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…
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,…
Identity Amid the Ashes
When one door closes, the saying goes, another opens. Sometimes it slams shut — and so the new portal is that much more dramatic….
Everyday Rituals
One day some years ago, the Asheville artist Elizabeth Henderson found herself in Indonesia, where she and her diplomat husband were visiting on vacation…
Liberation Station
Asheville artist Victoria Pinney freely admits that her creative history doesn’t include formal training in the arts. “I’m a late bloomer,” says Pinney. “I…
Lightness of Being
Early one morning ten years ago, Cheyenne Trunnell was driving through the mountains of her native Tennessee, going to visit a beloved grandfather dying…