Randy Snyder, has recently joined the Artisans' Co-op as a potter specializing in RAKU. Raku translates to mean enjoyment, contentment, pleasure and happiness according to Randy and that is what you will feel when you first view his elegant vases and containers with their sophisticated shapes and their matte to metallic finishes.
Randy got hooked on throwing pots while in high school and kept throwing them through his college years and part-time while trying various career avenues. He finally decided that the thing he loved to do was pottery and has been a full time artist for the last 15 years.
He also teaches at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts and in Rohnert Park.

Christine Schreier is also a new member of the Artisans' Co-op and our only doll maker. She was born and raised in Germany and was engaged in "handwork" from an early age, however the genesis of her doll making started in 1976 when she created one for her child for Christmas. Her style and technique improved and soon she started selling in Zurich. The family moved to California and then to Florida and Tennessee and back to California with other adventures in between. During this time, Christine continued to perfect her art and sell it.
Christine has has several styles of dolls on display and ready for new homes at the Co-op. The dolls include gnomes, finger puppets, forest folk and the sweetest cuddly dolls you will ever see.