The Spirit Moved Him to Toss the Script (and the Easel)
Self-taught artist James R. Love attended historic Morehouse College in Atlanta and went on to earn a degree in creative writing at Warren Wilson…
The World’s “Last Master Mapmaker” Doesn’t Need Standard Coordinates
Over the past 30 years, Mike Reagan has illustrated more than 2,000 maps, published by magazines including Smithsonian, National Geographic, Harper’s, The New Yorker,…
He Slunk His Way Into an Elegant Upcycling Career
By Jason Gilmer Fatherhood changed the way Corey McNabb looked at a Slinky, the classic toy that “walks the stairs without a care,” according…
Studying Kids’ Encyclopedias Prompted an Old-School Approach
Multimedia sculptor Anne Lemanski graduated from the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, before accepting residencies at Penland School of Crafts near Burnsville…
She Shoots Wild Bears — and It’s Hard to Look Away
April Johnson earned a degree in Fine Arts and Photography from the School of Visual Arts in NYC. While still in college, she…
Not Being an Architect is One Way to Make Famous Buildings
For an art show early in his career, Holden McCurry made a two-foot-tall clay structure, topped it with clasped hands, and titled it “Prayer…
Are You Brave Enough to Face Unearthly Archetypes?
It’s sometimes difficult to look at one of Gail Gulick’s life-sized shamanic masks, beautiful though they may be. They vary greatly in mood and…
Porcelain Potter has Secured an Unbreakable Legacy
Michael Hofman took a lot of clay classes in college because, he jokes, the potters had the best parties. “They were always walking around…
Long and Arduous is the New Dress to Impress
Tyler Lavenburg is the head instructor at Weaverville’s Holistic Survival School. He uses his environment as material for his craftsmanship — hardcore homesteading skills…
Marketing Folk Art without a Website is Almost as Gutsy as Throwing Knives
“I don’t do what other people want,” says BJ Precourt of his whimsical carved wooden figures. “It’s all my own imagination.” Scavenging wood from…