A Certain Vulnerability is Set in Stone
byAmy Medford has two works of sculpture titled Metamorphosis, both male figures. One she carved from a block of white ordinario marble: a solid…
Weaverville
Scandinavian Turn Shoe Intensive with Michael Ismerio
byLocal cordwainer (aka shoemaker) Michael Ismerio will lead a four-day workshop in the crafting of Scandinavian Turn Shoes, a 10th-century style similar to moccasins….
Even in Beading, There are No Small Parts
byWendy Ellsworth has been beading since 1970, when, as a reaction to the Vietnam War, she headed into the highest peaks of the Rockies…
Winter in the Weave Holiday Pop-Up Market
byDec. 13-14 (5-8pm Friday, 10am-2pm Saturday) The 2nd Annual Winter in the Weave 2- Day Holiday Pop-Up Market features 20 local artists and small…
Replacing Phone Scrolling With Stitching is Perhaps Most Subversive of All
byOodles of Billboard music chart toppers are easy-to-play three-chord songs, and all of Western music is only comprised of a dozen notes. According to…
Graffiti-Loving Woodworker Would Never Make Anything Undercover
byNeil Carroll doesn’t see much artistic difference between painting and folding clothes. Or making furniture and baking cookies. “My approach is the same,” he…
Main Street Proprietor Leaves the Light on for Dozens of Local Makers
by“Opening a gallery was not on my radar,” admits lamp designer Leah Baker, who founded Artisans on Main in January 2017. “In the end,…
Looks Mean Everything to this Late-Career Sculptor
byBack in 2001, during Bill Holmes’ first pottery class, every other student in the room was making bowls. Holmes, however, was more ambitious. He’d…
Woodturner Lathed On Through to the Other Side
byDavid Ellsworth, a turner of delicate, thin-walled wood sculptures, is always aware that his tools might puncture the surface of his works and ruin…
Cabinetry Knobs Opened the Door to a 50-Venue Occupation
byFor a long time, Sue Salvaterra Hintz was happy with the solitude of her potter’s wheel and her basement studio. But the success of…