Some of our faves at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket

Kimberlyn Bloise plays her musical mug at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Kimberlyn Bloise plays her musical mug at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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Recycled bomber from Can Do Planes, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Recycled bomber from Can Do Planes, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

By Kevin Coughlin

We’ll never look at a beer can quite the same way again.

Sompit Xia and her husband, retired Boeing engineer Shao Lin Xia, have been recycling their neighbors’ aluminum into fighter jets, World War II bombers, hot rods and angels. The kind you hang in your window.

The North Carolina couple are among more than 150 artisans from 25 states selling their wares at the 40th annual Morristown CraftMarket.  The juried show runs through Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016, at the Morristown Armory. Tickets are $10, and proceeds benefit charities of the Kiwanis Club of Randolph.

Every year the CraftMarket features jewelry, leather goods, ceramics, metal, glass, wood, furniture, mixed media and wearable fiber… along with surprises like the Xias’ Can Do Planes.

Slideshow photos by Kevin Coughlin

Kimberlyn Bloise plays her musical mug at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Kimberlyn Bloise demonstrates her Musical Ceramic at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Kimberlyn Bloise performs with her musical mug at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Recycled bomber from Can Do Planes, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Sompit Xia of Can Do Planes with aluminum angels at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Chelsea Bird Designs at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Chelsea Bird of Pawtucket, R.I., makes her first appearance at the Morristown CraftMarket, in 2016. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Creation by Ellen Silberlicht of Honesdale, PA,at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Sculpture by Ellen Silberlicht of Honesdale, PA,at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Artwork by Christabel Aidala of Branchville at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Ellen Silberlicht of Honesdale, PA, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlinat the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Ceramics by Christabel Aidala of Branchville at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlinat the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Morristown photographer Barry Hollritt at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Krista Coughlan, left, show, publicist, with longtime shopper Rebecca Feldman at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Shopper tries on one of John Flemming's New Orleans masks at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
'Jewelry 10' creation by Cynthia Chuang and Erh-Ping Tsai of Locust Valley, NY, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
'Jewelry 10' by Cynthia Chuang and Erh-Ping Tsai of Locust Valley, NY, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Shopper checks out from the Fountain & Sculpture Garden of Marty Silveman, from Jackson, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
A fountain from the Fountain & Sculpture Garden of Marty Silveman, from Jackson, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Agnieszka Winograd of White Lake, NY, shows her jewelry to customers at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Agnieszka Winograd of White Lake, NY, holds mirror for customer at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Barbara Poole of B Felt, from Lowell, MA, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Woodstock Mobiles by Ursula and Bud Scheffel, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Seragraph by Robert Bodman of Studio in the Sky, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Bernardsville native Robert Bodman of Studio in the Sky, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Nell Mercier of Dedham, MA, with her oil-painted miniatures, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Nell Mercier Miniatures--tiny oil paintings--at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlinat the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Recycled angels from Can Do Planes, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Sompit Xia of Can Do Planes at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Beer cans recycled by Can Do Planes, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Mountain Dew bomber from Can Do Planes, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Silk art from Lee Dodoo at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Lee Dodoo, an immigrant from Ghana, displays his silk art at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Gina Moran of Morris Arts prepares for Halloween, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Art by Karen Hibbs of New Haven, CT, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Nancy and Charles Kirkpatrick of One Good Turn in Haddon Heights at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Wood creations of Nancy and Charles Kirkpatrick of One Good Turn in Haddon Heights, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlinat the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Hand-tinted sluggers by Susan Bock of Virginia, at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
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Their eye-catching mobiles range from $10 to $300.  For the record, it takes a dozen beer cans to create a replica B-29. And maybe a few bandages.  Does Sompit ever slice her fingers creating these little masterpieces?

“Sometimes!” she confessed.  Artists must suffer for their recycled art.

Kimberlyn Bloise plays her musical mug at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin
Kimberlyn Bloise plays her musical mug at the 2016 Morristown CraftMarket. Photo by Kevin Coughlin

Also new to the show, and equally novel: Musical Ceramics, by Kimberlyn Bloise of Pittsburgh.

The saxophonist merged her passion for music with sculpting. The result: Coffee mugs that double as wind instruments.

So you can get good and caffeinated, and then compose a symphony… toot sweet!

 

 

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