There are so many ways to describe the pathway to calling oneself an artist and to permitting that artist inside to develop and sustain a vision. The stories that come to the forefront of memory differ from one day to the next.

I have a long standing kinesthetic relationship with fibers—I like to touch. It feels elemental, like something from another lifetime. Knitting, crocheting, reverse applique, embroidery, needlepoint, weaving, and sewing—I’ve dabbled in them all.

What is a woman from the suburbs of New Jersey doing in a remote Hispanic mountain village? Living her dream, of course!

Karen Cordova specializes in micaceous pottery which is indigenous to Taos and Picuris Pueblos. Her work is traditionally made, hand coiled and pit fired and built from clay gathered from historic clay pits where native peoples have gathered clay for hundreds of years.

“My journey, like that of many of my contemporaries, was a search for a place within which to be at peace and find love…” – An interview with David Sipp

Bill Loyd is the maker of remarkable bells and wind chimes here in Truchas, New Mexico, as well as stunning metal sculpture.