Fred Moore

Fred's been making stuff since he was little.

Fred ditched a career in engineering to make steel sculptures.

Fred lives on Isle of Palms and is inspired by the land and sea.

Fred uses 14-16 gauge scrap metal then allows it to rust naturally.

If Fred isn't in his metal shop, rest assured he's out sailing.

Heather Martinez

Charleston artist Heather Martinez has always been attracted to vivid colors, intricate patterns and details.

She creates her original polymer clay designs using an ancient glass making technique known as milefiori (thousand flowers.

First Heather makes translucent canes, which are then applied to glass to achieve a luminous effect.
 

Samantha Long

Samantha Long grew up in South Carolina, coloring, drawing, painting and creating. She attended the College of Charleston and transferred to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where she graduated with a BFA in painting. Sam made props in the theatrical properties department for The Juilliard School and The New York Public Theatre; painted murals and repaired displays for the Guinness World Records Museum in the Empire State Building and Niagara Falls, Canada; and was a scenic artist for Spoleto USA and Maine State Music Theatre.

Emily Kirby

Emily Kirby remembers painting at a young age with one grandmother and learning to sew purses with her other grandmother. Her creativity grew into a love for decorating, which led her to study interior design at the University of Georgia. She quickly fell in love with the textures, patterns, and color selection associated with her job and decided to take that passion in a new direction with graphic design. Today she owns Texture Design Co. and lives in Charleston. 

Coreyanna

Coreyanna is a Charleston-born and bred local artist who has a deep appreciation for the Low Country life. She developed an early love for the sea through a childhood spent exploring the beaches on the Isle of Palms.  Raised in a creative household with talented artist-parents, it was hard not to pick up some of her own skills along the way. Her passion for art lead her to attend the College of Charleston where her interests flourished as she learned other artistic mediums and skills. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art and afterward, spent a year sharing her artwork with others, traveling around the country setting up her outdoor art installations and she won several competitions along the way.  Today, teaming up with her parents, Coreyanna has focused her talents on running a successful shop, Indigo, located in Charleston, S.C. At Indigo, you will find Coreyanna's ever-expanding artistic offerings among the shelves which are chock-full of colorful local art, gifts, and home accessories. When Coreyanna isn’t running the shop, she is creating new art, playing in her veggie garden with her kitties, or sailing on the beautiful Charleston Harbor with her fiance'! 

Renee

I'm Renee - the creative mind behind Island Haus Co! I was born and raised in a small German town in Indiana and attended the Savannah College of Art & Design in Savannah, Georgia- which is where my true love for the south really began. My husband and I are now living in Charleston, South Carolina (Daniel Island to be exact) with our fur baby Olivia. 

Island Haus Co. started as a creative haven to design coastal prints that could fill our home. It has become a true labor of love mixing my passion for watercolor print design along with making my house an inviting coastal bungalow. You may notice throughout my designs, and even my business name, an occasional tribute to my roots. Growing up in a small German town has left me with fond memories of dirndls, dachshunds and especially our very first haus. When I'm not out enjoying the beaches, the courses, or the fantastic Charleston restaurants, you'll find me in my home studio working on our next coastal print.  

MacBailey

Rich and Clara Bailey met in the fall of 2008.  Fast forward eight years add a baby, a dog, two full time jobs and our plates were as full as ever! Once the baby started sleeping through the night we found ourselves energized again and started making candles in our kitchen. Many hours and versions of the candle later we have found the perfect recipe!  

We get all of our inspiration from walking around the Charleston streets. We look at beautiful aged concrete walls or driveways and want to make our candle like we pulled it straight from there. When you walk around you see beautiful homes, old walls with exposed brick and beautiful iron work. We really try to incorporate that into our designs.

Charleston Candle Co.

Charleston Candle Co. is run by a husband and wife team–Chaz and Kristen Schwiers. They hand-pour each of their candles in small batches locally, here in Charleston. All of their candles are made of natural eco-friendly soy wax, containing no toxins, carcinogens, or pollutants. The Schwiers' love of turning Charleston locations into candle scents, from a small apartment business, has now grown to sell across the US. A big reason why their love for the historic, coastal city continues to grow today.

Splitting up business duties and maintaining family roles, Chaz spends his time making candles, managing logistics and running the warehouse. While Kristen continues to run the front-end of the company; managing communications, marketing, branding, and product development for Charleston Candle Co.

Andrew Barton

Heyward the Horse

Designer and illustrator, Andrew Barton, is the creative mind behind the Heyward the Horse books. While living in Charleston, Andrew shares that between his wife and three children, they have read loads of children’s books. Taking it upon himself to combine his love of history and drawing, the inspiration struck to create a novel based on the city he has called home for more than a decade. Andrew hopes that young readers enjoy reading about Heyward as much as he enjoyed bringing Heyward’s stories to life.

April Motley

Old Whaling Co.

Land Crafted. Sea Inspired. 

April Motley founded Old Whaling Co. in 2012 with a desire to create gentler alternatives for everyday products. With roots in Charleston, their fresh, fragrant and coatals inspiration, Old Whaling Co. evokes their favorite destinations and memories of past travels into bath and body care for all to enjoy. Old Whaling Co. products are handmade by their team of bath and body experts and pride themselves on keeping their production in-house, while offering their products online, wholesale and at two retail locations in the city of Charleston.