Service-Industry Workers Do More Than Make Asheville Run
byThose who frequent Asheville’s coffee shops are used to latte art: the delicate swirls of hearts and rosettes made by steamed milk on the…
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Sculptor Pushes the Love of Books to an Entirely New Shelf
byOne day, Suzanne Dittenber dropped her Artforum magazine in the tub. “It was really quite beautiful watching the water spilling and the pages moving,”…
Sometimes a Googly Eye Sees More Clearly
byAs a child in the 1950s, Julia Burr hammered boards and crossed wires, constructing forts for her plastic cowboys and army-green soldiers. “I was…
Marking Human Skin Requires an Everlasting Soundtrack
byThe ancient Buddhists never meditated to the alt-rock of the Pixies or the frenetic electronic trance of Shpongle. The ancient Buddhists also never met…
One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Deckle-Edge Upscale Stationery
byT. S. Eliot said that “immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.” In other words, transforming known material is more sophisticated than attempting an inferior…
“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…
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…