Using All the Crayons in the Box
byValerie Berlage crafts jewelry and functional items for the home, but it’s her joyful wooden boxes and mirrors — both meant for wall display…
Art + Craft
Time to Flower
byNothing evokes timelessness more than plain dirt, sculpted by the heat, rain, and wind of countless millennia into the foundation of everything that grows….
Pointed Hats Turn Into a Pointed Hobby
by“I watched a TED Talk once that said even if you don’t think you collect things, you totally collect something,” says Leigh Armistead, who…
Hand in Hand
byThe launch of this summer’s blockbuster exhibit of outdoor sculpture by glass star Dale Chihuly at Biltmore House was the opening salvo. Now, a…
The Successful Shepherd
byColin 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
byCassie 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…
Not Plein Jane
by“It’s what’s on the inside that counts,” one might say to a friend sporting a bad haircut or a teen stressing over a pimple….
Play Date
byIf Rick Dunn had to pick his favorite item among the 75 classics he’s collected, it would have to be the birdhouse. It was…
He Has a Way of Making Them Talk
by“More than looking at art,” says sculptor George Handy, “I listen to it. As far as I am concerned, a lesser piece of art…
Seeing Less, Capturing More
byNature reveals her secrets slowly, but for those with the patience to look closely, deeper meanings can emerge. So it is for Asheville photographer…