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Elisa Mason
![Mason using a kistka (tool used to apply lines of hot wax) in creating a pysanky egg. Mason using a kistka (tool used to apply lines of hot wax) in creating a pysanky egg.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MFA.2016.0015-1-1024x927.jpg)
Mason is a native of Pensacola, Florida, but has been living in Mississippi since 1991. In the late ...
Bill Mason
![Bill Mason (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Bill Mason (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Goertzen-W.jpg.FI_-1024x935.jpg)
Bill Mason grew up in Gulfport. He joined the Navy after high school, then attended The University o...
Edward Jones
![Edward Jones working on a specially commissioned miniature house in his workshop near Pattison, Mississippi. Edward Jones working on a specially commissioned miniature house in his workshop near Pattison, Mississippi.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MH-4-20-2004_30.FI_-1024x863.jpg)
Although he has been a resident of Mississippi for only three years, Edward Jones has made the build...
Bessie Johnson
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Bessie Johnson is a native of the Tibbee community just south of West Point. Both of her parents wer...
Larry House
![Metal worker Larry House at his home studio in Picayune. Metal worker Larry House at his home studio in Picayune.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo-13-706x1024.jpg)
Larry House is a master blacksmith living and working in Picayune. His studio, Dragon’s Watch Forg...
Colby Horton
![Colby Horton (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Colby Horton (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Goertzen-Horton-Colby-Horton.FI_-823x1024.jpg)
Colby Horton has always loved music and finds building fine guitars very satisfying. He lives in Tip...
Bill Holland
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Bill Holland was born in Biloxi, Mississippi in 1946 and grew up in its Back Bay neighborhood. The a...
Greg Harkins
![Chairmaker Greg Harkins in his workshop near Vaughan, Mississippi (all photos of Proctor and his work by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Chairmaker Greg Harkins in his workshop near Vaughan, Mississippi (all photos of Proctor and his work by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MFA.2016.0009.jpg.zz1_-665x1024.jpg)
Chairmaker Greg Harkins of Vaughn, Mississippi builds rockers and straight chairs from local woods i...
Milton Gross
Milton Gross of Sardis comes from a family known for its basket making, though he is the last active...
Tammy Greer
![Tammy Greer (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Tammy Greer (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Goertzen-Greer-portrait-2-1024x920.jpg)
Tammy Greer, a member of Southeastern Louisiana’s United Houma Nation, was born in New Orleans. He...
M.B. Green
![M.B. Green of Louin playing one of his custom made banjoes. M.B. Green of Louin playing one of his custom made banjoes.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MFA.2016-3-842x1024.jpg)
Master instrument builder M. B. Green was born in Soso (Jones County) in 1930, into a family of farm...
Clifford Gipson
![Clifford Gipson (photo by Melanie Young for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Clifford Gipson (photo by Melanie Young for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_2815FI-851x1024.jpg)
I arrive at Mr. Gipson’s place of residence at approximately 4 pm. Canterbury Crest is an assisted...