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.
Lil McKinnion-Hicks
Lil McKinnion-Hicks
New Orleans, LA
Metal
Jewelry
Guild member since 2006
When asked about her work, Lil says “While every piece is different, they all have one thing in common: whether you choose to wear them for a single season or several generations, they’re to be worn, lived in, and delighted every time you put them on.” Lil has studied both gold-smithing and silver-smithing at several prestigious schools and with renowned artists. Her work is currently shown in galleries in Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
Holly Holton
Holly Holton
Canton, MS
Metal
Member since 2023
Holly has had an obsession with beautiful, unusual rocks for most of her life. After attending the Mississippi Gem and Mineral show in Jackson as a middle school student, she developed a love for stones. She now is the Educational Chair of the club. Holly teaches at least 2 classes a month for the Mississippi Gem and Mineral Society. Her biggest influencers are her parents and daughters. Holly says that the stones she chooses let her know what they want to be dressed in and that is how she is influenced to design.
Bobby L. Howard
Bobby L. Howard
Brandon, MS
Metal
Knives
Guild member since 1996
Bobby's work is based on traditional knives, made by knife-makers and blacksmiths, when knives were essential tools used in everyday living. His designs are his interpretation of how a knife should look, feel, and perform. He adds folk art features to some knives to make them special one of a kind. The blades are hand forged from round or flat bar stock high carbon steel. The heat source for forging is a gas or coal forge. The blades are forges on old anvils used by blacksmiths of a time gone. His welded Damascus steel knives are made by forge welding different types of steel together to develop steel with contrasting patterns as the layers are ground through. The Damascus steel blade is etched in acid to reveal the contrasting layers of steel.
Jennifer Hyatt
Jennifer Hyatt
Memphis, TN
Metal
Sculpture
Guild member since 2005
Storytelling is one of the most important keys to Jennifer's metal designs. Much of her art falls under the category of faces, figures, and scenes. Each of these pieces holds a story. Toys, folk tales, playing cards, and a childhood memory of surrealist paintings play an important part in her art images. Scenes from the theater, film, and details from religious icons inspire her window pieces. Mardi Gras and Carnival led her to masks and faces. Any found piece of iron becomes a challenge, a puzzle in reverse. Jennifer finds the bits and pieces, and it's up to her to discover the art within them. Jennifer has a BA in Theater and Media Arts from Rhodes College. Her early love of theater led to costume design, which in turn brought her to jewelry and then to iron.
Pat Juneau
Pat Juneau
Scott, LA
Metal
Sculpture
Guild member since 1985
Pat and Susanne were the first “out-of-state” members of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, and they’re proud of that distinction. They are also proud of their work- big steel sculpture for Pat and jewelry for Susanne. Self-taught, Susanne uses silver, copper, and bronze, along with some enamel, to make her beautiful jewelry. Pat works with steel and paints steel to make his flowers, musicians, and whatever comes to his mind. They have both been practicing their craft for over 30 years. They have appeared in various publications.
Charles Lee King
Charles Lee King
Yazoo City, MS
Metal, Wood
Accessories
Guild member since 2011
What makes someone want to make a bowl of the ugliest material he can find? Chick does and he continually looks for that type of material. He loves to make something pretty and unusual out of something ugly and discarded. Chick has always liked sculptures, but all you can do with a sculpture is look at it. So, as he makes his bowls, little sculptures always in the back of his mind. His bowl sculptures can be used as utilitarian items around the house. He makes one of a kind bowls, letting the character in the wood define the item. Chick enjoys both metal and wood. He uses old wood with character and old rusty metal to give his bowls their unique look.
Alan Kolodny
Alan Kolodny
Jackson, MS
Metal, Fiber
Jewelry
Guild member since 2010
As a child, Alan was taught to crochet and worked in the fine thread. He even helped put himself through college and seminary by making and selling crocheted angels and other ornaments. He got interested in the dying art of tatting and “took to it like a fish out of water.” He has won none blue ribbons at the Mississippi State Fair. In addition to his own work, Alan likes to participate via the internet with a larger community of people all over the world who are striving to preserve the art of tatting.
Laura Glen Lawson
Laura Glen Lawson
Ruston, LA
Metal: Jewelry
Guild member since 2000
Laura Glen is a creative jewelry maker whose love of nature’s graceful beauty is expressed through the art of sculpting various gauges of metals into unique pieces of jewelry. She uses gemstones and other objects to add color and create balance and harmony between metal and stone in a fluid, rhythmic, organic style. She travels a multi-state area participating in various shows and festivals and has won several awards. She has been interviewed by Louisiana Public Radio and has been featured in newspapers and magazines. A member of the Louisiana Craft Guild and the North Central Louisiana Arts Council, as well as the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, Laura Glen resides in a log home in the pine hills of North Louisiana with her husband who is a wildlife artist.
Christina Lemon
Christina Lemon
Statesboro, GA
Metal
Mixed Media
Categories: Jewelry
Member since 2022
Christina’s work features one-of-a-kind, limited edition and production series designs in sterling silver, copper, enamel, gemstones and pearl accents.
Thomas Lemons
Thomas Lemons
Tupelo, MS
Metal
Member since 2022
Thomas has been crafting full time since 2014. His craft differs from typical custom light builders. The most important part of building custom lighting creations is capturing the history of the item. Thomas draws most of his inspiration from antique/vintage items. His shop has a large collection of vintage items some over 100 years old.
Ann O’Brien
Ann O’Brien
Abita Springs, LA
Metal
Jewelry
Guild member since 2007
The Ann O’Brien jewelry is handcrafted in both sterling wire and 14k gold wire. All of the pieces are hand twisted 10 or 20 gauge silver or gold wire finished by soldering, artistically hammering, and then polishing. Although Ann passed away in 2006 from cancer, her husband and her assistant decided to keep her dream alive by using her sketchbook designs to create jewelry with the quality and craftsmanship that was her hallmark. Her studio remains open and her work continues.
Tim Pace
Tim Pace
Finger, TN
Metal
Metal
Guild member since 2004
Tim is a metal sculpture artist working in the medium of found art. Found art is using an object that already exists and turning it into art. He designs and created natural and painted pieces by welding together recycled metals. He tried to retain the shape of the object, to keep it recognizable. His materials range from auto parts to toys, cutlery to industrial scrap. If it can be welded, he uses it. Each piece is unique, created one-of-a-kind, and is signed and numbered. The sizes range from tabletop to eight feet tall and include and assortment of people, animals, flowers, insects, and abstracts.
Barbara and Dean Parks
Barbara & Dean Parks
Clinton, MS
Metal (Silver)/Stones
Jewelry
Guild member since 1979
Barbara and Dean work together and almost every piece of jewelry has input from both them. Most of their pieces have a semiprecious gem stone as a focal point. The metal surrounding the stone is sawed, filed, hammered, and individually applied, so that each piece has its own character and is slightly different from any other piece. The Parks’ silver designs tend to have strong geometric lines, clean contemporary, and abstract shapes.
Roger Pearson
Roger Pearson
Clinton, MS
Metal
Fly Tying
Guild member since 2009
Roger uses feathers, thread, animal fur, and a galaxy of other materials in the intricate art of fly tying. He ties flies for all kinds of fish, from bass to bluegills, salmon to redfish to tarpon. The results are elaborate, festive little works of art, good for attracting fishermen as well as fish. Roger’s flies are so attractive they have even been used as tree ornaments at Christmas, and he has some in display cases inscribed with the legend, “In case of fishing emergency, break glass.”
Bill Pevey
Bill Pevey
Crystal Springs, MS
Metal
Blacksmithing
Guild member since 2006
Bill grew up with blacksmith tools around him. His grandfather did metal work and later passed his anvil, leg vise, tongs, and forge to Bill’s father. As a member of the Mississippi Forge Council, he has the opportunity to demonstrate several times a year at the Agricultural and Forestry Museum for people who have never seen a blacksmith at work. “It gives me a great pleasure,” he says, “to tell them the history of blacksmithing while I am making a piece of hardware the way it was made 200 years ago. Working with red hot steel does not give you much time what you are going to do next, so you have to plan ahead to get the desired outcome. I think this is one of the main reasons I am drawn to the fire.”