The annual Over the Mountain Studio Tour takes place on November 9 & 10. The artist studios on this self-guided tour with 11 stops will be open from 10 to 5 each day for demonstrations and hands-on activities for visitors to enjoy.
At stop #1 in Harpers Ferry, painter Anne Rule-Thompson will demonstrate her Encaustic Painting process using molten wax. Rose Mendez and Mikkey Tarantino will also be exhibiting. At stop #2, Rock Fusion Studios glass artist Tatyana Zidarov will demonstrate how to cut, arrange and fuse glass, and also how she creates glass weaved baskets. Evgeny Zidarov will demonstrate wire wrapping and jewelry making techniques.
Stop #3 is in Shepherdstown, where Jeni Petterson will showcase contemporary floristry. Stop #4 in Shepherdstown features cartoonist Daniell Corsetto and potter Esther Murphy. Stop #5 in Kearneysville hosts blacksmith Eric Johnson and ceramic artist Annette Verna. Stop #6 in Kearneysville features the heirloom baskets of Anne Bowers.
Stop #7 is in Summit Point at the farm of fiber artist Bridget Brown. Metal smith Hannah Ehlman will also be working here. Stop #8 is at Cool Spring Preserve, where hand weaver Diane Myers will demonstrate her spinning wheel and discuss how wool is spun into yarn.
Stop #9 is at the Shenandoah Planing Mill, where wood turner Neil Super will show the older wood turning machines he has restored to produce architectural and furniture component turnings. Painter Melissa Lettick will be there to demonstrate her Intuitive Painting process and invite guests to participate in a community painting project. Basket weaver Luke Bauer will also be exhibiting.
Fiber artist Isabel Wilder and weaver Denise Ray are at Stop #10 in Charles Town. Isabel will demonstrate various sewing and quilting techniques. Denise will demonstrate hand weaving on a rigid heddle loom.
Stop #11, also in Charles Town will feature paper artist Liz Goins of LizPaperArts, who will lead paper-making workshops at 11:30 and 3:00 on both dates. Assemblage artist Rod Glover will also demonstrate his botanical collage process.
You can find information about all of the artists and download a tour map at OverTheMountainStudioTour.com.
By Staff Contributor