Raku Never Sleeps
Ancient pottery imitates entropy in the natural world Sometimes the past lies just under the surface of the everyday present, a fact North Carolina potter…
The Plane Truth
Metal artist uses large-scale geometry for intimate works Daniel Marinelli’s online bio is not fancy — it simply declares that he makes sculpture and…
Approachable Rust
A big part of working as an architect used to be the preparation of highly detailed drawings, a skill that served Pamela Winkler well…
Arms, Legs, Back, Seat, Soul
A chair may just be a chair to most of us, but to conceptual carpenter Tom Shields, a chair represents more than a utilitarian…
Waxing Poetic
Painter’s encaustic panels tell a complicated story Every artwork carries within it a history of its creation. But in the case of encaustic, the…
Bright Lights, Craft City
An open-door policy makes lampmakers shine Contrary to the received wisdom about mixing business and friendship, Geoff Koslow and Billy Guilford’s Lexington Glassworks is…
Hundreds of Pieces and Only One Goal
Woodturner’s remarkably complicated vessels are all meant to be used When Allen Davis retired to the mountains of North Carolina 25 years ago, after…
What the Silkworm Saw
Weaver uses a magnifying glass to make her intricate patterns When Vicki Essig arrived in Western North Carolina more than two decades ago, the first…
One Way to Fly
Growing up in Brooklyn, Asheville artist Cleaster Cotton remembers the day her mother brought home an injured bird. “My mother was an activist for…
Iron Constitution
It’s a fitting career trajectory for a blacksmith: Matthew Waldrop forged his company, Northern Crescent Iron, the hard way. Success was followed by setbacks,…