Longtime Signal Mountain resident Lolly Durant is now selling her handcrafted creations under the name “Lolly’s Works” at the Signal Mountain Farmers Market, held in the parking lot of Pruett’s Signal Mountain Market Thursdays from 4-6 p.m.
Durant is a working artist who teaches ceramics and marbling at the Mountain Arts Community Center in Signal Mountain, and also teaches pottery at the Creative Arts Guild in Dalton, Ga. She has works currently on display in the Tennessee Craft exhibit at the WorkSpace artists’ space in downtown Chattanooga, as well as in the exhibit on display now at GALLERY 5 at the MACC, which celebrates October as Craft Month in the state of Tennessee.
She previously sold her work at the Sunday Chattanooga Market for almost three years, and following a break, she decided to start bringing Lolly’s Works to the Signal Mountain Farmers Market instead.
“I started selling at the [Signal Mountain] Farmers Market because I want to be present in my community,” said Durant. “My family is rooted in the community, and I want people to know it’s so important to have the arts in your life.”
Shoppers will find a wide assortment of items at her booth, including marbled fabrics and ceramics as well as unique finds such as her loofah washing gourds, in which she takes the cucumber-like inside of a gourd and transforms it into an exfoliating bath accessory.