Masters of their crafts; Festival brings artisans from diverse fields to Worcester Center for Crafts.(LIVING)

Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | November 23, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Nancy Sheehan

For Russell Spillmann, the Worcester Center for Crafts' holiday festival is evergreen. Spillman, a clay artist from the tiny village of Homer in central New York, has been displaying his porcelain ware at Worcester craft center fairs since the early 1970s. It feels a little like coming home for the holidays.

"I would say that 75 percent of the people I sell to are repeat customers," he said. "It's like coming to see old friends."

That great craft-filled reunion takes place every year over Thanksgiving weekend. This year Spillmann will be among ...

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