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ENJOY! Artisan trail Shenandoah County Living APRIL 2014
hosts open-door tour this month By Ryan Cornell
WOODSTOCK -Kary Haun slices into a block of clay and begins pummeling it into her work table. A row of her cups sit on a nearby ledge, glistening from a recent ride on the potter’s wheel and awaiting their fate in the studio’s 2200-degree kiln. Shaped like gradual hourglasses, they resemble the cooling towers of nuclear reactors. “That’s what my husband started calling them when i first made these shapes,” she said. “It’s amazing how many men see that. Women see more feminine forms.”
ABOVE: Kary Haun, an artisan in Woodstock, creates a clay vase. Haun will open her studio up to the public this month for the artisan trail's spring event. Ryan Cornell/Daily LEFT: Joyce Hall, owner of Posey Thisisit Llama Farm in Toms Brook, is one of the artisan trail members gearing up for the "O The Places We Will Show!" open-door tour this month. Daily file
Haun, who said she loves creating these clay mugs because of their intimacy as well as functionality, is one of the artisans who will be opening up her studio and showcasing her art to visitors this month.
She said people will be able to tour their llama farm and browse the work of local artists, including llama yarn bowls made by Wilburn, homemade maple syrup by Angelica and David Myers and gourmet soap and lotions by Brenda Richie.
The O the Places We Will Show open-door tour, hosted by the O Shenandoah County Artisan Trail on April 26 and 27, will let people tour about 30 art studios, agritourism farms and other shops in Shenandoah County. Haun has served on the tourism committee organizing the event since the artisan trail’s inception in cabins and bed and breakfasts. October. “The concept for an open-door She said the open-door weekend aims to help locals and tourists see tour is really not a new one,” Haun said. “Communities of artisans the talent in Shenandoah County have been doing it for a really long and all that it has to offer, as well as give them a tour of places they time. We just want to perfect it.” might not be familiar with. Last year, the county’s Gardens, Galleries and Grapes event similarly hosted wine tastings, garden tours and activities. In 2012, the Unique Lodging Open House showcased the county’s farms,
“It’s unbelievable what you can see and learn and do just locally here,” she said.
studio,” she said.
It might be difficult for some to figure out where to start. Whether it’s beekeeping demonstrations, wine tastings, homebrewing sessions or a pack of 32 llamas, the In December, Haun and local weekend’s scheduled events have artists Susie Wilburn and Glenn something to pique anyone’s interRichardson opened up their stuests. dios for a miniature preview of the Joyce Hall, who owns Posey Thisisit O the Places We Will Show event. Llama Farm in Toms Brook, also “It was a lot of fun, there was a lot serves on the committee organizof traffic coming through my little ing the event.
Her llama farm, which has been in business for nearly 20 years, is located two miles off U.S. 11 next to North Mountain Vineyard and Winery. “Just come out and enjoy it,” Hall said. “It’s going to be a beautiful weekend to learn what is in Shenandoah County. Like the slogan says, ‘O the places, we will show.’” See ARTISAN TRAIL page A10
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