A Gathering of Craftsmen Locations

We are so excited to add 2 additional locations this year to the "Gathering of Craftsmen Show" November 2 & 3rd. Please see our list to the left for artists contact information.
Our locations are:

• The Old Town Hall 69 Ridgefield Rd
• Grange Hall, 25 Cannon Rd
•  John Schnefke's New England Historical Connection, 300 Danbury Road

 The Wilton Historical Society will also have their show November 2-3, so it will be a perfect time to spend the weekend in Wilton CT and see all the great art and fine craft offered for sale and enjoy all that Wilton has to offer.

2013

Mark the dates on your calendar! November 2nd and 3rd

We are  planning our show for 2013. 

We hope everyone will save the dates November 2nd and 3rd!

We are excited to announce that we are expanding our venue to include 2 new locations in addition to John Schnefke's New England Historical Connection, 300 Danbury Rd. Wilton CT. We will be adding 11+ new artists and craftsmen to our original group. Check back as we expand on the details of all the exciting stories of new artists and events for our "Weekend in Wilton"

In the meantime check out a one day course given by Steve Smithers at the Pinkney Museum, April 27th.

Steve Smithers, One Day Course

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Dan and Marlene Coble, Traditionally Inspired Painters

Shaari Horowitz & Alistair Jones, Perfection in Wood and Paint

In rural northwestern Connecticut, Shaari Horowitz & Alistair Jones make the 150 foot commute from house to their 19th century barn which serves as workshop and studio. Here, under the watchful eyes & critical supervision of their shop cats, they carve new wood bowls & revive old wood bowls, adorning  them with layers of intricately hand painted original design, & patinated gilding.

 The couple bring their backgrounds of traditional furniture-making & mural painting to this collaboration.  Shaari is a graduate of Pratt Institute & has worked across the country as a mural painter, specializing in the style of trompe l’oeil for over two decades.  Alistair is a master furniture-maker   born in England & apprenticed in the English tradition. Among the varied paths taken during his long career working with wood, he has crafted custom yacht interiors, & designed & built custom furniture in a wide range of styles & periods.  His current passion is making traditional custom long -bows.

Susan Daul, Fraktur artist

Susan Daul graduated from Meredith College in North Carolina, majoring in Religion and Biology. Susan  lives in  North Carolina with her husband Charlie, where she enjoys creating her Folk Art. "Old things" have fascinated Daul all of her life, as she fondly remembers accompanying her parents to visit homesteads of many of our founding fathers and countless antique shops searching for treasures from our past.

Some of Susan’s work now graces various Museum Shops throughout the country, including Colonial Williamsburg, The American Folk Art Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Daul created an ornament for the Blue Room Christmas tree in the White House, which will remain in its permanent collection.

Daul's enthusiasm for Fraktur is evidenced by her eagerness to create the new pieces she is constantly developing, which are often inspired by those magnificent works painted by the early settlers of our nation. Her creations have been recognized in the Directory of Craftsmen for many years, and she was awarded "Best of Show" honors in the first Mount Vernon Crafts Fair. Daul was commissioned to design original Fraktur for Old Salem's Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, as well as an exclusive design for Early American Life Magazine.

 Susan's new paintings are reminiscent of botanical studies of butterflies in glorious colors. She brings her exuberant passion for color, design, and perfection in all she does.

Betsy Krieg Salm, Ornamental Artist,

For over thirty years, Betsy Krieg Salm, has channeled her artistic energy into the appreciation, study, reproduction, writing and teaching of American Academic Schoolgirl Art. Betsy commissions fine cabinetmakers to reproduce period tables, boxes and face screens, using elegant woods of tiger and birds-eye maple, flame birch, and bees-wing satinwood. Elaborate motifs are then carefully and whimsically applied, using inks and watercolors. Touching hand written endearments complete each personalized keepsake.

Her book about this lost art, “WOMEN’S PAINTED FUNITURE, 1790-1830, AMERICAN SCHOOLGIRL ART”, is the culmination of her role in simply being the messenger for all those girls and women of 200 years ago. She will be doing a book signing at the show.

Betsy has been honored to attend, lecture and contribute her work to the White House, many prestigious artisan shows,  national and international museums. Her most cherished role is being able to share her discoveries with the present generation through her lecturing and teaching

 “May all things made with your hands, Show your Heart.”