College Football Player Tackles Glassmaking With Characteristic Intensity
byOhio native Samuel Spees was introduced to glassmaking while pursuing a degree in mathematics and playing football at Centre College in Kentucky. He became…
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A Collage Career Requires No Entrance Exams
byWhen Karen Paquette was 11 years old in Faribault, Minnesota, she entered a national poster-making contest sponsored by the Humane Society. “I went to…
Living Her Best Life in Layers
byHer parents and grandparents were all artists, her father taught her how to use various artistic tools at a young age, and she grew…
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…
Glass Artist Answered the Ultimate Casting Call
byAlex Gabriel Bernstein’s style is an original fusion of dissimilar elements. He’ll grind steel and let the metallic sparks shower against hot glass, fusing…
She Turned to Feathers When Local Landscapes Didn’t Fly
byAfter 35 years as a working artist, doing commissions in watercolor, acrylic, oil, and pen and ink, Laura Richardson had every intention of retiring….
What Are Little Girls Made Of?
byNew Work by Connie Bostic The local grand dame of modern visual art, Connie Bostic owned cutting-edge Zone one gallery in downtown Asheville in…
Annual Multi-Kiln Opening Celebration
bySince The Village Potters Clay Center will be unable to host their annual Multi-Kiln Opening Celebration in person, they’ll present virtual kiln openings, including…
Banjo Luthier Picked the Right Time to Make Old-Fashioned Instruments
byPisgah Banjos builds handcrafted bracket-style banjos whose lineage can be traced to America’s Industrial Revolution. Founder Patrick David Sawyer and his crew of four…