Local Yokels
Folk Art by Cindy Gray
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I have been stitching and creating since I was a child.
I watched my mother and grandmothers do different types of handwork. I was greatly influenced by my grandmother who
was a strong willed wife of a farmer. That Luzerne County, Pennsylvania farm sparked
my passion of learning about the past and love of the land and nature. I continue to seek to learn more about what people
did day to day in the 18th and 19th centuries that were so different from the life I know. The folk art,
needlework, and toys made by women, by hand, by candlelight, some made for necessity others for creativity, all made with
love continue to inspire my own art. I strive to make unique original folk art, some traditional and some whimsical
always keeping in mind techniques and designs of those days gone by. All of my pieces are my own designs and patterns,
made by my hands. My work is made mainly from antique and vintage fabrics and most designs are one of a kind.
Stay young at heart,
Cindy Gray
My work has been shown in the
following publications:
-
The Collectors Magazine Dolls,
- Santa Claus Magazine
- Country Home
-
Southern Living Home For The Holiday
- Early American Homes Christmas 1998 as
part of The - Best Santas of the Year feature.
- Santa Claus Book Better Homes and Gardens 1999
- Early American
Life Christmas 2000.
My work has received the following recognition:
Early American Homes magazine each year
working with prominent museums compiles a listing of the top 200 traditional working craftsman.
I'm proud to
say I was selected as one of the artisans for seven years.
I had the honor of making a Santa ornament for the
White House Christmas tree in 1999
