Animaterra Women’s Chorus     www.animaterrasings.org

Offering: Music

Animaterra is a nonprofit women’s chorus, formed by women to communicate through multi-cultural folk music. We welcome all women in a community of song, reaching out to all people locally, regionally, and globally. We offer an environment of learning and shared musical artistry in which women, whether beginners or experienced, can express themselves through music.

Aprylle & Reed   www.aprylleandreed.com

Offering: Music

The Duo
Friends for over 30 years, Reed and Aprylle Desrosiers first combined talents during their early collegiate years. Life took them in very different directions until 1993, when chance really renewed their friendship, and they married. What began as evenings of musical relaxation has blossomed into the most sought-after flute/guitar duo in New England. They have performed extensively throughout New England in chamber music series, concerts and musical venues of all types, including numerous colleges/universities, corporate functions, fine hotels, country inns, country clubs, event centers and resorts.

Close Enough

Offering: Music

Melanie Everard and Alouette Iselin combine their voices and musical instruments to produce recordings as Close Enough. Speaking of their families and their music, Alouette remarks “two husbands, seven children, and too many strings to count”.

Elemental Designs - Fiber Arts

Offering: Yarns/Hand-woven/Hand Knit

Elemental Designs is a small, farm-based fiber arts business that produces hand spun yarns, machine-spun yarns that are kettle-dyed, and hand-woven and hand knit products. We have a small flock of Romney sheep and Angora rabbits. Their wool and hair is used to create beautiful yarns for knitters and weavers.

Alouette Iselin

Offering: Hand Knit

Alouette Iselin has spent 32 years living in the glory of Nelson, NH. She has raised four children and works as a family therapist. She has knitted herself through pregnancies, staff meetings, and pot lucks, making beautiful Irish knit sweaters, baby outfits, and her latest specialty, glittering scarves, shawls, and vests.

Nadine Laughlin   www.nadinelaughlin.com  

Offering: Music

I feel more and more astounded and grateful to be a songwriter. It is endlessly exciting, illuminating, sweet, deep path for me. I could not have asked for a more beautiful talent or gift. I enjoy every minute of it.

Bob McQuillen and Old New England

Offering: Music

Although Deanna Styles, Bob McQuillen, and Jane Orzechowski were no strangers to each other, having previously played together on occasion, it was not until 1992 that a Declaration of Dependence was issued, and they played their “World Premiere” first dance as Old New England in Francestown’s Town Hall on November 14 of that year.

The band combines driving rhythms with a solid beat, tight sound and lively melodies, and features contemporary and traditional tunes with exciting two-part harmonies created by Jane and Deanna.

Miles Kelly Studio

Offering: Clothing & Accessories

Amy Stodola runs Miles Kelly Studio (named for her two cats) in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Her work combines her interests in recycling and the creative arts. At Miles Kelly Studio, everything is made from recycled materials; used clothing is refashioned into one-of-a-kind handmade wearable art.

Pear Tree Studio     www.marcyschepker.com

Offering: Tapestries, Soft Toys

Pear Tree Studio is a sunny space in a New Hampshire barn where a small group of artists support each other in creative and productive work. The barn houses a cottage industry. We use all recycled raw materials.  Central to our lives and work is the knowledge that each one of us is an artist, a craftsperson, and an apprentice in our own capacity, and each of us has special gifts and needs. Working in our Studio is a continual balance of each person’s creativity with the energy we all draw from working together. We believe this process to be vital to being a craftsperson, and also important as a social model. We hope that some of the happiness this gives us is visible in our work.

Pear Tree Studio owner, Marcy Schepker also offers tapestry workshops, and is a juried member of the League of NH Craftsmen and is on the roster of the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts.

Jeff Raymond - Woodturner - Pownal, Maine

Offering: Woodworking

Jeff grew up on the coast of Maine but spent many of his summers on Lake Sunapee and many holidays in Keene, NH and Guilford, VT with family. Traveling around Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Jeff spent a fair amount of time poking about old farm fields, woodlots, and mill sites, finding delight in the decaying remnants of our rural past. Now he draws insight and inspiration from those experiences to develop ideas as he turns wood and creates granite and iron sculpture. We are offering some of his turnings here. Working on a Oneway Lathe with cherry, various burl wood and a few sticks of promising firewood, Jeff is exploring the various forms of "round". Not always content to accept the topology of a piece as it comes from the lathe, he often carves a piece further to develop the final shape of an item.

Scents of New England Candle Co.   www.scentsofnewenglandcandles.com

Offering: Candles, Soaps & Lotions

Scents of New England Candle Co., with owner Christine Sullivan, is based in Raymond New Hampshire. The company was formed over ten years ago by her sister Terry, a local artist formerly of Greenville Maine. Christine took over production of the candles five years ago.

Christine did a little fine tuning to the candle line and came up with her own wax formulation which allows for a wonderfully scented candle that she guarantees will burn clean from the inside of the jar leaving no wasted wax.  She uses only the highest quality fragrance oils available, lead-free wicks, and has omitted any toxic dyes. Three years ago Christine also added a line of sundries to her line using quality natural ingredients.

Hans Schepker - Glass & Geometry   www.hansschepker.com

Offering: Stained Glass

Hans Schepker was born and raised in Germany. Exposure to various and sundry crafts and trades during his formative years fostered skill and interest in mechanics and the working in wood and textiles. The training as electronics engineer rounded this out. Geometry always held a high position in his interests. After the work for the defense industry there was the “soft” geometry of custom made garments. Nine years of kite design and manufacture put geometry into the sky. Solid geometry was practiced in teaching at Waldorf Schools across the country and Germany. Ever changing constellations of paper forms float from the ceilings in his house. Finally he is putting light bulbs into those same and other forms, now made of glass, illuminating private, corporate and public spaces.

Three Threads     www.threethreads.com

Offering: Colorful Table Runners

In my Northern Vermont home, I design and sew table runners and scarves that feature colorful 100% cotton batiks and Romanian hemp. Colors harmonize to create these table dressings that range from muted and subtle to playfully vibrant. Each runner has a border of beautifully textured Romanian hemp. My runners are truly distinctive and feature meticulous craftsmanship. They also look great hung on a wall!

Town Line Sugar House

Offering: Maple Syrup

Mike Tarr, Nelson NH, and Brian Tarr, Harrisville, NH, have been producing maple syrup at their sugar house for 24 years. The amount of syrup available for sale in any given year is strictly up to Mother Nature, but whatever they have is definitely worth the price. And, they boil the sap the ‘old fashioned way’, strictly cordwood fed fires for the evaporators. No oil-fired burners at Town Line Sugar House to taint the taste of the syrup.

Valerie Van Meier - Photographs from New Hampshire’s Monadnock Region and beyond.

Offering: Cards

Valerie lives in a quaint New England village just down the road from Yankee Magazine headquarters. She loves to explore the back roads and find the unexpected: a rusty old truck, a beautiful autumn view, and capture the mood to share with others.