About the Artists

Meet the Blue Heron Artisans & Vendors

Valeria Hill

Valeria Hill has been sewing since High School which is a very long time but started piecing and quilting in the mid 1990’s. Valeria graduated from Bloomsburg University with her BSN and practiced as a registered nurse for a number of years. She has taught piecing classes, paper piecing and applique’ classes for years and has also taught quilting classes. Val makes wall hangings and table runners for sale through the Blue Heron.

Ruth Parsons

Ruth has always enjoyed art and working with different materials. Most recently she has experimented with bones and antlers, and has found that they are very pleasing to work with and enjoys bringing out their beauty through carving and polishing. She also works with fusing glass and considers it experimenting and playing, which is visible in the playfulness of her creations.

Terry Cobb

Terry, owner of Bones & Stones, incorporates natural elements into the jewelry he creates. He is an avid hunter and fisherman, and nature provides him with plenty of material to work with. His pieces include seeds, feathers, antlers, bones and stones.

Christine Heyman

Christine Heyman is a graduate of Kutztown University, majoring in Art Education. She worked in the Ceramics Studio during her time at Kutztown while helping pay for college. She has taught art in Wilmington, Delaware and Baltimore City, Maryland, encompassing all grades from elementary to high school. She has learned and experimented with techniques and applications of many medias in the past and continues to do so. Lately, she has been doing some photography and drawing, along with other media. She enjoys making art and has been a volunteer at the Blue Heron for the last few years where she showcases some of her work for sale.

Endless Mountains Maple

Enjoy pure maple sugar candy and
maple syrup from Rome, PA. They offer five craft syrups: Bourbon barrel aged, Cinnamon-infused, Coffee Bean-infused, and Vanilla-infused. Plus, Maple BBQ Sauce and Maple Balsamic Vinaigrette. The Russell family has been making maple products on their farm for generations.

Al Wayman

I put my wheel and kilns in storage for a long and sad 10 years while working in the manufacturing industry. When we bought our new home, I put in a small studio and dug out my wheel and kiln. It has been an incredible time working with clay again, and I was encouraged by my family to sell some of my functional work. I continued almost where I left off. I have been studying textures on functional ceramics, making conventional forms a work of art for people to enjoy while using them. I hope you enjoy the work

Lura Trossello

I spin a variety of sheep’s wool, alpaca, llama, rabbit and even dog hair. In addition I hand paint or dye the wool and then make knitted or felted items. From the handspun yarn, I’ve made fingerless gloves (or wrist warmers), dryer balls, hats, shawls and scarves. I also make goat’s milk soap.

COLLEEN BROWN

Colleen has been making button bouquets for a long time. She started making them after seeing the process while volunteering at the Wyalusing personal care home, and thought they were "really cool." She figures out how many buttons to use according to the size container and also makes pictures with buttons. Colleen takes requests from people, if they have any special container or sign they would like designed with buttons.

JOAN HUDYNCIA

Joan and Mike Hudyncia have been raising registered Shetland sheep for 20 years on their Wysox Sweet Grass Farm. The Shetland breed, originally from the Shetland Islands of Scotland, is prized for its fine wool fiber and sturdy, sweet nature. Joan hand processes their fleeces into spinning wool, yarn, woven fabric and knitted items. A true labor of love.

FRED HILL

Fred is a retired university professor (Ph. D. in the biological sciences who last worked at Bloomsburg
University and retired in 2003). Using his interest in the sciences, he has built an internationally known
wood art business (Fred’s Creative Woodworking). His wife, Val and he bought a run-down property just
above Camptown and have extensively remodeled it over the years. Along with all of that remodeling
Fred has developed a business making both a large number of items for quilters and a variety of wood
art. His work sells through his website over the entire US and several other countries. Val has a longarm
quilting business that she operates out of our home.
The items Fred has that you will see for sale at the Blue Heron are one-of-a-kind and just a sampling of
what he has for sale from his website (www.FrederickCHill.com) . You will notice that he likes distressed
wood as it speaks to him of the way life is. The cracks and holes are welcome in the wood he works and
often accentuated using techniques that he has perfected.
Each item that you see for sale from him is unique. If one looks at the creative expression involved in
making the pieces, it is clear that they are bargains. Each piece that he makes is individually hand-made,
hand-signed, dated, and wood type indicated on the bottom of the piece. These are pieces that will
appreciate in value over the years.
Most of the wood that he uses is from local sources but he has a weak spot for Australian burls! He
plans on having at least one representative piece of the Australian wood for sale at the Blue Heron. If
you don’t see it, please ask!

Ren Canfield

Ren is the owner of Lunar Kitsunes Arts Studio. They are a lover of all thing history and art. Ren style tends to change form what he his feeling that day from More modern art to a more simplistic art stlye. He tends to do art that quote " speaks to him on a diffrent level" Many of his painted acrylic pieces focus on a part of African American Culture. Currently Ren does the major part of his art digitally and make prints of it. He is currently studying Sumi-e art because " It is a calming form of art that lets you bring in the serenity of nature. It is also a artform of Japan and China, two counties that whole culture and histories fascinate me".

Debra Lee Osborne

Wyoming and Bradford County based artist Debra Lee Osborne,is most noted for her detailed watercolors, acrylics and guanche paintings. Debra Lee's main works comprise of rural architecture at it's finest. Her works are currently displayed at the Blue Heron, in Wyalusing Pa, Kitner Gallery, Tunkhannock, Pa and Slated Art, Montrose Pa. Self Taught, through diffrent mediums, Debra Lee's paintings encompass her adventure through time.