She Penciled in 30 Years of Drawing Time
byTeresa Pennington is a colored-pencil artist who renders exquisitely detailed drawings of Western North Carolina vistas, flora, and fauna. For more than three decades,…
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This Former Model Knows How to Dress Up a Painting
byAsya Zahia Colie is a figurative, portrait, and abstract artist who divides her time between Asheville and her native home of Provence, in the…
How to Outfox the Pressures of Art Making
bySome of Andy Farkas’ work is inspired by stories he’s written or told to his daughters. But despite their folkloric quality, his prints…
Interior Designer Discovered an Animal Attraction to Ceramics
byJean Greeson comprises half the team at Asheville firm Greeson & Fast Design. Her four-decade career as an interior designer has required loads of…
One-Man Factory is Continually Stoked for the Next Project
byJosh Copus is a successful ceramic artist, and, with his wife Emily, a commercial flower grower (she’s their company’s head designer). But he refuses…
A Realistic Impressionist Knows How to Color All the Bases
byHe was only nine when he saw the original Star Wars, back in 1977. But instead of being mesmerized by the aliens, creatures, and…
For a Healthy Relationship, Let the Kiln have the Last Word
byShawn Ireland’s exciting partnership with clay involves struggle and surrender. “It challenges me … but being open to where it will take me keeps…
Making Mandalas Means Spiraling into Control
byWendy Barnes grew up in Montauk, a small fishing village at the tip of Long Island, where her father was a charter-boat captain and…
If You Cut Your Own Hair to Make Paintbrushes, Nothing will Get in Your Way
byOlga Dorenko was born in Uzbekistan. “My father was in the military, so we moved around a lot, from one end of the country…
Conflict-Free Diamonds are a Jewelry Designer’s Best Friend
byLauren Moody wears a necklace made from a sliver of meteorite. It’s her everyday piece. When she smiles and stretches out her hand for…