Jerry Bennett is a key figure in what he terms the exploding field of paper clay. He works uniquely, combining wheel thrown and hand-built elements of both paper porcelain and normal clay bodies. His work is in many galleries and museums throughout the world. Bennett is a resident artist at the Philadelphia Clay Studio, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He received his M.F.A. from Indiana University at Bloomington Indiana in 1975. Bennett has given workshops and lectures at over fifty colleges, schools and art centers throughout the United States. In 2005, he was an honored guest at the first International Paper Clay Symposium in Kecskemet, Hungary. In 2012 he was the leader of the Second International Paper Symposium in Kecskemet, Hungary. He is currently an active studio artist in Philadelphia, teaches locally, and runs the Two Rivers Studio.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.jerrybennett.net
215-432-2878

“Inspiration from nature and respect for the divine feminine mystique provides most of the imagery in my work,” says Bucks County jewelry artist Diana Contine of Dakota Moon. She finely crafts fine silver with colorful accents of gemstones, pearls and 22k gold to achieve balance and wholeness. “My love of nature and beauty provides endless ideas. My pieces are more than wearable art. They are meditations on the spirit of beauty.”

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.dakota-moon.com
215-534-0897

An award-winning fiber artist currently living in Philadelphia, PA., Rachel Derstine creates art quilts using primarily hand dyed cottons incorporating non-woven products, and textile paint in her pieces. Texture is achieved through stitching painted cheese cloth, yarn and cording to the surface of her quilts.

Rachel’s love for the city of Philadelphia has been an inspiration for her architecture series. She is also inspired by the natural world for her many landscape works. Her abstract pieces feature depth and movement.

Rachel has been teaching, exhibiting and selling her work across the country for 12 years. Her work has been commissioned and installed in corporations including Epic Corporation in Madison, WI and the Milton Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.rachelderstinedesigns.com
610-389-1742

Lynn Ebeling’s hand-woven baskets are inspired by nature. Lynn embellishes natural materials including traditional reeds of various dimensions, textures and colors with antlers, bones, beads, leather and wood. Her color accents and varied patterns add a touch of fun and whimsy to this traditional craft, giving each unique basket its own personality.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

609-466-0695

Sheila Fernekes’ love for Impressionist painting, combined with the dynamic modernism of Bauhaus art are her primary sources of inspiration. She hand weaves and layers each bead one at a time to achieve the interplay of color, pattern and texture that has become her trademark.

In addition to unique materials she has collected during travels to Scandinavia, Holland, Russia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico, Sheila often incorporates her hand formed polymer and metalwork with her bead weaving. Many of the gemstones and rich color combinations in her designs are a result of her regular visits to the vivid New Mexico landscapes.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.sheilafernekesdesign.com
908-391-5568

Penelope Fleming makes sculpture for the wall, vessels that flirt with function and delicate abstract birds that perch on American antique tools. Fall has inspired Penelope to revisit and expand her collection of vessels and sculptures while also making subtle additions to her pastel palette of surface finishes.

Ceramic sculptures are made with a combination of thrown, slab and altered vessel techniques. These three dimensional sculptural canvasses are then painted with fire and layers of metallic oxides. The rich abstract surfaces are distinctively beautiful and adorn a wide variety of architecturally designed homes.

These unique sculptures are lightweight, come in many of shapes and sizes and can easily be hung on any wall. Fleming’s work has been installed in private homes and corporate spaces for well over 40 years.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.penelopefleming.com
penelopef34@gmail.com
215-888-9520

Bernard Hohlfeld began artistic woodturning in 1999 and moved “Roundwood Studio” to Doylestown PA in 2008. This is where he creates all his functional and artistic work. Salad bowls are all made from one solid piece and are all twice turned to make them stable and of heirloom quality. Bernard’s artistic turning explores a wide range of styles. Much of his work is pierced or carved or airbrushed to add color. More recently Bernard has been combining burl wood and resin to create something very different.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.roundwood.studio
610-864-9623

Kathleen Lang is a working artist with a studio located in Stockton NJ. Kathleen has been teaching, exhibiting and selling her work for over 25 years. With an emphasis in printmaking, she primarily focuses on low and non-toxic methods, producing widely collected bodies of work in both fiber art and paper. She has been deeply immersed in sustainable techniques of eco printing on luxurious silk scarves for over eight years.

Kathleen creates her one-of-a-kind scarves using an eco printing method similar to monotype printmaking. She collects live leaves, blossoms, seeds and berries to arrange on the blank scarf. Using a unique bundling and heating process she coaxes the plants to discharge natural dyes into the fabric creating shapes and color.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.kathleenlangart.com
215-630-0532

Nick Martier is a woodworker who specializes in custom furniture design. He seamlessly blends traditional joinery with raw artisan sculpting that creates a human element that could never be recreated by a machine. His heirloom quality furniture consists of rocking chairs, tables, occasional/dining chairs, bookshelves, settee benches and more. Nick currently works by himself out of a studio in historical Bristol borough, Pennsylvania where he splits his time taking commissions, designing original pieces and teaching continuing education woodworking courses. Nick is a self-taught woodworker that spent the last few years honing a specific style of woodworking based off of Sam Maloof's sculptural techniques. He is recognized by the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen as a master craftsman and chairs the outreach committee for the Bucks County Chapter.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.nickmartierwoodworker.com
215-932-7046

Don Schoenleber thinks of photography as an accumulative experience, a never-ending journey of refinement.

The more he works at it, the more he sees the world around him. It makes him slow down and appreciate nuances. The time of day. The color of the light. Don’s first choice is early morning. It’s warm, soft directional light brings out the landscape’s form and texture. His photographs in around Bucks and Hunterdon Counties explore traditional and abstract approaches to landscape. It's often the less obvious bits of nature and man-made form that he finds most appealing. For Don, it’s a combination of camera and imagination: Nature, Form, Light, Lines, Texture, Shapes and Shadows.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.dwschoenleber.com
267-629-1458

Pennsylvania artist Lynnette Shelley specializes in contemporary mixed media paintings with a focus on animals and wildlife, pattern, archetypes and iconography. Her strikingly unique artworks are highly detailed and her complex compositions are created using a sophisticated process developed from a buildup of multiple layers incorporating techniques in both drawing and painting - from crosshatching to dry brushing to ink splashes and freehand drawing. Some of Shelley's work (her “fauxsaic” paintings) also incorporates elements of collage in which she adds hand-colored and cut watercolor paper to the artwork in a process that resembles mosaic tile.

Most recently, Shelley was awarded "Master Artisan" status by the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen in 2021, as well as had a large print of her work displayed on the “Arts Montco Wall” at the King of Prussia Mall during the 2021 holiday season.

Originally from Delaware, Shelley lives in Ambler, Pennsylvania, and maintains a private studio in Maple Glen, PA.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.lynnetteshelley.com
Lynnette@lynnetteshelley.com

“I am so fortunate to find wonderful subject matter so close to home” says artist, Helena van Emmerik-Finn, a native of Bucks County. Whether working en plein-air or in the studio, she switches between oil painting and pastel drawing to portray our river towns and farms. Her favorite subjects are the farm animals who share the scenery with us and the flowers that grow in our gardens.

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

www.hvefinn.com
215 348 1794

Susan Kay Wechsler was first introduced to clay by a wonderful high school art teacher and went on to receive a degree in ceramics at The Kansas City Art Institute.

Over my 56 years working in clay I have experimented with all a types of clays, techniques, and firings. However there has always been one constant in my work “ functionality with style”.

My love of cooking, entertaining, decorating, and gardening has helped me create many useful as well as decorative pieces.

My latest work has taken on a new more modern simplified design approach. I am working in a mid range stoneware and have started incorporating copper wire, glass, stains, and glazes to create a new surface.

Unlike many other mediums that have instant gratification—clay will never reveal itself til you open that kiln. I never get tired of that thrill. Always some new idea, something learned, and something to take to the next level.

I create platters, bowls, sushi sets, woven baskets, and tiles,

Sandy Ridge Community Church
47 Sandy Ridge Lane
Stockton, NJ 08559

susan wechslerdesigns
908-256-0654