North Georgia · gathered and made by Hannah
Foraged goods, old household preparations, baskets, wood-burned pieces, strange little woodland things, and stories carried down through the hills.
Shop pieces will come later. For now, most work begins with a conversation.
From woods and field
Hannah studies the plants around her home, gathers with care, and keeps the stories and uses that have traveled through Appalachian families.
Depending on the season, she may prepare tinctures, dried herbs, infused oils, or other traditional household goods. Availability changes with the weather and with what can be gathered responsibly. Ask what is on hand.
Seasonal and small-batch
Gathered in North Georgia. Never stripped from a patch that cannot spare it.
Handcraft
No generated designs. No laser engraving. Hannah sketches, gathers, cuts, weaves, burns, paints, and finishes the work herself.
Kudzu is the staple vine because there is never a shortage of it in North Georgia, but it is far from the only material she works with. She gathers weeping willow, pruned Bradford pear shoots, honeysuckle vine, and fiber twisted by hand from dandelion stems. Some baskets are built for root vegetables or knitting yarn; others are thumbnail-sized for polyhedral dice.
Every design is drawn and burned by hand with a heated pen—no laser engravers, no CNC templates. Anything wood or leather is fair game: dice trays, book covers, wall pieces, tool handles, and instruments like guitars. Hannah does original illustrations, transfers old family sayings, sketches fantasy maps, and takes on pop culture requests.
Crowns, wreaths, cordage, charms, and other peculiar pieces made from what the season leaves behind.
Large work
Business windows, school walls, stage pieces, seasonal displays, and the corner nobody knows what to do with.
Hannah works from the place, the story, and the people who use it. She sketches with you, adjusts the design to the surface, and paints the final work by hand.
Gatherings
Hannah performs old tales, builds characters, teaches what she knows, and knows how to keep a room listening. Book her for a class, library, school, festival, business gathering, or an event that could use a well-spun yarn.
Basket weaving, wood burning, foraging basics, wreaths, cordage, and all things fae. Sessions can be shaped for adults, families, or school groups.
Folktales, living-history programs, woodland walks, educational talks, and custom character work for festivals and private events.
Kudzu & Bradford pear · HillBetty
The woman behind the work
Hannah is a Doctor of English Education and pedagogue, researcher, writer, performer, and student of the natural world. Literature is never far from her work. Neither are the old tales, practical skills, and hard-earned knowledge of Southern Appalachian women.
Her family has lived in these hills and hollers for generations. HillBetty is one way she keeps that inheritance moving: not sealed behind glass, but used, taught, questioned, laughed over, and passed along.
“The magic is in the making by human hands.”
Commissions, bookings & questions
A rough idea is enough. Mention the piece, place, class, or event; your timing; and anything you already know about size or budget.