A Mark in the Woods
by“It’s too nice to use.” Book artist Chad Alice Hagen gets this freighted compliment a lot. “I have heard the refrain many times,” Hagen…
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Fire on the Mountain
by“We think of fire as something that’s out of control generally, but my art form — pyrography — translates to ‘drawing with fire,’ and…
Iron Constitution
byIt’s a fitting career trajectory for a blacksmith: Matthew Waldrop forged his company, Northern Crescent Iron, the hard way. Success was followed by setbacks,…
The Ghost of Photos Past
byTammy died seven times before she sat in front of Rianne Farris’ antique box camera. “I had asked if I could take her tintype…
Dangerously Beautiful
byIn an age when long-accepted boundaries of gender and politics are in flux, it’s not shocking that painting can burst out of its traditional…
Pushing Past Luck
byTile artisan Jay Reese is accustomed to clients’ quizzical looks over his preferred mode of transportation: the bicycle. They wonder, reasonably, how he’ll transport…
Voice of Unreason
byJacqui Fehl’s mixed-media creations on wood, paper, and canvas — exuberantly colorful and creatively elusive — are the result of a freewheeling attitude that…
One Hundred Years of Spinning
byAmerican Craft Week, a project of Craft Retailers & Artists for Tomorrow (CRAFT), will occur October 5-14. This art-filled week — actually ten days…
Random Acts of Basketry
byNot long after Carla and Greg Filippelli moved to the southern mountains from the Northeast 40 years ago, Greg brought home a damaged woven…
Not Your Camp Counselor’s Tie-Dye
by“When we think of tie-dye, we think of the neon rainbow spiral where we’re using every single color in the ROYGBIV” [red, orange, yellow,…