Makers & Vendors
Meet the craftspeople behind the work. Every maker at Festival of Hands is juried, local, and making things by hand.
Spotlight Makers
Sierra Clay Co.
Elena Vasquez
Elena has been throwing stoneware in her Midtown studio for over a decade. Her work draws from the high-desert landscape — muted earth tones, raw textures, and forms that feel like they belong to the land.
Wheel-thrown stoneware, functional ware, sculptural vessels
High Desert Wood
Cal Brennan
Cal works exclusively with salvaged and locally sourced timber from the Sierra Nevada. Every piece carries the grain and history of its original tree.
Furniture, carved bowls, live-edge slabs
Basin & Range Textiles
Soo-Jin Park
Soo-Jin weaves on a floor loom using natural fibers and plant-based dyes sourced from the Great Basin. Her work is slow, deliberate, and deeply rooted in place.
Hand-woven blankets, scarves, natural dye workshops
Truckee Iron Works
Marcus Webb
Marcus learned blacksmithing from his grandfather and has been forging functional ironwork for 20 years. His pieces are built to last generations.
Forged tools, hardware, sculptural ironwork
Sierra Clay Co.
Elena Vasquez
Elena has been throwing stoneware in her Midtown studio for over a decade. Her work draws from the high-desert landscape — muted earth tones, raw textures, and forms that feel like they belong to the land.
Wheel-thrown stoneware, functional ware, sculptural vessels
High Desert Wood
Cal Brennan
Cal works exclusively with salvaged and locally sourced timber from the Sierra Nevada. Every piece carries the grain and history of its original tree.
Furniture, carved bowls, live-edge slabs
Basin & Range Textiles
Soo-Jin Park
Soo-Jin weaves on a floor loom using natural fibers and plant-based dyes sourced from the Great Basin. Her work is slow, deliberate, and deeply rooted in place.
Hand-woven blankets, scarves, natural dye workshops
Truckee Iron Works
Marcus Webb
Marcus learned blacksmithing from his grandfather and has been forging functional ironwork for 20 years. His pieces are built to last generations.
Forged tools, hardware, sculptural ironwork
Sage Leather Studio
Dani Okafor
Dani hand-stitches every piece using traditional saddle-making techniques. Her bags, wallets, and belts are built for daily use and designed to age beautifully.
Hand-stitched bags, wallets, belts, custom orders
Molten Basin Glass
Theo Nakamura
Theo has been blowing glass for 15 years. His work ranges from functional vessels to large-scale sculptural installations. Watching him work is an experience in itself.
Blown glass vessels, goblets, sculptural pieces
Flat Iron Press
Rosa Delgado
Rosa runs a one-woman letterpress and screen-printing studio out of a converted garage in South Reno. Her prints are bold, graphic, and unapologetically regional.
Letterpress, screen printing, limited-edition posters
Ore & Stone Jewelry
Amara Singh
Amara works with raw Nevada minerals — turquoise, obsidian, and petrified wood — set in hand-fabricated sterling silver. Every piece is a small piece of the desert.
Sterling silver, Nevada stone settings, wearable sculpture
Pinyon Pottery
Grace Littlefeather
Grace draws on her Paiute heritage to create hand-built ceramics that blend traditional forms with contemporary surface treatments. Her work is quiet, powerful, and deeply personal.
Hand-built ceramics, pit-fired vessels, traditional forms
Ridgeline Workshop
Pete Sorensen
Pete builds heirloom-quality furniture and small goods from Sierra Nevada hardwoods. His joinery is entirely hand-cut — no pocket screws, no shortcuts.
Hand-cut joinery furniture, cutting boards, wooden toys
Copper State Forge
Lena Marsh
Lena specializes in copper and bronze work — hand-raised vessels, decorative hardware, and wearable pieces that blur the line between craft and fine art.
Hand-raised copper vessels, bronze casting, decorative hardware
Desert Thread Co.
Yuki Tanaka
Yuki combines traditional Japanese shibori dyeing with Great Basin plant pigments to create one-of-a-kind textile art. No two pieces are ever the same.
Shibori dyeing, indigo, botanical pigments, wall hangings
Are You a Maker?
Applications for the inaugural Festival of Hands are open. We're looking for juried makers across all craft disciplines — if you make things by hand, we want to hear from you.