HILLSBOROUGH — It’s been a rainy few months in the Granite State, but the clouds parted just in time for the annual Hillsborough Art Faire in the old village on Saturday.

The art faire, hosted by the Hillsborough Artisans in the pristine New England village known as Hillsborough Center (about three miles from downtown Hillsborough on School Street), is a two-day showcase featuring artists from across New Hampshire.

The faire starts at 10 a.m. on Sunday and runs through late afternoon.

In tents scattered across the lawns between the Well Sweep Gallery, the Sissi Studio and Gibson Pewter, shops that make their home in old Hillsborough year-round, painters, photographers, basket and doll makers, quilters and other creative folk can be found.

Photographer Charles Cole, who lives just down the street, has been participating in the show for seven or eight years and said the weather this year has just been perfect.

“We draw a lot of people from the southern half of the state, and a lot of people come up from Massachusetts,” said Cole. “It’s a really nice show, and I love it because it’s less than two miles from my house.”

Claudia Zahn will be on hand today with her whimsical sock dolls, dressed to the nines in baubles and bits. Zahn, of Temple, said she started making the dolls when her granddaughter was born five years ago.

“I had a sock doll as a child, and I wanted to make one for her,” Zahn said. “It just took off from there.”

Across the way, Deerfield’s Ginny Nickerson has her boldly colored oil paintings on display. Her works transform images New Hampshirites are accustomed to seeing — like Mount Monadnock — by giving them a new look with her use of cadmium red.

Nickerson, who graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art, starts each painting with a base layer of the bright red and adds color from there. The hint of red below the surface makes the colors in the paintings seem to vibrate and come alive.

Grace Myer, also of Deerfield, transformed her passion for folk art into her livelihood when her three children were in college. She found ways to transform simple game boards into something unique and decorative.

Also inspired by her offspring is Michelle Marson of Bradford, who started making pack baskets for her kids and never stopped.

Using black ash, reed rattan and items found in farms and fields, such as deer antlers or horse bridles, Marson makes baskets unlikely to be found anywhere else.

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Nancy Bean Foster may be reached at nfoster@newstote.com.