Passing the Torch at TACS
by“We are about to unlock areas of art exploration in metals and glass that have not been widely accessible to student artists in Polk…
“We are about to unlock areas of art exploration in metals and glass that have not been widely accessible to student artists in Polk…
Three-dozen creatives in almost as many genres call Trackside Studios their artistic home. All of them have to work shifts in the gallery as…
Viola Spells is a third-generation crocheter, and she says she loves the medium’s “woven look — and that it’s a traditional women’s art. It…
Heartwood Gallery owner Shelley DeKay arrived in Saluda in the fall of 1984. She and her husband, a journeyman carpenter, had been traveling and…
“Opening a gallery was not on my radar,” admits lamp designer Leah Baker, who founded Artisans on Main in January 2017. “In the end,…
Elizabeth Brim got her MFA in printmaking from the University of Georgia, but she found her fame in hot steel. Since the ’90s, Brim…
By: Mike Schoeffel By now, being called a “geek” is commonplace — anyone who’s focused on a niche art form, or deeply immersed in…
Ken Jones, a renowned luthier in Candler who will participate this month in the Mountain Acoustics Luthier Invitational, has spent 30 years in the…
“I’m a self-taught artist who has felt my way through the process,” says Pam Holthouser. She also spends “way too much time” feeling her…
An early attempt at making a knife ended in a painful lesson for Ryan Pepper. Sharpening the blade too early in the process, “I…