Meet the artists at some of the top shows in the USA

Antoinette Badenhorst, a native from South Africa, is a ceramic artist from Mississippi. She specializes in translucent porcelain and has presented porcelain workshops in nine countries.

Michael Schwegmann is a ceramic artist from Champaign in Illinois.

Debra Steidel is a clay artist from Texas. She has galleries in Palm Beach, Florida and Wimberley in Texas.

Fong Choo is a ceramic artist from Louisville, Kentucky. He obtained a Master of Art in Ceramics from the University of Louisville.

Randall Herold is a leather artist from Oneonta, NY. He developed an interest with American Indian culture and was on the Navajo Community College in Chinle in northern Arizona for a year. This is where his love of leatherwork was born.

Joel Hunnicutt is a wood artist from Hendersonville in North Carolina. Joel has his work in public and private collections in several countries.

Natalie Blake and Nick Marchese from Vermont. Natalie is the owner of Natalie Blake studios.

Jim Keller is an artist from Richmond in Texas. After a 42 year career as a civil Engineer, Keller has enjoyed the creative freedom of working as a full time artist with metal and wood. His work is in several galleries.

Ronnie Hughes is an artist in fine glassware. His studio is near the Blue Ridge Parkway in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. He has made blown glass wildflower sculptures for 40 years.

Marc Jenesel and Karen Pierce is a husband and wife art team from Colorado Springs. Marc is a graphic artist and animator but dedicates most of his time to creating raku pottery. Karen then applies her basket weaving techniques and materials

Myra Burg is a licensed Architect, graduated from California Polytechnic State University, Summa Cum Laude, 1982. Her specialty in architecture is design and construction administration.

Bennett Bean is an American ceramic artist. He is commonly described as a studio potter, but some would characterize him as a sculptor and painter who works primarily in studio pottery. Bean is in Frelinghuysen Township, New Jersey.

Mindy Hawkins is a wood working artist who lives in Florida. She has been creating gourd bird sculptures for eighteen years. She has a wood burning technique that is uniquely her own.

Nicolas Yust is currently living in Cincinnati and working full time out of his metal studio. He exhibits his works in galleries and craft shows but has collectors of his pieces throughout the world.

Jerry Maxey. Since childhood, I have worked with wood in various ways, building things and refinishing furniture at my father’s upholstery shop. He taught me how to do chair caning.

Andrew Otis is a clay artist from East Jordan, Michigan. He grew up in a home where both of his parents worked with clay.

John Armistead is an author, painter, journalist and minister from Tupelo, Mississippi. He holds degrees from Mississippi College (BA, English), the University of Mississippi (MA, Classics), Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv), and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (DMin). Photo taken at the Gumtree Show in Tupelo, MS