Locally Handcrafted Fine Arts and Accessories

Featured Artisan Dana Pitchon Red rose photograph on aluminum

While browsing our fine furniture selection at the Made In Pescadero Furniture Gallery, you will find a beautiful array of handmade products by local artisans. Our constantly evolving collection includes Lamps and Lighting, Turned Wood Products, Fine Art, Ceramics, Photography and more. Most of these items are one-of-a-kind and of the highest quality.

On display you may find Fred Frabroni's wood turned accessories and other fine and funky objects de arte (Fred is 90 years old!), ceramics including ceramic lamps from Joel Magen of Davenport, pastel paintings by Erika Perloff of Pescadero, and photographs on aluminum and archival prints from Dana Pitchon of La Honda. Most of the works you find in our gallery can be packed and shipped for immediate delivery. Many artisans are also available to create unique items to suit your personal tastes and vision.

Currently Showing at Made In Pescadero

Lamps and Lighting

Hubbardton Forge (Vermont) – Hand forged iron lamps. The country’s oldest contemporary commercial forge, committed to creating distinctive, high quality wrought-iron lighting and accessories.
James and Cindy Searles (Colorado) – Wood and ceramic lamps. Cindy and James Searles are ceramic and woodworking artists who have recently moved from the community of Santa Cruz to the Rockies of Colorado.
Joel Magen (Davenport) – Handmade ceramic lamps produced in his Davenport studio.

Knowing that people will be living with and using the pottery that I make with my hands is quite an honor for me. I like the work to have a nice balance and feel, with colors that are soft and pleasant to the eye, to fit into any room or use. –Joel Magen

Ceramics

Joel Magen (Davenport) – Handmade ceramics produced in his Davenport studio.
Cindy Searles (Colorado) – Maker of fine ceramic and wood and ceramic tile boxes, mirrors and more with her husband James Searles.
Nancy Quickert (Moss Beach) – Nancy makes puts that are useful, easy to handle and durable. "I want a pot to be easy to handle so that even with the weight of what it holds, it still feels comfortable."
Tom Shuman (Pescadero) – Tom is a local artisan producing beautiful stoneware bowls and vases.
Randall Reid (Half Moon Bay)
Catherine Henry (Montara)

Wood Turning and Other Wood Objects

Bill Caprasecca – Wood turned bowls.
Robert Bley – Wood turned bowls, specializing in "natural edge with bark on".
John Tyler (Pescadero) – Specializing in large scale, hand carved and all styles in turned bowl.
Fred Fraboni – (90 years old!) Wood turned accessories among other fine and funky objects de arte.

My business card reads "painter-printmaker" but in truth it should read "experimental artist". I work in series, each one morphing into another. –Denise Marks

Fine Art

Denise Marks (Pescadero) – Pastels, acrylics, collage and printing. Denise's exciting works on paper result from combining transparent printing inks with collage, texture, brush and pencil work. Her works are one-of-a-kind creations.
Erika Perloff (Pescadero) – Pastel plein air painter. Erika's work draws heavily on her background as a naturalist. From daily immersion in the landscape she has absorbed the colors and moods of nature. 
Ben Hernandez (San Gregorio) – Watercolor.
Andre Nobrega (La Honda) – Plein air painter.
Rosanna Petralia (Pescadero) – Pen and ink, charcoal, acrylics, collage.
Serena Di Pinto (Santa Cruz) – Acrylic abstract landscapes. The intense landscape and hues of California's Central Coast inspires Serena. Her unique gift for color, depth and perspective comes from studying with the masters in Europe and the United States. 
Julia Seelos (Redwood City) – Acrylic plein air painter.
Jack McKinnon (Pescadero) – Watercolors.
Gregg Moore (Santa Cruz) – Acrylics.

When I bring life to my photographs through the use of light, composition, and form, I know I've succeeded in making a worthy piece of art. –David Wong

Photography

Dana Pitchon (La Honda) – Photographs on aluminum and archival prints. Dana has been exhibiting her work in Prague, Boston, Tampa, and now the Bay Area for the last 38 years. Today, she continues to sell prints and photographic greeting cards.
David Wong (Pescadero) – Stunning scenes from the coast and nature.
Steve Wasylko (Santa Cruz) – Coastal scenes.
Chuck Clark (part time coastal resident) – Nature photographer, some on coasters and tiles.