h a n d m a d e

I'm an artist born and bred in Greenwich Village, New York City, where I made terra cotta high-relief sculpture  (LeeStoliar.com), exhibited nationally and internationally since 1982.  In 1999, I became owner of The Folstaf Company (folstaf.com) -- which manufactures Folstaf(R) wading and walking staffs -- and I, my picture-painter husband (LeonardDufresne.com) and our young child moved our selves, studios and Folstaf factory into an 1830 farmhouse in Charlotteville, NY.  In 2015 -- son Dorian long gone off to college and their artist life in Portland, OR -- I entered "53rd Grade" by indulging my lifelong attraction to the structures of floor looms and the rhythmic physicality of weaving:  I got myself a beautiful Louet loom and learned to weave.