Where Communal Potting and Individual Expression are Both Lit
byIt took less than one semester at Virginia Tech for Joey Sheehan to trade graphic design for a studio-art major, and then swiftly fall…
Clay
The Art of Working Extra Hard to Avoid Perfection
byPotter Melissa Weiss wanted to do film-based photographic art, so she attended the School of Visual Arts in New York and earned a BFA…
When “Meeting Cute” Turns Into a Ceramics Dynasty
by“Two or more things working in partnership” is how the dictionary defines being “in tandem.” When you get to know them, you soon realize…
Potter Gives Us the Dirt Behind Her Passion for Ceramics
byPotter Samantha Oliver conjures exquisite eye candy that’s endearingly functional and fun to touch. She earned her BFA from Winthrop University, studied ceramics at…
Tracey Morgan Brings a World of Talent to the South Slope
byAs a teen, Tracey Norman-Morgan didn’t keep pictures of rock stars or heartthrobs taped to her wall. Instead, she put up photos of fashion…
Arranging an Art-Filled Home is a Sweet Fit for Sculptor and Ikebana Practitioner
bySteven Forbes-deSoule is a celebrated Raku sculptor — highly accomplished in the American form of the Japanese art, where the vessel is removed from…
Potter Ditched “Heady” and Went Down to Earth
by“Functional pottery is a cool, subversive art form,” believes WNC potter/ceramicist Courtney Martin. “Without even knowing it, you internalize it. You hold it and…
Throwing Clay is How He Got Through the Day — and Landed on a Career
byJohn Cummings, diagnosed with ADHD as a child, found that art kept him busy and out of trouble. He recalls working with clay when…
Inventive High Country Sculptor Puts the “Tile” in Reptile
byThe studio of ceramic, textile, and sculptural artist Shae Bishop is in rural Spruce Pine. But the multimedia artist, who’s also an amateur herpetologist,…
Theriault on Gray
by{Legacy Craft Series} Ceramic sculptor Verdelle Gray was born in 1918 and moved to Asheville in 1962, opening her own art studio. She continued…