Fishing Creek Jewelry
Jarod Cox grew up exploring the edges of Fishing Creek in Pulaski County. He became interested in jewelry at a young age, often sculpting beads from the Kentucky clay that he found in the creek and collecting geodes. Fast forward to today and he is the owner and artist behind Fishing Creek Jewelry, based in Somerset, Kentucky. A metalsmith and…
Rustic Rooster Custom Metal
Rod opened Rustic Rooster Custom Metal in March 2017 in Whitesburg, Kentucky. A Letcher County native, Rod earned his teaching degree from Alice Lloyd College. Graduating at a time when many teachers were being laid off, he spent 11 years working for a coal company and 6 years after that working for a wood manufacturing facility in Hazard. In 2012,…
Sunhouse Craft
Cynthia Main is a multi-talented modern craft maker, combining broom making and wood working out of her studio in Berea, Kentucky. Her specialties include hand woven brooms, and wooden wares hand crafted by axe and knife. Taking care to source the raw material from local, sustainably raised sources, each item is unique and special. And people are noticing. Her work…
Ragsdale Home Furnishings
Phil Myer built his first table lamp in junior high school, never imagining that someday he’d be doing it for a living. Today, as the owner of Ragsdale Home Furnishings and a master craftsman, he specializes in the original design creation and reproduction of high quality, handcrafted mission lighting and tables. Myer has designed lamps for notable retailers Williams Sonoma…
Wandering Goat Soap
Since 2013, Tanya Rudy and her mother Cheryl have been making handcrafted soaps from their family farm in Midcoast Maine. This mother-daughter team located in Union makes their soaps in small batches and uses only the finest quality ingredients. They combine fresh goat’s milk from their own herd with organic oils to create naturally scented and colored products. Despite the…