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….
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The Craft Legacy Series: Gale on Schleicher
byPam Granger Gale is a local marbling artist and instructor who owns Majik Studios, a working art venue and teaching center in…
The Way to Stay “Creatively Unemployed” is to Never Stop Working
byMost artists who’ve been working for 55 years have an audience in mind. But John D. Richards just takes the ideas he says “pop…
The Past Isn’t Dead — it’s Only Waiting for You in Wax
byLynn Bregman Blass uses an ages-old process involving beeswax and Damar resin to preserve photographs, documents, and other scraps of personal memories. Once the…
The Woman Who Wouldn’t Retire Found Herself Reinventing the Basket
byAfter years of operating Eat No Evil, a natural-foods restaurant in New Orleans, Patti Quinn Hill retired in 1987 and moved to Western North…
Print is Far From Dead — Just Ask Asheville BookWorks (and Steamroller Operators)
byIt’s safe to say that Laurie Corral is the unofficial matriarch of Western North Carolina’s book-arts and print scene. In 2004, she founded Asheville…
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,”…
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…
This Civil Rights Hero Wrote the Book on Text Installation
byIt wasn’t something she sought, but neither did she shrink from the enormous burden. At age 15, Clarissa Sligh agreed to face down the…