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.
Janet Akers
Janet Akers
Bend, OR
Clay / Ceramics: Guild member since 1999
Mixed Media / Sculpture: Guild member since 2008
Janet’s art work is primarily sculptural, in clay and mixed-media. She finds that working with a variety of materials provides a challenge for her and adds interest to the final piece. Besides clay, she has used metal, wood, handmade paper, fabric, stone, glass, concrete, and dried plant materials. The subject of her work varies according to what catches her fancy, but there are few themes that she returns to often. Much of it is inspired by nature, both plants and animals. Horses are a frequent subject. Other influences are architecture and women’s issues. She is a member of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, the Louisiana Crafts Guild, the Vicksburg Art Association, and the Mississippi State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Eryn McCarthy
Eryn McCarthy
Jackson, MS
Clay
Pottery
Guild member since 2019
Pottery is deeply integrated in Eryn’s life. Handmade brings the soul back down to earth and to our ancestors in a way no other art form can. Eryn says that when she began learning ceramics, she had no intention other than to fill a time slot in her college freshman schedule, but she quickly I fell in love with it. Eryn remembers sitting in her uncle’s pottery studio, watching him work, and she credits him as being the greatest influence on her work. She is inspired by the earth around her, and she emulates natural textures and colors in her surface designs.
Moni McKee
Ridgeland, MS
Clay
Sculpture
Guild member since 1980
Moni has been making her hand-sculpted angels and bunnies for over 25 years. She made decorative and functional pottery for years, then started making angels at Christmas and bunnies at Easter. Now she also makes nativity scenes, mermaids, and birds. Her tools are simple by design. She enjoys the primitive nature of working with clay by hand and with small tools. She combines an unglazed look with paint, sometimes sequins, ribbons, and fabrics. Each one of her figures is unique.
Kent Allen
Kent Allen
Enterprise, MS
Clay / Ceramics
Guild member since 1989
Kent works primarily with mid-range stoneware clay- wheel thrown, altered and hand-build additions to the basic vessel form. He uses glazes, vitreous slips, and non-fired pigments. His inspirations come from contemporary, old, and primitive art which put a spiritual aspect to his work. As far back as he can remember, he has painted, drawn, or sculpted. When he was about five, he scooped fresh cement from a road patch and quickly formed a human head. Since that time, he has gone through periods of intense work and periods of virtual hibernation. A former mental health professional and college art teacher, Kent now has more time to spend in his studio.
Anderson Square Studio
Anderson Square Studio
Laurel, MS
Metal /Jewelry: Guild member since 2011
Clay /Jewelry
Guild member since 2007