No Earring Made Twice

No Earring Made Twice

Nature has inspired jeweler Becky Burnette as far back as she can remember. She grew up picking blackberries and going fishing at her family’s…

Festival Celebrates Orchids

Orchids from around the world are getting ready for an international adventure. Nestled in cardboard boxes and surrounded by soft quilt batting, many of…

A Weaver’s Revolution

A Weaver’s Revolution

Ritual is at the heart of weaving: the tug of the yarn as the shuttle brings it back and forth; the rhythm of the…

Hail Fellow Well Made

Hail Fellow Well Made

The ethos of FEHLO, an artisan goods design company, can be summed up in a single query, or perhaps a many-layered question. Founder Zac…

Blacksmith Transforms Steel into Art

Blacksmith Transforms Steel into Art

Metalworker Steve Joslyn sees beauty in every spark. His true passion is large-scale, intricate ironwork, but his artistic journey started with something much smaller….

The Right Turn

The Right Turn

Ann Batton’s devotion to clay started with a detour. In 1996, she was a young marketing student at East Tennessee State University, studying statistics,…

Decades of Daylilies

Decades of Daylilies

Cheryl Alderman definitely knows her daylilies. What started as a ditch-digging expedition for a few blooms on the side of the road has grown…