{"id":38035,"date":"2022-10-06T00:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T06:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmington-makers-market-winds-up-with-major-turnout\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:41:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:41:54","slug":"farmington-makers-market-winds-up-with-major-turnout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmington-makers-market-winds-up-with-major-turnout\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmington Makers Market winds up with major turnout"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rebecca
Rebecca Rafferty of Rafferty Creations shows one her works to a customer. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The downtown Makers Market at Orchard Park in Farmington, held every Thursday and Friday from June to October, wound up its summer season Saturday with the Southwest Apple and Chile Fest at the Civic Center.<\/p>\n

Coordinator Flo Trujillo reported the 1,856 people attended. As president of the Northwest New Mexico Arts Council, Trujillo serves the committee chair for the increasingly popular event, which began in 2015.<\/p>\n

Roger Nelson Jr. said he was inspired by COVID-19 to begin his innovative sculptures, utilizing items from nature: tree branches, rocks, etc. After cooking in local restaurants for years and losing a lower leg to diabetes, Nelson turned to his creative side.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got no help from the state except for food stamps, so all I do is \u2026 for my income,\u201d he said. Using rocks collected by his mother from the reservation, along with two buckets from the beach she visited in New Jersey, he uses super glue, Loctite and resin for his artwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cI keep them at a fair price,\u201d Nelson said, at $15 to $40.<\/p>\n

\"Deanna
Deanna Hentz named her business Holistic Joy, based in part on her belief her necklaces and bracelets, made of crystals, malachite, tiger eye and jade, transmit healing energy. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Deanna
Deanna Hentz holds one of her creations. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cheri
Cheri Marie Martinez is assisted by T.J. Young, showing her Elvis costume. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Elizabeth
Elizabeth Flores, who moved to Farmington four weeks ago, has been crocheting for \u201ca very long time.\u201d David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Arts Council volunteer Donna Hensley shows off the Makers Market T-shirt. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mike
Mike Prince, who said he has been painting for just six months, was completing a picture of a skull. He said he already found a buyer. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Roger
Roger Nelson Jr. proudly offers his \u201cnature art.\u201d (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Patrick
Patrick Rafferty of Rafferty Creations mans a Makers Market booth. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"T.J.
T.J. Young said his goat milk soap lasts many times longer than most and \u2013 it\u2019s all-natural. (David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald)<\/span>David Edward Albright\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Elizabeth Flores, who recently relocated to Farmington from El Paso to be near family, displayed crochet caps, shawls and throws.<\/p>\n

Artist Rebecca Rafferty of Kirtland displayed her paintings and silver, bronze and copper jewelry; along with hardwoods such as honey locust inlaid with mother of pearl.<\/p>\n

Rafferty\u2019s husband, Patrick, works alongside her. \u201cI\u2019ve been tinkering with this for about a year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Middle school librarian Yolanda Lopez and retired teacher Lisa Christian\u2019s booth overflowed with handmade aprons, grocery bag holders, T-shirts, baby quilts, scarfs, bandannas, gnomes and travel shoe bags. They were priced at $5 to $25.<\/p>\n

Deana Garcia offered clay jewelry, and her mother displayed crocheted clothing and accessories.<\/p>\n

T.J. Young, a recent Farmington transplant, has been making candles for about four years and goat milk-based soaps for a year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came here from Durango, via Texas via Arizona,\u201d Young chuckled, as The Doors song Roadhouse Blues<\/em> blasted the familiar chorus \u201cLet it roll\u201d on his mini-speaker.<\/p>\n

Born in Durango, Young quickly acclimated to the area.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love it. I was being real reserved about my opinion of the people, of the place,\u201d Young said. \u201cBut now I\u2019m getting out and about and getting to know people. This place is amazing \u2013 the most down-to-earth people, the friendliest you could ever hope to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cherie Marie Martinez, a Cedar Hill resident, sold jewelry and baked treats at her booth. She talked about the process of making an Elvis costume for her now-deceased husband. Working over a year-and-a-half, she meticulously glued every bead, sewed each stone and ironed the wing design.<\/p>\n

Her husband wore the outfit five times for their musical act, Cherie Marie and the Money Tree. \u201cHe played the guitar, and I did a little keyboard,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mike Prince, who said he has been painting for just six months, was completing a picture of a skull. He said he had already found a buyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI typically do portraits, but then Halloween\u2019s coming up, so I wanted to try still life and found a good picture of this skull,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prince, with buffed biceps, said he planned to compete in the Aztec Highland Games on the weekend. \u201cMy favorite event is definitely the Hammer Toss.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rosita Lewis of Shiprock displayed her beadwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been beading all my life \u2026 and these are made out of size 15 beads (very tiny) and that\u2019s why they have more designs on them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Local authors, including Lee Pierce, Jack Yerby, Gloria O\u2019Shields, Anthony Bartley, Roberta Summers, Vicky Ramakka and Terry Nichols, were represented at another table<\/p>\n

O\u2019Shields\u2019 recent novel, Quinn\u2019s Quest<\/em>, is based on \u201can idea I got in my head about a woman and the funny things she does to get her life back together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nichols, a retired ranger from Aztec Ruins National Park, had completed her first book, The Dreaded Cliff<\/em>, which is geared to children ages 8 to 12.<\/p>\n

\u201cFlo the pack rat, lost, has fallen into a strange canyon, and she needs to get home to the dreaded cliff, where an invader has taken over the ancestral pack rat home,\u201d Nichols said.<\/p>\n

The Northwest New Mexico Growers Alliance partnered to provide food and produce at the Orchard Park venue.<\/p>\n

And a local band kept the waves of festivalgoers moving through the booths of artists, artisans, musicians and vendors.<\/p>\n

The Sandstoners<\/a> played country covers and originals at 5 p.m. The quartet of Deborah Baker, Scott Harden, Ian Rutter and Mike Easterling, focusing on the \u201ceccentricities of life in the Four Corners,\u201d covered artists such as Jason Isbell, Ryan Adams, John Haitt, Kate Bush and Bob Dylan. They also have recorded a second demo of original tunes.<\/p>\n

The day was capped by an Art in the Alley Walking Tour of colorful, eye-catching paintings on buildings.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like them to thrive,\u201d Trujillo said, regarding local artists, artisans, musicians and vendors.<\/p>\n

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