Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, September 1, 1995 TAG: 9509010022
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: TRACY GALLIMORE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DUBLIN LENGTH: Medium
Imagine fresh air filled with aromas of home cooking. Sound inviting?
These are some of the sensations that await those who spend their Labor Day weekend with the artisans and craftsmen at the Claytor Lake Arts and Crafts Show at Claytor Lake State Park's Howe House.
The festival, sponsored by the Virginia Mountain Crafts Guild, begins Saturday and continues through Monday. Attractions include arts and crafts, live entertainment and a variety of homemade foods. Hours are: Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m, Sunday, noon-6 p.m. and Monday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free. Parking is $2 per car.
Artists and craftsmen will display jewelry, wood crafts, basketry, quilts, stained glass, pottery, sculpture and graphics, including watercolors, acrylics and steel etchings.
Organizations will sell home-cooked foods: funnel cakes, Oriental cuisine, pork rinds, hot dogs and homemade ice cream.
Past festivals have drawn as many as 10,000 visitors to the park during good weather. Other park activities include camping, boating and fishing. Campsites and picnic facilities with grills are available.
Dodie Botkins of Covington will display her scherensnitte ("scissor snips") - delicate German paper-cutting art. She learned the art form from a friend's German mother and has practiced it for 10 years. Paper-cutting art dates to 11th-century China. Seventeenth-century German settlers are credited with bringing the craft to America. Scherensnitte is distinguished from other forms of paper art in its requirement for scissors rather than knives or other instruments to cut the paper. Botkins' scherensnitte is usually sold matted, in frames crafted by her husband, Carlos.
Kathy Hudson of Salem will display her stained-glass creations. She has been designing and building custom windows and art since 1979 and owns "Custom Originals in Stained Glass" in Salem. She is the fair director and the guild's representative in the Blue Ridge Arts Council.
The Virginia Mountain Crafts Guild is celebrating 20 years of offering quality arts and crafts to the public. The guild, a nonprofit organization, was formed in 1975 as a project of the Virginia Commission for Arts. It is operated by artists and craftsmen dedicated to the perfection of their craft. An artist's or craftperson's work must be judged and approved by the guild's Standard Committee before it is sold or exhibited through the organization. It is graded according to originality, function and craftsmanship. The guild is operated by member volunteers.
For details on the Claytor Lake Arts and Crafts Show, contact Kathy Hudson, Fair Director, (540) 389-6163.
or write VMCG, P.O. Box 1369, Salem, Va. 24153.
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Claytor Lake Arts and Crafts Show: Sponsored by the Virginia Mountain Crafts Guild. Begins Saturday and continues through Monday. Hours are Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m, Sunday, noon-6 p.m. and Monday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free. Parking is $2 per car.
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