Gifts from Makers in Allegheny National Forest & Surrounds

Products shipped separately. Each item listed is from a different Maker in the PA Wilds regions and by purchasing, you are helping sustain our region’s small businesses and our rural communities. Adjust the quantity for each item before adding to your cart based on your needs.

Celebrate Allegheny National Forest's 100 year anniversary by supporting artists in the region and grabbing some unique gifts for your friends and family! From earrings and scarves to home decor and self care, find a creative products for yourself or loved ones. Pennsylvania's only national forest, the ANF spans more than 500,000 acres in the northwest portion of the Wilds, and residents often create art and wares that reflect the landscape’s most treasured places and experiences. These goods are sure to keep the landscape top of mind, whether by design or when remembering who made them.

• Handmade Kayak Earrings by Allegheny Nesting: These handmade kayak earrings are engraved with trees and birds. They are unique and lightweight. Gold accessory. 
• Pennsylvania Mountain Laurel Magnet by Elk and Walnut Creative Corner - Mountain laurels are gorgeous shrubs that have been Pennsylvania’s state flower since 1933. It is one of the few evergreen shrubs that is native to Pennsylvania, however it is very widespread across the state.

  Now, you can showcase its beauty at your home!

  This magnet is made of 8 layers of wood, painted to match the beautiful colors of the mountain laurel flower.  It measures 4 inches wide and 2.5 inches tall!  There are 2 super strong magnets imbedded into the back of the piece.

• Over the Rainbow (trout) Uncle Penn's Watercolor Kit by Artwork by Julie Mader - Rainbow trout are opportunistic feeders and will eat a variety of foods, including insects, crustaceans, and small fish. This makes them a popular target for fly fishing enthusiasts, as they can be caught on a variety of artificial flies.

  Use watercolors to paint the beauty you caught or the one you are wishing to land this season with guidance from this Uncle Penn's Watercolor Kit featuring a rainbow trout and fly reel.

  Suitable for gift giving “as is” or completed and given as a one-of-a-kind treasure.

  Each kit includes the materials needed to complete two 6x9 watercolor paintings on quality watercolor paper. Designed for ages 9+ by Julie Mader, a PA Wilds juried artist and professional teaching artist who loves to share the joy of making art.

  Each Uncle Penn's Watercolor Kit includes: two 6x9" painting templates printed on heavy 140# watercolor paper, one reusable paint palette with mixing wells and watercolor pigments, pipette, round taklon watercolor brush, images of painting examples, painting hints, tips and techniques, and a practice card.

  Free USA shipping when you purchase 2 or more watercolor kits!

• Ursa Major black bear portrait art print by Ellen Paquette - This limited edition, archival signed print of a majestic lady black bear wearing a necklace of trillium is titled "Ursa Major". The decor behind her features Pennsylvanian primary forest tree leaves, such as hemlock, white pine, beech and white oak. (The original painting from which this reproduction is taken is acrylic paint on an 9" x 12" panel.)

  - 8" x 10" exterior page dimensions, 7 3/4" x 9 3/4" image size
  - Archival inks
  - Epson Enhanced Matte acid free paper
  - Signed and numbered by the artist

  Please keep this print out of direct light for long life and color durability.

• Carpathian Elm Burl Vase by WildWoodPA - Crafted from exotic Carpathian Elm, a tree found in the Carpathian Mountain range in central Europe, this vase is amazing.  Typically, this type of wood is known as Red Elm, but when found in burl form, the name is changed to reflect the beauty of a burl.

  It is rare, expensive, but oh, so unique with its reddish swirls and small 'bird's eye' figure.

  This vase is paired with a side strip of red African padouk wood, which complements it nicely.

  Each vase is accompanied by a small glass vial which allows you to use either fresh flowers or dried ones with confidence.

  Size"  6 1/2" tall by 3 1/2" wide, and 1 1/2" in depth.