Her Portfolio Strategy Got More Colorful Over the Years
byBefore she began working in glass, Leene Hermann sold insurance and investments. “How’s that for a far cry from doing art?” she remarks. Yet…
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Crafty Heartwood Gallery Anticipated the Main Street Revival By Three Decades
byHeartwood Gallery owner Shelley DeKay arrived in Saluda in the fall of 1984. She and her husband, a journeyman carpenter, had been traveling and…
Studio Glass Influencer Runs an Inside Operation
byHe was studying ceramics at Florida Atlantic University when, on awhim, he bought a book on glassblowing. “It cost $18, which I really didn’t…
Once a One-Man Show, Always a One-Man Show
byScott Summerfield prefers to work alone. Not surprising when you learn he was an only child who grew up on a sparsely populated barrier…
Sixty is the New Fifty, and Other Reflections on Heritage Festival History
byIf Asheville’s rowdy street fair Bele Chere hadn’t ended in 2013, it would have turned 40 this year. Bele Chere showcased dozens of Asheville-area…
Glassblower’s DIY Studio is Literally the Bomb
byA decade ago, Kristen Muñoz of Moongirl Glass moved from Austin, Texas, to Marshall, North Carolina. After attending Penland School of Crafts, she used…
Glass Couple Established Permanent Residency on the Cutting Edge
byClay was always too slow for Billy Bernstein. He wanted to see the imprint of his efforts in real time. “I was studying ceramics…
Fine Glasswork is a Fiery Contradiction
byKit Paulson worked as a furnace glassblower before transitioning into meticulously intricate glass sculpture created with a flame torch. She’s taught her techniques at…
The Needle and the Drama
byThere’s so much fanfare around glass this season, thanks to the Dale Chihuly exhibit at Biltmore Estate and six months of companion events around…
Decades of Study and Thousands of Miles in, Blower is Still Hot for Glass
byJohn Almaguer’s artistic epiphany wasn’t reverent or momentous. It just made him giddy — “like a kid in a candy shop,” he says. “No…