Gabrielle and Fredrick Hampton,
husband and wife team, of
Hampton's Rock Shop
welcome you to come enjoy their
beautiful selection of gems, minerals,
fossils, jewelry and beads.
The Hamptons, with more then 30 years
combined experience cutting and
polishing stones, specialize in custom
lapidary work and hand-fabricated silver
jewelry that has been featured in Rock
& Gem magazine.
Open daily, year-round 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
At the corner of Hwy.199 and Finch
Road in historic Kerby
541-592-2800
wooden structures were destroyed by fire, the
town is enjoying a revival today due to a criti-
cal mass of resident artisans, who embarked
on a campaign to put old ‘Kerbyville’ on the
cultural map as an artisan village in the heart of the
Mystic Corridor.
“We’re working cooperatively to promote Kerby
and the valley,” said Gabrielle Hampton, of Hamp-
ton’s Rock Shop. “Our idea is to see this tight little
community of resident artists bloom, and attract others
to relocate here.”
Her sentiments are echoed by Jerry Work, presi-
dent of the Southern Oregon Guild and owner of The
Dovetail Joint.
“One of the reasons we moved here was because
we saw the potential for an artisans’ community to
develop here,” Work said. “I see the mo-
mentum building.”
Many of the artists are represented
during special ‘Evening of Art & Wine in
Kerby’ events held throughout the year,
organized by Hampton, Karen Yanase of
Yanase Jewelers, SOG member Joyce
Abrams of Forest Edge Farm. Local win-
eries Bridgeview and Windridge partici-
pate, as do gifted musicians.
The town has a distinguished art his-
tory; the Illinois Valley Fine Artists began
here in the 1970s and most recently the
Southern Oregon Guild (SOG) has opened
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