Hopefully you have entered the November 9 and 10 (10-5) dates on your calendar for the Over The Mountain Studio Tour so let’s preview the next few stops where our 21 artists will be exhibiting. We'll head to the nearby countryside. You’ll find a full map and many more details at our website www.overthemountainstudiotour.com.
Stop 7 will bring you to Head Spring Farm and Fiber Mill in Summit Point and the work of Bridget Brown and jeweler Hannah Ehlman of Hannah Jean Metalworks. It’s a bucolic setting with llama and sheep and friendly dogs. You could say Bridget is all things wool. You’ll see ethereal wool “paintings,” uniquely dyed yarns, knitted gift items, felted pumpkins and animal and Christmas figures.
New-to-the-Tour Jewelry artist Hannah Ehlman (see photo) works primarily with bronze, copper, and sterling silver to create hand fabricated jewelry. Each item has a unique flair, and the wearer often finds a special sense of connection to the piece. Hannah finds inspiration in daily life whether it be nature, fashion, or architecture.
Continue a short distance on the backroads of beautiful rural Jefferson County to Cool Spring Preserve, an 80 acre nature preserve owned by the Potomac Valley Audubon Society and generously lent to the Tour to be Stop 8 where Fiber Artist Diane Myers and Mixed Media Artist Linda Case will be exhibiting.
Diane specializes in handwoven clothing and domestic textiles. She also hand knits items using her own handspun and hand dyed yarns. She focuses on ecofriendly raw materials including organic cottons, yarns made from recycled materials, repurposed fabrics and manufacturers excess. Most of her wool is locally sourced and is hand dyed using locally grown natural materials. For the past year she’s been exploring a new color palette including some pastels.
Linda is coming off a year of exploration and pushing boundaries – in color, in sizes, in subjects. Her paintings are abstract but recognizable. She invents flowers, new celestial bodies and interesting textures. Her work is not for the faint-of-heart.
We have three more stops to be covered in the next blog. By the end you’ll have traveled the beautiful rolling hills of Jefferson County, visited Shepherdstown, Charles Town, Summit Point, Harpers Ferry and Kearneysville. Your imagination will have been enlivened by talking to artists and seeing their creations up close. Call up your city friends and give them the gift of coming on the Tour with you.
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