Makers in Virginia Beach

13 sourced makers in Virginia Beach, Virginia — custom furniture, woodworking, metalwork, ceramics, and other commissioned craft, listed alphabetically, never ranked. See how we source claims.

Patrick Ryan

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Custom Furniture

Owner of Benevolent Design Co., a Virginia Beach custom furniture and cabinetry maker operating since 2013, specializing in old-growth and reclaimed lumber for residential and commercial dining tables, cabinets, and commercial pieces.

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Kyle

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Custom Furniture

Military veteran and owner of Porter Wood in Virginia Beach, making heirloom-quality furniture and custom woodwork — dining tables, keepsake boxes, and more — using hand-cut joinery and responsibly sourced American hardwoods.

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Joe Gentile

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Blacksmithing

Artist blacksmith operating Gentile Forge in Virginia Beach, forging ironwork including decorative pieces, tools, knives, tomahawks, and hand-forged guitars.

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Matthew Tatum

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Surfboard Shaping

Surfboard shaper at S&A Surfboards (Surf & Adventure Co.), Sandbridge, Virginia Beach. Shaping since 2000, professionally since 2010; the only East Coast shaper with an Aku shaper CNC cutter, per the shop's own site.

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Michelle Harper

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Jewelry

Jewelry artist operating Harper Jewelers in Virginia Beach, with 20+ years of experience in custom jewelry design, heirloom restyling, and hand engraving.

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Matt Wallace

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Custom Furniture, Woodworking

Builds custom, hand-selected-hardwood furniture and home decor — tables, cabinets, shelving, desks, beds, charcuterie boards, mantels, and stair railings — entirely to order from a Virginia Beach workshop.

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Shane Mitchell

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Custom Furniture, Woodworking

Custom furniture maker in Virginia Beach designing and building modern woodworking pieces, mostly one-off work for friends and family alongside custom orders taken through his site.

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Kim Brinsfield

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Quilting

Longarm quilter in Virginia Beach offering edge-to-edge and custom quilting, semi-custom borders, t-shirt and memory quilts, and custom flower designs as Quilter Bee Longarm.

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Brian Hawkins

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Instrument Making

Luthier building and repairing handcrafted guitars and stringed instruments in Virginia Beach since 1997, and running a one-on-one guitar-building school.

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Bob Bohannon

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Wood Carving

Wood carver in Virginia Beach making coastal-themed carvings — whales, fish, osprey, eagles, and mermaids — drawing inspiration from marine life along the ocean.

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Angie Tripp

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Ceramics

Virginia Beach native making functional pottery for the home and teaching private, semi-private, and group hand-building and wheel-throwing classes with over fifteen years of experience.

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Hollister Weber

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Glass

Glass artist working from a home studio in Virginia Beach, making glass castings, fused glass, and engraved pieces inspired by sculptural and architectural forms; previously worked as a commissioned painter before shifting to glass and ceramics around 2009.

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Macie Rollins

Virginia Beach

Specializes in Fiber Arts

Virginia Beach artist working primarily in hand-tufted textiles and sculptural fiber, incorporating tufted materials into sculptures, lighting, furniture, and installations alongside painting and constructed frameworks. BFA in Painting and Drawing, Old Dominion University (2024).

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