Purple Crayon Provides Women Hobby Artists a Room of Their Own
Asheville hobby artist Pam Robbins recently opened Purple Crayon, a self-described “shared play space for women hobby artists.” Located near UNC Asheville, the space…
Marking Human Skin Requires an Everlasting Soundtrack
The ancient Buddhists never meditated to the alt-rock of the Pixies or the frenetic electronic trance of Shpongle. The ancient Buddhists also never met…
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Deckle-Edge Upscale Stationery
T. S. Eliot said that “immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” In other words, transforming known material is more sophisticated than attempting an inferior…
“Slow Film” Maker Doesn’t Flinch from Reel Life
The video camera on Apple’s latest iPhone can record 30 frames per second in 4K resolution, continuously stabilize and focus the shot, and share…
He Knows You Can’t Get Through a Day Without a Blade
At craft shows, Danny Robinson becomes catnip for bored, restless husbands. Almost without fail, guys make a beeline for his booth when they catch…
Her Egg Making is the Unbroken Link to an Eastern European Past
“That’s my mini museum. I like to call it my eggs-hibit,” says Andrea Kulish. She’s pointing to a glass-paneled IKEA cabinet situated against the…
Gwen Diehn Shares 10,000 Things
In 2013, Asheville artist and educator Gwen Diehn decided to draw 10,000 things in an exercise of artistic growth — in June 2017, she…
Color Theorist Painted Herself an Escape from the Cutthroat Publishing World
Melissa Moss can thank the National Enquirer for her artistic career. No, she didn’t get her start illustrating celebrity scandals or creeping with a…
You Don’t Have to Know What a Cordwainer is to Walk in His Shoes
By now, Michael Ismerio is used to the confused stares he gets when he tells people what he does. “Nobody knows the word ‘cordwainer’…
Pet Portraitist Isn’t Fur Real When It Comes to Color
She was supposed to be buying fish food. That’s what Angela Alexander says about the moment she met her first dog, a Chihuahua named…