Made by Hand: How Craft Shapes the Maker

Taliesin is a woodworker, writer, and artist building furniture and home decor out of sustainably harvested wood. Along with this, she writes about learning this craft and the ways making work by hand is medicine in our lives. She’s received grants from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council and most recently the Minnesota State Arts Board. She lives in Saint Paul with her family and works with her dad in his wood shop in southeastern Minnesota.

Zak, owner of HVRNT Studio, is a born and raised Minnesota artist engaged in printmaking, painting, and design. Fellman is also the co-founder and creative lead behind Pillbox Bat Company and co-founder of Sanborn Canoe Company, both based in Winona, Minnesota.

Lindsay takes a multifaceted approach to traditional craft, with a focus in textile and fiber arts. By holding tight to family connections and tradition, she creates pieces that hold memories. Her grandmother is the namesake for her farmstead, ‘Salome Acres,’ which also houses her small studio space. She draws inspiration from her rural upbringing, her love of family keepsakes and heirlooms, and her desire to live life fully. Lindsay is a proud dabbler in the world of crafts and trades and is always seeking new skills to incorporate into her art.

Megan McCarthy was recently awarded the SEMAC Emerging Artist Grant to study straw and veneer marquetry techniques. After a meaningful career as a public school teacher and community organizer, she’s eager to apply these new skills to furniture and product design. Her work is guided by a deep interest in the history of craft and design, and by a fascination with the intimate emotional power of the objects we cherish most.

Teresa is a native Winonan who followed a passion for pottery from Minnesota to Ohio, then Western Montana. After seven years, Schumaker returned to the area and taught second and third grade for the WAPS school system for 25 years while raising her four children with her husband, Bill. Retired from teaching, Teresa now devotes her time fully to ceramics.