Tip of the Hat
In 20 years as a modelmaker for the Smithsonian Institution, Carol Reuter made everything from Native American figures to life-sized dolphins, and even a…
Carving Something Wild
Notched legs that look like the horns of a gazelle, tusks, and seed pods: they are all painstakingly carved from wood in Asheville artist Melissa…
Pickin’ and Pies
Barbara Swell’s post-college crash pad after Virginia Tech was a bit unconventional: an abandoned pre-Civil War farm house with no running water, and only…
Garden of Verses
Molly Courcelle recalls her favorite art class in college: live drawing, where each student had just one minute to capture the model’s form. That…
Circle of Friends
There are collectors for whom the aesthetic is all. An object must be from a certain time period or fit a particular style profile….
Artistic Alchemy
Susan Barrett started out in college as a chemistry major. She took pottery as an elective: essentially a blow-off class. But something happened when…
Sea Worthy
Walking down Hendersonville’s Main Street, you come upon a storefront that’s different from the rest. Jutting out from the wooden façade of the brick…
Raising Cain
On the wall of Brandy Clements and Dave Klingler’s Depot Street studio, wooden chairs hang, seatless, waiting to be made useful again. Because their…
Murmurs of the Heart
The woman in the elegant, understated full-length gown leans a little tentatively into the horizon with her back to the viewer, facing the brooding storm…
The Lace Effect
A few generations ago, nearly every bride started her marriage with a hope chest full of handmade lace tablecloths and doilies, lovingly made by…