Art + Craft

Seeing Less, Capturing More

Seeing Less, Capturing More

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

Against the Grain

Against the Grain

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One might think Sam Benbow deserves a break from wood. At his regular gig, he works as a kitchen and bath contractor, creating custom…

A New Use for Power Tools

A New Use for Power Tools

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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…

Lasting Impressions

Lasting Impressions

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The eyes are the first thing you notice — or, more accurately, the lack of them. Atlanta-based artist Jamaal Barber’s current body of woodcut…

“Real Men Buy Dolls”

“Real Men Buy Dolls”

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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

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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…

Next Chapter

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Every book, says Mary Carol Koester, holds two histories. The first fills the pages — the genealogy in an old family Bible, for example,…

Rhapsody in Blue

Rhapsody in Blue

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At 69 years old and with nearly 40 years of “slow cloth” work under her belt, Eileen Hallman of Black Mountain is in no…

Primitive Tech

Primitive Tech

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When Matthew Shirey was 19, he phoned his father and told him he had found his life’s calling: to become a blacksmith. “You’re never…

The Craft Behind the Craft

The Craft Behind the Craft

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It often seems as though the pace of life is quickening at the expense of quality time — and quality goods. If there’s a…