Winding Down 2025 – Reflections

A note about the featured images. Sally Stetson fell in love with a set of Maddy B-G Clay’s hand built napkin rings at the Vermont Spring Open Studio. Maddy’s colors, patterns and textures inspired Sally to create a custom repeat design to print on fabric with...

March in the Studio: Recharging, Reviewing & Re-emerging

Image: Peter Evans in his studio, Peter Evans Pottery, Northfield VT. Most mornings, I walk out of my house and take about twenty steps or so to my pottery studio. I say most mornings because this winter I took a few weeks off to do a personal retreat. I did a ...

Vermont Craft Council Blog

FEBRUARY 2025 – Looking Forward to Open Studio   Image: Steven Bronstein in his studio, Blackthorne Forge, Marshfield VT. It wasn’t my first Vermont Open Studio, but right now it’s the one that sticks with me. I was tired, heading home after a...