People Without the People Parts

People Without the People Parts

Cassie Butcher remembers the conversation she once had with a five-year-old girl who had been studying the human-shaped but mostly featureless sculptures that Butcher…

Play Date

Play Date

If Rick Dunn had to pick his favorite item among the 75 classics he’s collected, it would have to be the birdhouse. It was…

Seeing Less, Capturing More

Seeing Less, Capturing More

Nature reveals her secrets slowly, but for those with the patience to look closely, deeper meanings can emerge. So it is for Asheville photographer…

A New Use for Power Tools

A New Use for Power Tools

Inspiration doesn’t always strike in the loveliest places. Metal artisan Pam Holthouser was working as an apprentice for a professional painting contractor, lending a…

Serving a Purpose

Serving a Purpose

During his 30 years living in his native Charleston, South Carolina, as a general contractor, David Ardis grew to appreciate fine craftsmanship. His specialty…

“Real Men Buy Dolls”

“Real Men Buy Dolls”

The intimacy of making art is nowhere better represented than in the tactile bond between hand and needle, needle and thread, thread and fabric….

Unmodified Vision

Unmodified Vision

Kirsten Stolle’s art provides a useful lesson in the difference between looking and seeing. Her 2016 series Chemical Bouquet, for example, is, at first…

Turned Around

Turned Around

When Joel Hunnicutt encountered a wood lathe more than 20 years ago, it was love at first touch. He’d decided to take a community-college…

Something Good is About to Happen

Something Good is About to Happen

Linda McCane Gritta’s artistic epiphany was swift and intense — like a window flung open to reveal an unsuspected landscape. It also came early,…