Meet our artists
James Barefoot
James Barefoot
James Barefoot
FEATURED ARTIST
A native of Bedford County, James has lived and worked all over the world. Always interested in creating and building new things, he is thrilled to be able to feature his ongoing work in our in-house studio.
Gretchen Davis
James Barefoot
James Barefoot
FEATURED ARTIST - JULY 2023
Gretchen, a Bedford native, is a self-taught artist specializing in sterling silver jewelry and leather goods. Since 2007, she has used traditional techniques including soldering, stone setting, and granulation to create one of kind jewelry pieces. In 2019, she began working with vegetable tanned leather to cr
FEATURED ARTIST - JULY 2023
Gretchen, a Bedford native, is a self-taught artist specializing in sterling silver jewelry and leather goods. Since 2007, she has used traditional techniques including soldering, stone setting, and granulation to create one of kind jewelry pieces. In 2019, she began working with vegetable tanned leather to craft functional leather goods. Her work has been on display at the Omni Bedford Springs Resort, Backstage Alpaca, and the Elk County Council of Arts Gallery.
Michelle Moats
James Barefoot
Michelle Moats
FEATURED ARTIST - AUGUST 2023
I love finding innovative ways to felt colorful wool fibers to create interpretive paintings. I am especially inspired to capture the emotion of expressive human faces. I’ve experimented with these elements - color, design, and texture - in a variety of textile and fiber arts over the years--sewing clothes, co
FEATURED ARTIST - AUGUST 2023
I love finding innovative ways to felt colorful wool fibers to create interpretive paintings. I am especially inspired to capture the emotion of expressive human faces. I’ve experimented with these elements - color, design, and texture - in a variety of textile and fiber arts over the years--sewing clothes, costumes and even flags, reupholstering furniture, quilting, knitting, weaving and most recently, visible mending. It was knitting that lead me to fiber painting.
