The 73rd Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands Goes Virtual, July 16-19
byThe Southern Highland Craft Guild is hosting their first-ever virtual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands. This four-day online event will feature artisans of…
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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…
They’ve Been Crafting Rings Around the Industry for 40 Years
byKathleen Doyle remembers the moment she realized she and Tom Reardon were built to last. It was the mid-’80s. Doyle and Reardon, already well-established…
Once a One-Man Show, Always a One-Man Show
byScott Summerfield prefers to work alone. Not surprising when you learn he was an only child who grew up on a sparsely populated barrier…
Danielle Burke on Frances Louisa Goodrich
byFrances Louisa Goodrich (1856-1944) was a Presbyterian missionary from Binghamton, New York, who came to Buncombe County — living in East Asheville’s Riceville community…
Family-Influenced Woodworker Thinks Outside the Keepsake Box
byWhen Valerie Berlage was a child, the older generation strongly influenced her creativity, and in real time. That’s why she named her woodworking enterprise Lauraine…
Not Being an Architect is One Way to Make Famous Buildings
byFor an art show early in his career, Holden McCurry made a two-foot-tall clay structure, topped it with clasped hands, and titled it “Prayer…
Fast-Thinking Woodturner Wasn’t Cut Out for the Stone Age
bySixteen years ago, Darrell Copeland witnessed a woodturning demonstration. Prior to that, he had studied drawing at New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, apprenticed…
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….
Quilter Deconstructs the Fabric of Tradition
byJudy Simmons began by making a traditional quilt. But she didn’t like working with a fixed pattern. So for the second one, she tried…