Our Artists

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I consider my work in stained glass a journey that continues to unfold. I am constantly striving to learn new techniques in glass to make my work more interesting and unique. I am dedicated to preserving the integrity of an old world art form, while combining the use of the technology available today. I am committed and honored to create lifelong lasting art.

Her line of bullet jewelry came into being when someone handed her a spent bullet and said “What can you do with this?” Lorri has turned many spent bullets into beautiful pieces of jewelry by incorporating gemstones to accent the unique shape(s) of each bullet.

Now with two lines of work, handblown glass and lampwork jewelry, Burch is practicing both crafts. “The fact that I work in two related fields, [offhand blown glass and lampworking] has allowed me the unique and challenging opportunity to incorporate individual techniques and skills of each into the other.”

“Glass is binding. My father has always talked about dancing with the glass and living with it. I believe I finally understand what he means. It is a part of me now, a part ofeverything I do. I love it”.

Burch’s work is available in galleries across the country and at fine craft shows from March to December in the Northeast.

“We love creating jewelry at Artistic Origin and more importantly we love for our customers to be happy with our work. We set the bar high to ensure quality, beauty, and durability so our customers can feel confident and put together when wearing our pieces of art.”

Since graduating from the Corcoran in 1986 I have worked in many materials, but the human figure is a constant element in both sculptures and installations. My earlier figures incorporate torch welded steel, found objects and layers of other materials, such as glass or hair. In more recent pieces carved wood serves as the bones of the sculptures instead of steel.

Although I enjoy the craft of sculpture, I see the materials and methods I use as secondary to the ideas my sculptures express. I revel in the interplay between the inherent content of a material and the more intentional elements (such as the gesture of a figure) which I add. My pieces may suggest a narrative, sometimes a mythical one, but these myths are reinterpreted as personal visions rather than illustrations of particular myths.

The images come from a philosophical outlook that holds the physical world as sacred. I care very much about this world, particularly the natural environment that we are destroying. It is the one thing I would give anything to change. As an artist, it can be difficult to feel useful in this regard. Lately, though, it has occurred to me that our culture’s low regard for intact nature is a symptom of a general lack of reverence for the beauty of existence.

The arts can be a path to fostering an appreciation of our world. Aesthetic experience should be valued in this light. In that sense, I think part of an artist’s function (or a scientist’s or a parent’s, etc.) is to explore and to love this world, and to help others see the depth of the beauty in and around us.

He studied at the Corcoran School of Art, but drew most inspiration from artist friends, and learned from visits to their studios, to museums and galleries. Franz Bader, the venerable Washington art dealer, encouraged Hans Gerhard’s pursuit of painting and included his work in exhibitions at the Bader Gallery. This opened access to other galleries and so his work found its way into private and public art collections in the United States and Europe.

Beginning in the 1970s, his paintings and sculpture have been regularly shown in Galleries of DC, and Virginia. A 1980s solo show at the then newly opened Glassworks marked his entry into the circle of Rappahannock artists and craftsmen, who have been a much enjoyed source of encouragement and learning ever since.

I enjoy adventure photography and challenge myself to get away from the crowds, out in nature to find unique images. My images have made top honors in a number of large international competitions, and are represented in private collections.

I also love to challenge myself to learn new skills in image processing, and to be able to pass those skills on to others through classes at my gallery, in private sessions, and for camera clubs or any group with an interest in photography.

I became a certified Master Naturalist several years ago, in order to learn more about my environment in and around my home area, near the Shenandoah National Park. I am happy to volunteer in the park on a regular basis, which gives me opportunities to help the park, as well as follow the seasons in detail to find photographs, from the frozen winter icicles to the delicate spring flowers.

His love for metalworking began in 2001 after taking a class at NVCC in Manassas, and has been creating metalwork in his spare time ever since, using art as a form of self-therapy. He is certified in Stick and Mig welding.

In 1984, Kvarnes purchased the old truck junkyard in Sperryville, VA. He cleaned it up over the following two years and founded Oldway Art Center & Glassworks Gallery on the site.

Eric has been featured on both local and national news shows over the years and was amongst the most senior glassblowers in America today.  Eric passed away unexpectedly in July 2018 due to health complications.

Leif is currently going to college but still blows glass when he gets the chance.

Later I worked for the Smithsonian Institution as a black and white printer, as a photographer at the National Zoo, as a writer and researcher for the Archives of American Gardens, a photographic collection, and again as a photographer of their gardens. I also shared a studio in Washington D C with my husband. Beside our commercial work we had two joint shows at Middle Street Gallery in Washington, Va. In 2011, I joined the photo cooperative, Old Rag Gallery.

I am not a disciplined photographer who sticks to a single style but I do believe individual photographers are each drawn over and over to the same patterns within their environments and I try to exploit that repetitive attraction rather than fight it.

Every pattern includes some lagniappe (lan-yap), a little something extra. Common in the New Orleans culture, lagniappe is like a “baker’s dozen”. It’s a gift to my customers to share my love for quilting and my home town.

Unlike gold or silver or any other precious metal, the mystery and beauty of light is an integral and cherished element of the artisans work. Sparkling arrangements, misty shadows, and luminous contours create exciting and inimitable works of art.

Patty Sevre is a master of her craft, ably creating unique and irreplaceable specimens of glass and crystal art with little more than revolving stones, copper and diamond wheels, and cooling water. Clearly, one of the finest practitioners of this rare art form that one will ever see. Patty creates exceptional illustrations on varying shapes and pieces, including vases, bowls, flatware, and spherical glass and crystal.

Every aspect of her work is freehand and requires a remarkably keen eye and sure hand. With the exception of a lathe fitted with stones, Patty uses no other aids in the birth of her creations. Study the superb engravings by Patty and behold the quality, value, and desirable nature of her work.

Upon appointment, Patty is available to do custom work and engraving for the most discerning tastes and discriminating fine art collectors.

The bone sighs reflect that journey. If you look close, you’ll see a woman figuring out that holding on to herself and her value changes everything. You’ll see the understanding that to gain strength, one must let go of things that take away from who you are. You’ll see a woman learning how to see herself and how to offer herself. You’ll see a woman waking up.

I’m in my fifties, looking at the end of motherhood and the beginning of truly sitting with myself without distractions. I have days where I’m filled with joy and confidence and laughter, and I have days where self doubt takes over and I get filled with fear. And sometimes, every now and then, I know with every part of me that I’m living a life of love and that offering who I am is exactly what I want to be doing. Bone sigh arts has been a vehicle for my self knowing from the very start and continues to open me over and over again. I want to travel my inner landscape and learn how to trust in myself so deeply that I learn how to truly be love.

The nearly natural handmade goat milk soaps we make are at least 98{43b4c33f5f3c3f70b2e08a23ac7549183fab1ab322abb8b2e9615727d7d27d6c} natural – reason being- some of our soaps contain high quality fragrance oils.

Our handmade soaps are made with fresh goat milk, natural oils and butters known to benefit your skin. Goat milk has naturally occurring alpha-hydroxy acids which exfoliates and soothes while adding essential moisture to improve the condition and appearance of your skin. Goat milk contains proteins, minerals and high levels of vitamins A, D & E. It is said to be naturally anti-inflammatory, helps to maintain the correct PH balance and an excellent choice for people with sensitive skin, eczema and psoriasis.

In order to produce our high quality handmade goat milk soaps we make everything in small batches. We use the cold process method in making our soaps which allows the glycerin to remain in the soap for its natural moisturizing ability.

Our products are PARABEN FREE and are not tested on animals -just family members and willing friends. Our soaps do not contain chemicals like you find in commercially made soaps so they are not tear free.

We grow the herbs used in our soaps and herbal bath teas. Our herbs are grown in chemical free soil using only homemade solutions for pest control.