“Slow Film” Maker Doesn’t Flinch from Reel Life
byThe video camera on Apple’s latest iPhone can record 30 frames per second in 4K resolution, continuously stabilize and focus the shot, and share…
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He Knows You Can’t Get Through a Day Without a Blade
byAt craft shows, Danny Robinson becomes catnip for bored, restless husbands. Almost without fail, guys make a beeline for his booth when they catch…
To Sustain Minimalism, She Maximizes Community
byIn Barbara Zaretsky’s world, craft and community flow as one. Pots of dye bubble as visitors and colleagues drop by. Zaretsky studies a wall…
Wants to Feed the World (and Save a Little for Herself)
byBethany Pierce is holding a bake sale. Like any homemade pastries displayed for the public, her goods were made with great earnestness and are…
She Might be the Whole Reason for the RAD — Just Don’t Let Her Hear You Say It
bySome say the River Arts District might never have happened without Porge Buck and her late husband Lewis, who purchased the Williams Feed and…
Sometimes Peace and Harmony Require Sly Geometry
byPhilip DeAngelo’s paintings — created with acrylics on ceiling tiles, banana leaves, cork, and just about any other material with an interesting texture…
He Doesn’t Walk the Straight Line of Furniture Making
by“Some days are all splinters and dust,” says furniture maker David Scott. He usually works on several pieces at one time, and is always…
Her Egg Making is the Unbroken Link to an Eastern European Past
by“That’s my mini museum. I like to call it my eggs-hibit,” says Andrea Kulish. She’s pointing to a glass-paneled IKEA cabinet situated against the…
A Search for Spiritual Leggings Took Her to Tibet and Back
byAsheville photographer and fashion designer Wendy Newman incorporates intricate mandala patterns into her signature apparel-and-accessories line, including scarves, leggings, kimonos, and umbrellas. Inside…
Jewelry Designer’s Career Was Written in Stone Sixty Years Ago
byIt was on a summer trip with his family to Western North Carolina in the early 1950s that an eight-year-old boy from Tennessee made…