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…
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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…
Strip Poker is Just One Way to Radicalize the Womanly Arts
byAngie Lamoree, a long-time member of Asheville Quilt Guild, holds first-place awards in local and national quilting competitions. “I learned to crochet at 7,…
Their Romantic Summer Session Blended into a Lifetime of Artmaking
byAs a child, Jim Ostlund loved illustrations by 19th-century artists and would spend hours copying their work. “I remember feeling frustrated because … without…
Making Thousands of Itty-Bitty Sculptures, She Broke the Mold of Outsized Assumptions
byCynthia Thornton of Green Girl Studios went to school to learn how to make large-scale bronze sculptures. But once she was out in the…
Dryadic Figures Are the Ones that Transform Themselves
byAt a glance, it’s a statue of a woman. Her face is turned to the side as though she’s peering off into an unknown…
For the Sake of Drama, She Sets Fashion on Fire (or Puts it in a Blender)
byBetsy Puckett has been an eclectic stage performer since age 8. Last decade, she gained regional fame as the bawdy belle Augusta Wind —…
Jewelry Designer’s Pioneer Story is a Limited-Edition Gem
byPaula Dawkins does 99 percent of her jewelry-design work on a computer. But the first idea is always a drawing, to be found somewhere…
Skin-care Entrepreneur Sticks to Chemistry, Finds a Winning Formula
byWander into C&Co. and your blood pressure drops. In the softly lit, lavender-scented space, music purrs in the background, rows of brown glass jars…
It’s Not Sew Easy to Make Porcelain Perform Like this
byHer painted vessels are functional, but so expressively detailed they look like they’ve been cozied up in a protective layer of felt or wool….