I’m a retired shop teacher; Waldo County Technical Center. Taught kids and adults for 25 years. Through the years have built boats, and the home I live in Montville Maine. My journey into art began as the youngest artist to be represented by a prestigious gallery in NY. Took a few art classes in college. Won a few awards, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell and showed in Portland and Damariscotta., River Arts. I spent several years doing wildlife carvings some of which can be viewed on my website, mainelymirrors.com and my facebook page, Hawk Hollow Woodworks. My recent work draws inspiration from the natural beauty of aging and imperfection, a concept deeply rooted in the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi. This aesthetic, which values simplicity, and the passage of time, has emerged organically in my creations. The mirror frames I craft from various woods often highlight the marks of distress, weathering, and age – features that tell a story of resilience and transformation. As I reflect on my more recent pieces, it has become clear that this philosophy, though unintentional at first now deeply informs my approach. Each frame embodies the idea that beauty can be found in the imperfect and transient.
Wicked Good Photography
Hello, my name is Nathaniel Smalley. I’m a professional nature photographer with a deep-rooted connection to Maine. As a sixth-generation ‘Mainah’, my family’s legacy of craftsmanship and artistry fuels my passion for capturing the essence of this breathtaking state. This lineage includes talented oil painters, fine wood workers, brave fishermen and skilled carpenters. To me, Maine isn’t just another state; it’s a part of me.
This land is a storyteller’s dream where each corner has a unique tale waiting to be immortalized in a photograph. Maine is loved for its rugged coastlines, whispering woods, quiet seaside fishing towns, rolling farmlands, majestic mountains, endless waterways, and vast expanses of wilderness teeming with wildlife. My photography is a homage to this state and my mission is to share these stories with you, inviting you to experience Maine’s beauty as if you were right here with me. Whether it’s a fog-laced morning by the harbor, a riffle in a mountain stream or the fiery hues of autumn foliage, every photo I capture here is a love letter to this place I call home.
Maine is a state that captivates people born and raised here, and those ‘from away’. Wicked Good Photography is more than just a portfolio of images, it’s a beacon for all who love New England landscape and culture. My website is your personal invitation to explore Maine through captivating photographs that will beautifully grace the walls of your home or business. Immerse yourself in my blog where you’ll find engaging narratives from my adventures, insights into how I captured specific images, and the quiet beauty found in the simplest moments. Over the last 15 years I’ve led photo tours to nearly every continent in the world, and while my heart belongs in Maine, wanderlust still motivates me to lead a select number of trips each year, both here at home and around the world.
So grab a cup of coffee and stay a while, experience the way photography should be.
Tracy Eisenhauer Art
I have always been creative and artistic but in the last few years, I decided to dedicate more time to this side of myself. I have no formal training, other than adult education art classes in my area. I have dabbled in jewelry making and skincare products in the past also. When I started painting, I realized my art resonated with a lot of people. They started offering me money for originals! lol A very good friend described my art as “approachable” and I guess that is why so many can relate to it. My subjects are things people love about Maine and New England. I live in Surry, on the Blue Hill peninsula, which is so beautiful, it’s hard not to be inspired. Recently, I attended a wholesale show for the first time, and it was amazing! The response to my art and tea towels was humbling as I still have a bit of imposter syndrome.
Wildly 207, LLC
My name is Brittney Brown, and I am the owner and #207herbalist of Wildly 207, LLC. A commercially licensed, woman owned, small batch, hand-crafted herbal goods business with a focus on wholesale. I am a Certified Herbalist with 800 hours of didactic and scientific professional clinical Herbalist education from Heart of Herbs Herbal School, as well as ongoing studies in herbalism. I live in the beautiful foothills of Western Maine with my husband and love of my life for the last twenty-one years, I have three wonderful children, 21, 18, and 17, and 3 beloved dogs.
My herbal business was created in 2018, but I’ve been studying and creating herbal remedies for myself, friends, and family for quite a few years now. Healing and how the body works has always fascinated me. I worked in our small, rural hospital for several years, as well as our local nursing home.
Unfortunately my nursing career was halted when I was diagnosed in 2011 with a few autoimmune diseases, one of which is Ankylosing Spondylitis, an incurable autoimmune disease that makes your immune system attack your whole body, primarily affecting the spinal cord, but also your other organs. It causes widespread inflammation, chronic, severe pain, and possible fusion of the neck, spine, ribs, and hips.
I was in endless pain, day and night. I was put on low dose chemotherapy treatments to try and slow down the progression of my disease. The medications and side effects were awful! I was eventually up to 23 pharmaceuticals, including muscle relaxers and opiates trying to control my constant spasms and pain. I was so lost and hopeless. I was mainly bedridden or used a cane to get around. I ended up in the emergency room with a temporarily paralyzed GI system from all the medications I was taking. I knew I needed to make some serious changes!
In 2014, I began trying to take back my life from the pharmaceutical industry. I spent a lot of time researching how to manage my symptoms naturally, experimenting with different plants around me, and
working with a local herbalist. I weaned off all pharmaceuticals. I learned to manage my autoimmune diseases holistically. I saw what a dramatic change this had on my own health and life, so that’s where this firey passion for helping others stems from! I want to see YOU breakfree from the hamster wheel and learn to trust yourself, as well as the plant medicine all around us! Our bodies are capable of so much more than we give them credit for. I have poured my heart, soul, and energy into this business, ideas, and my products to help others who were once hopeless like I was find freedom!
Funky Bow Beer Company
Deep in the woods of Lyman you’ll find one of the most unique and beloved breweries in Maine. A father and son team “done good” creating some of the tastiest beers around. We are constantly developing new single-batch flavor combos, but we always have our staple beer line guaranteed to dance all over your tastebuds!
Three of our beers have received top awards from the New York Beer Competition – highlighting our commitment to making the best.
We’re a place where young and old can gather over a beer, munch on some fresh wood-fired pizza, listen to some music, play corn-hole, or simply chill.
We host special events throughout the year, so be sure to follow our Facebook page to see what we’re up to next.
Fernwood Cottage
Beautiful & practical things, crafted to last. From our working cottage ~ for yours.
Artisan crafted wooden~ware for cottage garden, kitchen, pantry & home.
At Fernwood Cottage, we try to capture the essence of historic rural working homesteads of Old & New England. Inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement Fernwood Cottage focuses on traditional forms. We create all native~Maine hardwood cottage products that we hope will enhance your “working cottage” & feel just right in your hand.
Fernwood Cottage is more than a business for us ~ it’s our way of life. We believe that useful things can also be beautiful things. Looking for a new way to approach life, we started down a path to consciously simplify. As we built our homesteading life, we often couldn’t find just that “right thing” for our needs. We looked back at some of the tools our Yankee predecessors used & thought: “I wish I could have something like that now!” Thus, many of the things we make at Fernwood Cottage were brought to life for our own use first. Now, we’re hoping to make them for others.
Meet the owners, artisan, & inhabitants of Fernwood Cottage
Kevin Cooper is a master cabinetmaker, with a career spanning more than 35 years. He discovered his passion for working with wood early. Determined to learn traditional furniture-making techniques he honed his craft for nearly 12 years with Thomas Moser Cabinetmakers, specializing in difficult projects requiring creative design solutions & detailed hand-crafting. READ MORE HERE...
Lisa Cooper has focused her life on education, communication, raising kids, & trying to slow down. Firmly believing that slowing down is best accomplished with a nice cup of tea & a fancy tea cup, life, as lived at Fernwood Cottage, entails a sit-down cup of tea each day. More than a decade ago, Lisa plunged into the world of homesteading as a way of life. READ MORE HERE…
The Whimsy Collection
The Whimsy Collection is unique, humorous, colorful and delightful. Product designs are derived from original art created by David Milliken: his work is inspired by nature, the effects of climate change, Maine coastal life and architecture, flowers and plants, imaginary creatures and animals. These sources delight him as he interprets and comments on the challenges of contemporary life.
Many of the characters are based on animals. “I like incorporating them to evoke a strong sense of what makes us all human.” Animals used include owls, dogs, cats, horses, cows, ravens, pigs, chickens, turtles and imaginary beings. A descriptive word is written with most of the drawings to highlight individual characteristics, i.e. “Harried, Eloquent, Dreams, Ascendance, Balance, Strive, Fragility, Power of Limits and Reflections in Crisis”.
Heather Newman Art
Heather Newman Art offers fanciful and nature themed illustrations with a focus on Maine flora and fauna. I primarily work in watercolor, colored pencil, and ink and my art is meant to make people smile and spark their imagination.
My family fell in love with Maine 14 years ago and settled in the woods of the southwestern area where I am inspired by the beauty right outside my studio window. I love following a good rabbit trail and all of my images have a story and research behind them.
Rabbit’s Foot Farm
I obtained my cosmetology certification from Capillo School of Hair in 2000, which has been my aspiration since childhood. I successfully passed the state board exams in February and commenced my career as a cosmetologist shortly thereafter. After several years, I experienced some issues with my hands, leading me to take a break from my profession. During this time, I deepened my understanding of herbal remedies and explored the natural world.
Through this journey, I discovered that various food and chemical sensitivities were contributing
to the problems with my hands, prompting me to make significant lifestyle changes. I also acquired goats for dairy products, initially without the intention of producing soap. As a cosmetologist, I was hesitant to transition from salon skincare and haircare products to more natural alternatives. However, it wasn’t long before I began experimenting with soap-making using the milk from my goats. Currently, I create each soap with a specific blend of oils tailored to the individual needs of diverse skin and hair.
Transitioning to natural skincare involves extensive research; therefore, I now exclusively use high-quality oils, unadulterated clays, plant-based colorants, and essential oil or plant-based fragrance oils for scent.
Ellen Sedgwick Pottery
I have been making pots for over 20 years and apprenticed with a few woodfire potters along the way. Early on I studied at both Penland and Haystack and took various workshops with established potters when I could. The teaching and work of Hamada and Leach were strong influences from the beginning and something of that essence seems to have remained to this day. I am also inspired by contemporary woodfire potters and love seeing the pots that others make. I make functional pots on my treadle wheel and am constantly looking at form and surface and how the pot feels when it is used. I designed and built a 12 foot anagama kiln and have established a small crew of apprentices/potters to help fire it. The kiln fires with solely wood for about a week and reaches temperatures above 2200°. I am so grateful to be living my dream and for all of the learning ahead. I live in Surry Maine with my husband and our 3 young children.
Artist Statement
I make pots to find meaning. There is a sense of presence and timelessness that I feel when making and firing my pottery and I believe this is contained within the final piece. In today’s world of stress and constant activity there is a need and a want to slow down and really feel the present moment and I think the pots do that. When you interact with a pot in your life it makes you pause and notice the line, the surface, how it feels in your hand. It makes you notice the food you’re eating out of it and it adds a quality to that experience. I am fascinated by the elements of wood and fire and intrigued with the surfaces that are created. To me there is an aliveness held within the pot, that is my passion. My pots are daily pieces. They are sturdy and useful and add beauty to the everyday.