Ceramic artist Susan Garson talks about the materials needed to build a bird menorah. Susan Garson is featured in the Holiday episode of Craft in America.

Ceramic artist Susan Garson builds a bird menorah. Susan Garson is featured in the Holiday episode of Craft in America.

Ceramic artist Susan Garson paints a bird menorah. Susan Garson is featured in the Holiday episode of Craft in America.

Woodcarver Harley Refsal sharpens knife. Harley Refsal is featured in the Holiday episode.

Woodcarver Harley Refsal talks about the materials needed to carve a holiday figure. Harley Refsal is featured in the Holiday episode of Craft in America.

Woodcarver Harley Refsal carves a holiday figure.

HOLIDAY embraces familiar and new winter celebrations as part of our American experience with the handmade. Featuring ceramic artist Susan Garson, Garcia Art Glass, paper artist Kathleen Trenchard, ceramic artist Veronica Castillo, National Gingerbread House Competition at Grove Park Inn, Biltmore House, woodcarver Harley Refsal, John C. Campbell Folk School.

Garcia Art Glass was founded by Gini Garcia in 1998 and is now a family-run hot glass design and fabrication studio that specializes in one-of-a-kind blown glass lighting and sculpture. Master Glassblowers Gerardo Muñoz and Dora Garcia coax molten glass into cheerful ornaments. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode

Ceramic artist Susan Garson utilizes hand building along with her skills as a painter to create functional objects in clay. Garson demonstrates how to build your own menorah to celebrate the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode.

Each year, contestants from across the country bring their unique architectural gingerbread masterpieces to The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC, where competition is at the highest level and everyone is a winner at the National Gingerbread House Competition. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode

The Biltmore House, built in 1895, is a magnificent estate in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and is the largest privately owned home in the United States. At Christmas, the grand home is adorned with decorations and mementos that hint at timeless holidays of a glorious bygone age to memorialize the first Christmas in 1895 when the newly built house was first opened to the Vanderbilt family and friends.

Kathleen Trenchard has researched and worked in traditional Mexican papel picado (punched paper) ever since the early ‘90s when she was introduced to the technique in Huixcolotla, Mexico. Her work explores contemporary designs, applications and materials suitable for cut work using hammer and chisel. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode

Veronica Castillo is a ceramic artist who crafts exquisitely detailed, brightly colored folk art objects using centuries-old methods and symbols. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode

Isabel and Enrique Sánchez have been active in the Chicano pride movement which started in San Antonio in the late 1960s. They continue to pass on family traditions and culture to their children and grandchildren. Every Christmas, they hand make tamales with their family to celebrate Navidad. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode

Harley Refsal is an internationally recognized figure carver, specializing in Scandinavian flat-plane wood carving. Refsal teaches a Scandinavian wood carving class at the John C. Campbell Folk School. Segment from the HOLIDAY episode

Watch a time lapse clip of Albert Paley's "Encore" sculpture being installed on Park Avenue. Thirteen monumental sculptures will be on view on Park Avenue in New York City from June 17 - November 8, 2013.

Sculptor Albert Paley designs forged hardware and chandeliers for a private home. From fabricating art jewelry, to forging iron gates, to the creation of large-scale sculptures commissioned for public and private spaces worldwide, Albert Paley is now ranked among the most successful and prolific sculptors in America.

Albert Paley paints "The Promise", commissioned for the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital at Maple Grove Enterprises. From fabricating art jewelry, to forging iron gates, to the creation of large-scale sculptures commissioned for public and private spaces worldwide, Albert Paley is now ranked among the most successful and prolific sculptors in America.

Silversmiths Chloe Darke and Geoffrey Blake create hand forged sterling silver flatware at Old Newbury Crafters. Segment from the FORGE episode

FORGE: Exceptional artists forging metal magically transformed by fire. Featuring silversmith Chloe Darke, Old Newbury Crafters, artist Tom Pullin, Corcoran College of Art + Design, sculptor Albert Paley.