The Feathers in His Cap
byGlass artist’s celebrated career circles around birds When Shane Fero was not quite 14, his family left Chicago, Illinois for Winter Haven, Florida —…
Art + Craft
Just Add Watercress
byIllustrator embraces the simple life via deep ecology In a world glued to screens, Yancey County artist Jacqueline Maloney sports a flip phone and…
Remnants to Riches
byProfessional framer picks up all the pieces Jesse Lee, a hardworking, self-taught artist who transforms scraps of wood and salvaged metal into fine art,…
Inhabiting Another World
byWhy we need fairy gardens more than ever Fairies are such stuff as dreams are made of. Maybe. At Bullington Gardens, a 12-acre horticultural…
The Plane Truth
byMetal 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
byA 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
byA chair may just be a chair to most of us, but to conceptual carpenter Tom Shields, a chair represents more than a utilitarian…
Stem Structure and Related Whimsy
byBefore bunnies, Beatrix Potter majored in fungi. Known today for her darling, bushy-tailed characters, the British illustrator once penned many a mushroom. She studied…
Earth Tones Overturned
byLeonid Siveriver’s Weaverville studio is more like a gallery. Jazz wafts through the air, and the sheer diversity of shapes, colors, and objects —…
Riffing for a Living
byPotter’s hanging planters combine imagination and pragmatism In her final semester at Florida State University, where she would get her BFA in Studio Art…