The coolest artisans and crafters come to the West Virginia Renaissance Festival. Whether local or traveling, fine art or folk, you’ll find something for all tastes and every budget. Use the list as a guide and go right to what you want, or wander around the grounds and browse. You can’t go wrong!

Demonstrations

  • Tommy Carroll of Mountain Rain Forge — times TBA

Artisans

  • ABC Honey — Appalachian honey products
  • Alessandra Pisano Illustrations-original art and prints
  • Ancient Ateliers — GrecoRoman costumes
  • Basket Case — handmade baskets
  • Be Thy Hamster — self-propelled crushed ice drinks
  • Bee & Elephant — historical headwear
  • Black Mountain Clothiers — tribal costuming
  • By These Hands — children’s hats and infusions
  • The Candy Bar-hard candy
  • Celestial Cycles — readings and astrological pendants
  • The Coin Mint — medallions made for you
  • The Copper Hollow — copper garden art
  • Crow Moon Witchery — witchy hats and brooms
  • Crystal Mountain Oils and Incense
  • Dragon Ocarinas
  • Dragonspirations — sculpted dragons
  • Elvin Shimmer — elf ears, wands and horns
  • EmberWynter — fine fantasy jewelry
  • Faery and Tails — fairy garb
  • Forager’s Emporium — crochet costume and accessories
  • Foxfire Fancies
  • Froda Smida — armor
  • Greenwood Emporium — face painting
  • Gypsy Clay — fine pottery
  • Hand in Hand — psychic reader
  • The Hammered Spoon — upcycled materials jewelry and garden art
  • Iron Ladle — oils and vinegars
  • Karneval Masque — Venetian Masks
  • King Richard’s Flowers — flowers for your paramour
  • Legends and Lore — original fantasy novels
  • Let Them Eat Cake — cake in a jar
  • Lizard King Designs — Ears and tails
  • Lord of the Beak — bird whistles
  • Mahalakshmi Henna
  • Madame Marina’s Hair Braiding
  • Moonstruck Maple — syrup and cotton candy
  • Mountain Dragon Mazery — Mead
  • Mountain Rain Forge
  • Mountain Table — Coffee Roaster
  • Mugs and Woods — wooden mugs and products
  • Myth and Moonstone — candles
  • New Pterodactyl Leather — costuming and accessories
  • Not Just Rope — learn to make your own rope
  • The Oaken Wren  — circlets and tiaras
  • O’Sullivans Fur Shack
  • Oveja Negra Designs — leather, feathers and crystal accessories
  • Peasant’s Corner — costuming
  • Pepi’s Puzzle Rings —sterling silver puzzle rings and pewter pendants
  • Petal Ears Studio — pottery and beads
  • Phaedre’s Place — essential oils, amulets, driftwood
  • Puck’s Creations — pan horns, wings and wands
  • Regalia Braids — hair braiding
  • Resonant Media Art — original fantasy novels and crochet
  • Riding Raiders — Hungarian traditional saddles, bows and accessories
  • RPGMaille — chain mail
  • Rugged History Beard Co — beard care products
  • Saga of Antler and Bone — bone carvings and jewelry
  • Shade Metals — jewelry castings of flower forms in precious metals
  • Skyn & Bones — leather armor
  • Starfire Swords
  • Stellariv Books — handbound journals and original art
  • Sticks Stones and Broken Bones — walking sticks and drinking horns
  • SunShades — parasols
  • Swords by Alan Meek
  • Toon Brian — caricature artist
  • Travelling Leather — belts and bags
  • The Two Tinkers — fine art, elf ears, henna, wire wrapped jewelry
  • Uncommon Adornments — silver jewelry
  • Vikings of Eclipse — shoulder pets
  • The Wandering Willow — gemstones, jewelry and geodes
  • The Wandering Wordsmith Book Shoppe — original fantasy novels
  • Wee Warriors — wooden swords and shields
  • WV MountainEars — ear cuffs and earrings
  • Wylde Hare — fairy hair and hair art
  • Wyldercraft & Embers — natural fibers clothing and crafted native wood
  • Wyrd Armouries — leather and weapons
  • WyredWorks — wire sculpture and adornments

Plus face painting, hair braiding, and henna!