Member Directory
Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi Members
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About Us
We are makers on a mission to preserve and promote, educate and encourage, the highest standard of excellence in regional crafts.
The work of our Members reflects a high degree of competence, professional standards, and artistry in their medium and category. Eligibility is determined by a jury review process which takes place twice each year.
Joe Gilbert
Joe Gilbert
Madison, MS
Stone
Knives, Arrowheads
Guild member since 2007
Flintnapping - the making of arrowheads, blades, and knives- is considered by many a lost art. Ever since Joe was a young boy, he has had strong interest in primitive mankind, Native American history, and stone tool technology. Joe is a self-taught flint napper. His tool kit consists of primarily of a variety of copper pressure flakers. The natural materials he uses to produce these tools consists of flints, Cherts, Jasper, Obsidian, Novaculite, Dacite, and Agate. The modern materials are fused glass, melted glass bottles, fiber optic glass, and sheet glass. There is an endless variety of colors, styles, and different types of stone and glass tools that he is able to create in this lost art.
Caroline Walker
Caroline Walker
Crystal Springs, MS
Leather
Purses, wallets, etc.
Member since 2024
Billy Joe Whitehead
Billy Joe Whitehead
Starkville, MS
Leather
Belts, Wallets, Etc.
Guild member since 2006
In 1989, Billy Joe wanted a tooled leather guitar strap; that was the beginning of his leatherworking career. He had always enjoyed making things with his hands- woodworking, hand drawing, metal engraving, flint knapping- so he felt confident he could do this. After completing the strap, since he now owned the tools, he made guitar straps for his ‘pickin’ buddies. Before long, he was creating leathercrafts to sell at craft fairs. He spends hours hand carving pictures and hand crafting custom items for customers. Being a member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi has inspired Billy Joe to do his best leather work by getting to know other guild members, by broadening my customer base, and believing in himself and his work.