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Chuck and Janet Brome of Warren County. Coffee and end tables, handmade by Bahr Kinzer, woodworker from Hume who is Rush River's newest member, grace the adjoining display room that once was the dulcimer shop. Wooden spoons, bowls, dippers and other “treenware” fashioned by Roger Sandstrum from Missouri and corn hearth brooms made by Larry Pierson of Abingdon, both old friends of the Kramers', also have been added in the little side room.
The old members still have many fine examples of their art on display as well. Bockman’s oil paintings, water colors and woodblock prints grab the eye's attention. The unusual sky blues and earthy browns of June Jordan's pottery glow against the dark wood background of Rush River's century-old shelves.
Bockman and Beyer have stocked an entire comer with quilting supplies: how-to books, thread, frames, patterns and bolts and bolts of cloth. Handsewn items of apparel are also displayed in the quilter’s comer.
The little side room holds Peter Kramer’s furniture, craftsmanship that has won national acclaim and has been featured in articles in the Washington Post, the Star, Southern Living and a host of other magazines and periodicals.
And Joyce Kramer still has her books—paperbacks and hardbounds, many related to crafts, others to country living, covering a wide range of subjects from identifying wild flowers to the principles of solar heating.
She's also added a section devoted entirely to local authors. Rush River has James J. Kilpatrick's “Foxes Union" and his collaboration with Gene McCarthy, “A Political Beastiary,"; McCarthy’s books of poetry and children's books; Sheila
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