The Makers of Main Street
When Judith Kolva says 2022 will be a “banner year,” she doesn’t mean it idiomatically. Kolva is chair of ArtScape Hendersonville, an annual public-art…
How One Sculptor Rose to the Occasion
Sometime in the early 1990s, Larry Paul King was driving home from his night shift as a postal carrier in Chicago when a radio…
Spinnin’ That Curious Sense of His Own
Two years ago, Joshua Marc Levy’s wife, Amy Kalyn Sims, went to a psychic with hopes of reaching her late father. But the medium…
Finding the Light in Black and White
In 1967, during his senior year at the University of North Carolina, John Dickson took a physics elective. But the class wasn’t about extragalactic…
Coming Back to Life Means Awakening Others, Too
After working a slew of restaurant gigs right out of high school, Billy Smith was hired by a truck-axle manufacturer in Fletcher. But each…
Intuition is Also a Love Language
Elizabeth Porritt Carrington’s life in America started with a whisper at a silent retreat. It was 2009, and a year had passed since her…
All in for October: Kenilworth, Beaverdam, and the Craft Guild
If you ever find yourself lost in Kenilworth, blame real-estate developer James Chiles’ horse. Legend has it that in the early 1900s, when Chiles…
New Grant Furthers the Language of Change Makers
A single letter can change the conversation, says Namita Gupta Wiggers. As Director of the Master of Arts in Critical Craft Studies at Warren…
When Spoons Got Dull, He Turned to Something With Teeth
Francis Breen of Worry Knot Woodwork is not overly concerned with haircare routines. The Asheville-based craftsman admits he cuts his own “little, silly mullet”…
Putting the Statement Back in Statement Jewelry
Amanda Ray Danko’s jewelry isn’t for everyone, but it does feel fashioned for the moment. Working out of Marshall High Studios, she crafts outspoken…