The Successful Shepherd
Colin Richmond has had to stop counting his sheep. “My flock has gotten too big to remember without checking my website,” he admits. “I…
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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…
“She Knew She Was Home”
Nissa Vrooman owes her artistic career to her son, Kyah, who is now 11 and the eldest of her two boys. When Kyah was…