Brattleboro has four stops, among them a 19th-century church where Rick Neumann and Liza King of Neumann Studios create modern stained glass with medieval techniques of painting and firing on glass. Marlboro offers David and Michelle Holzapfel's Applewoods Studio and Furniture Gallery and a trio of wood-fired ceramic artists: Matthew Tell Pottery, Malcolm Wright's Turnpike Road Pottery, and Maya Zelkin Pottery. Near Wilmington, glassblower-sculptor Jennifer Violette shows off her work and the old barn her husband is converting into a hot shop and studio. In Whitingham, Todd Wahlstrom and Aysha Peltz of Town Hill Pottery built a pole barn for their studios and transformed a vintage camper into a gallery.
Martha Fitch, executive director of the Vermont Crafts Council, recalled the first event had 112 craftspeople. ''All we printed were names and addresses," she said in a phone interview. ''We just figured people would find them." Now the map includes names, addresses, phone numbers, numbered locations, and directions, and it's useful year-round.
Vermont Studio Tour presented by Vermont Crafts Council. 802-223-3380. www.vermontcrafts.com. May 27-28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Downloadable map available at website. JAN SHEPHERD
