About Crafted Social
In 2018, full time artists Anna Gregory and David Kring started Crafted Social as a platform to highlight other working artists in central Kentucky. With the goal to uplift makers, artists, and functional designers through curated markets, intimate pop up shopping experiences, and gallery shows. The emphasis, with every event, is on quality and intention of craft. Every event thrown and maker’s story shared is in hopes to encourage the community to invest in their local artists and local economy and to help with the inclusion and promotion of all working in the industry.
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Anna Gregory
is a Midway, Kentucky based maker that focuses on a holistic approach to functional interior design, art, and furniture. In a full service wood shop built by her dad on her family’s 12 acre property, she works as a full time designer and woodworker. She graduated with Masters in Architecture with an emphasis on sustainable design/build from the University of Kentucky and has a background in furniture, custom cabinetry, retail design/build, and installation art.
David Kenton Kring
was born and raised in Frankfort, Kentucky where he grew up in a small family run men’s workwear store. He received his BA from Transylvania University focusing in ceramics and mixed media. David then began working for the ceramic distributor Kentucky Mudworks, where he honed his skills as a figurative sculptor and potter. Since then he has exhibited nationally, lectured and demoed at major universities, and has begun curating gallery shows and craft markets. David is currently living in Lexington, Kentucky where he keeps a home studio as a full time working artist.