The Finer Facets of Making Heirloom Jewelry
The interior of Asheville’s Grove Arcade is an Art Deco marvel. With soaring arches, bright skylights, and whimsical staircases, balconies, and friezes, the building…
Imagine Dragons Riding on Your Hip or Circling Your Waist
Lyn Lyndall makes it possible to keep a pet dragon by your side. The artist’s hand-tooled leather bags are sculpted with the bodies of…
Feeling Seen (and Other Woodland Tales)
Walking, even for a moment, through a forest around Asheville is not a wholly solitary experience. Birds sound. Squirrels scutter through the leaves. The…
Her Textiles Contain Multitudes
Jude Stuecker knows a thing or two about putting together an outfit, and for her it involves a lot more than opening a closet…
To Peep the Space-Time Continuum, You’ll Need a Trick of the Eye
There’s something otherworldly about Colton Dion’s artwork. Elegantly carved wooden shapes, carefully painted with trees, grass, and sunset skies, present a view of natural…
Reel Talk With a Bagpipe Player Turned Maker
It was the 1980s, an era before Outlander made kilts sexy again, when most people associated bagpipes with traditional weddings and funerals — when…