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May 26--DUSHORE -- The Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains held their 21st Annual Arts and Crafts Show over the Memorial Day weekend at the Dushore Railroad Station, featuring artists from all over Northeast Pennsylvania and Upstate New York.

Lorraine Lewis, president of the Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains, said that there was a very good turnout this weekend for this year's show, which she said was one of the largest years vendor-wise.

The Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains group is made up of more than 40 artisans and craftspeople who make handcrafted items, she said.

"The organization was formed for the promotion and protection of art and the people that work in it," Lewis said.

At the show over the weekend, there were close to 30 artisans; around half were members of the Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains, while some of the others were prospective new members, Lewis said.

The artisans in the group come from many different counties, including Bradford, Sullivan, Tioga, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Clinton, Susquehanna, Wyoming, North Umberland and Lycoming counties in Pennsylvania, and Broome, Stueben and Chemung counties in New York, she said, adding that their arts range from pottery, painting, candle making and jewelry to quilting, wood working, basket making and foods.

One of the artisans at the event makes pine needle baskets, Lewis said, something that people don't see often anymore. However, along with the older arts, there are also newer arts that come into the group, she said.

"Things are continuously changing," Lewis said, adding that glasswork has been becoming more popular, along with people making eco-friendly items -- refurbishing old items, repurposing others and making art out of recycled materials.

Ann Smith was one of the artisans at the event who was selling crafts made of recycled materials, including light bulbs that had been painted to look like cows, candles in old spice tins, old records made into bowls and 45s made into coasters, and jean pockets, old bottles, horseshoes, and other materials transformed into other crafts.

"It's better than throwing them away," Smith said.

Another artisan at the event was Millie Hollenback of Lake Wesauking, who was selling jams, jellies and relishes.

Hollenback said she had always made the food items for her family and family gatherings, and after a family member suggested she begin selling the items three or four years ago, she said she decided to start taking her wares to craft shows.

Her line of products includes 50-60 varieties of jams, jellies and relishes made mostly from fresh produce, and Hollenback said she has a lot of fun making the products.

Though they started out making and selling jewelry, Barbara Cunningham and Mike Wysocke had no jewelry at their booth: only soaps, lotions and other body products.

Cunningham said that they began going to art shows with handmade glass fusion jewelry, and also had a few bars of soap at their booth. Eventually the soap business, now called Sassy Albert Soap Co., grew so much that they began selling only all-natural soap products.

Wysocke first got into making the soap products because he had worked as a chef. He had always bought soap as gifts for people, and being a chef, he said he figured out how to make soaps and soap products himself.

"I went from tasting to smelling," Wysocke said jokingly.

The soap products are all natural, and many are made with essential oils, which they distill themselves, he said.

Cunningham, an herbologist, said she used to work at a health food store in Oregon, and when she came back to the area, she said she couldn't find many of the products she was used to getting. She started to buy plants and herbs and began learning different recipes with them, taking classes and even beginning to grow plants and herbs herself.

She has seen some of the herbal products they sell work to heal people's skin problems, which is very rewarding for her to see, she said.

The Craftsmen of the Endless Mountains hold four art and craft shows each year: the Memorial Day weekend show, a Fourth of July weekend show, a Labor Day weekend show, and a show held on the first weekend in October.

The Fourth of July weekend's 33rd Annual Arts and Crafts Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 4 and 5 at the Dushore Railroad Station, on Railroad Street. Admission and parking are free and the event is held rain or shine.

Tiffany Peden may be reached at (570) 888-9652; e-mail: reviewvalley@thedailyreview.com.

Credit: The Daily Review, Towanda, Pa.

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