About Heron Crest Studios
Heron Crest founders, Claire Brill and Heidi Hammel, started looking for studio space in 2006 when both realized that they no longer fit in their small at-home studios. Intrigued by the second floor of the old mill, and armed with the encouragement of friends and members of the art community, they took the leap and opened Heron Crest Studios in February, 2007. "It's the best thing we've ever done," says Hammel. Today the 16 studios serve 13 artists.
Brill is a community artist whose mosaics can be seen along Plum Street Mall and in Media Elementary School's foyer. Hammel is a fiber artist and founder of her own company, Reclaimed Creations. She creates wearable art using recycled materials.
Heron Crest Studios will host an Open Studio Weekend Nov. 13, 14, 15th and this year a second weekend 21st, 22nd. The community is welcome. The rest of the year they are open by appointment only.
Area artists have transformed the second floor of the Rockdale Industrial Center into twelve light-filled studios overlooking the western branch of the Chester Creek. Originally a 19th century cotton spinning mill, it now houses fiber and leather artists along with a vintage fashion designer, a photographer and several painters. Located at the intersection of Mount Road and Red Hill Road in Aston, and called Heron Crest Studios, it sits atop the Heron Studios that has occupied the first floor for more than ten years.
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