the ocean for years, each of our stone products is as unique as nature, herself.

 

 

 

 


Topsail CanvasTopsail Canvas
Canvas Items
Martha Bryan
Letete, NB, Canada

Carry your gear and personal items in a Topsail Canvas bag, handcrafted with the same quality workmanship, and commitment to the environment as Bryan Boatbuilding

 

 

 


Uncommon GoodsUncommon Good - Catherine Dawson
Fiberart
Catherine Dawson
Calais, ME

Unique Art Quilts & Fiber Art

 

 



Village Blacksmith
Traditional Blacksmithing
Sidney Hughes
Lubec, ME

Wicked Good BasketsWicked Good Baskets
Handcrafted Baskets
Cathy & Mark Czarnecki
Hermon, ME

Quality ornamental and functional baskets, which are handcrafted with attention to detail. Each basket is made to order in a variety of shapes and sizes.

 

 

 

 



 

Wild Ivy DesignsWild Ivy Designs
Paper Jewelry
Suzan Scribner-Reed
Winterport, ME

This jewelry is one of a kind, comprised of found recycled papers, that I embellish with paint, beads and gold filled and sterling silver wire.

My work includes: pins, earrings, barrettes and pendants.

 


Wrenovations Stained Glass Creations
Stained Glass Artwork
Mark & Arlene Wren
Robbinston, ME

Wrenovations handcrafted stained glass

We are able to create custom designs using your ideas or pictures, or you may select from artwork that we have already created. We offer a large selection of lamps, panels, windows, mirrors, jewelry, wall hangings, holiday, sun catchers and special occasion artwork from which to choose. Panels may be made to fit an exact location, decor, color and theme for your home or business. We use the copper foil technique because it allows the use of small pieces of stained glass, which results in greater detail in the finished artwork. If you are interested in a hand crafted work of art, stop by to see us at a local art and craft festival or at our studio in Robbinston, Maine.



As a non-profit community organization, the work of fulfilling the mission and vision of CCLC depends on thoughtful contributions of individuals, businesses and foundations.  Please consider making a donation to support the ongoing efforts of the Learning Center.  Contributions may be given online by Clicking Here or may be mailed to 10 Commissary Point Road; Lubec, ME  04652.  Thank You.

© Copyright 2000-2006 the Cobscook Community Learning Center
10 Commissary Point Road, Lubec, Maine 04652 (207) 733-2233 email us
Site design by Kevin Thompson 2003
Site related questions? email me