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,…
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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…
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….
Painter’s Dream Re-emerged After Brushes With Death
by“I remember waking up in ICU in an Atlanta hospital and being truly amazed I was still alive.” It was 1998. For years, Wendy…
It Takes Two to Tango, But only a Single Epiphany to Dip out of Functional Ceramics
byWhen he took an Argentine tango class, Eric Knoche says he felt as though he was seeing the true nature of the world for…
When it Comes to Woodworking, What Doesn’t Kill You Gives You Great Pleasure
byDana Smith has always had a penchant for woodworking. He loves the natural beauty of the grain and the story it tells about how…