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| The Barn Swallow |
This past Saturday during the annual
Artisan Studio Tour held in the Charlottesville area, we visited six studios in Nelson County.
We started our tour near Crozet at
The Barn Swallow, a retail store that features many unique artisans. Decorated for the holidays, it is always charming this time of year.
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| Gerald Boggs at Wayfarer Forge |
Next stop was
Wayfarer Forge Ironworks where we were greeted by 44 chickens! Inside the studio Gerald Boggs was showing a crowd how to heat and bend iron into lovely works of art and outside I was enjoying the variety of colorful chickens.
During our trek we stopped at an antique store on Afton Mountain and at
Basic Necessities eclectic eatery in Nellysford.
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| Tonya Tyree Sculpture |
My favorite studio along the winding road from Afton to Nellysford was the gallery of
2 Art Studios featuring works of Melinko Katic' and Tanya Tyree. I was amazed at Melinko's horse paintings and Tanya's ceramic objects were so detailed and unique. Tanya's mom's Frosted Oatmeal Cookies were the icing on the cake - YUM!
Making our way to our final stop, Cindy spotted a poor little goat stuck in a fence! His horns were so long he managed to get his head in and not back out (why does that happen?) After some serious bending of fencing and many shots with my camera, the goat rescue was a success.
Off to
Nan Rothwell's Studio tucked away in an absolutely lovely wooded setting. Nan teaches pottery classes and is an expert at throwing and baking salt-glazed and stoneware pottery.
Our last stop was at a relatively new vintage shop, Bittersweet Branch Primitives off 29 S. We really enjoyed her selection of wicker furniture and collectibles.
It was a perfect day to drive in the country enjoying great food, lovely scenery, and wonderful artisans!
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Rebecca
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