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is producing beautiful and detailed limited edition works of art as furniture, wooden garden objects, trays, frames, bowls and many other items, reminiscent of a day in the countryside.
Mrs. Huber designs the artwork to be painted on the items and Mr. Huber produces them with help from Bob Lucking and Joe Hulgus, a woodworker from Paris, Va. Mr. Lucking has a woodshop in Sperryville. Mr. Huber and Mr. Hulgus work at the woodshop in Flint Hill. That woodshop is also home to two roosters who strut around the floor, oblivious to the noise of the power tools.
The Hubers weave many hints at folktales and dreams into their work. Many of the trays have a whimsical saying handpainted around the edge, sometimes in Frehch. A lot of the scenery has to do with living up against the mountains, said Mrs. Huber. (The Hubers live “up against a mountain” in Sperryville, where they moved from Baltimore this spring). Two of their trays, one of lavender fields in Provence and an “animal picnic tray” style, are sold in the upscale Neiman Marcus catalog.
The paintings are very detailed and time consuming, but the Hubers have lots of help in their Flint Hill studio. They moved here knowing that a lot of artists lived in Rappahannock, hoping that their business could help support artists here.
Local artists Lorraine Duisit and Barbara Sherwood do much of the painting, which can be done either at the studio or in their homes. Mrs. Sherwood chooses to do her work at home, so she can more easily fit the work in with her already busy schedule as a gardener, wife, and mother of three boys.
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