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…
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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…
The Meaning of Life Might be Written in a Produce Sign
byChelsea Ragan applauds the everyday. “Domestic life is not thought of in an artistic way,” says the illustrator, mother of a 2- and 5-year-old….
How One Woman’s Spiritual Epiphanies Bear Fruit
by“When they think of us, I hope they smile,” says Karen Zimmerman, who recently moved from Haywood County to another rural locale: Limestone, Tenn….
A Certain Vulnerability is Set in Stone
byAmy Medford has two works of sculpture titled Metamorphosis, both male figures. One she carved from a block of white ordinario marble: a solid…
Portrait Artist Gets Into Your Head
by“I just keep banging away until it seems to be what I was shooting for,” says Rich Nelson, painter and rock musician. “It really…
From Her Safe Space to Yours, With Love
byMary Farmer dwells deep in encaustic, a layered, two-dimensional (but sculptural) painting medium that uses beeswax and damar resin. Following a stay in rehab…