Unmodified Vision
byKirsten Stolle’s art provides a useful lesson in the difference between looking and seeing. Her 2016 series Chemical Bouquet, for example, is, at first…
Art + Craft
Next Chapter
byEvery 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
byAt 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
byWhen 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
byIt often seems as though the pace of life is quickening at the expense of quality time — and quality goods. If there’s a…
Solving the Puzzle
byWhen Gilbert Jason Contreras entered remission after six months of chemo, he knew he couldn’t return to his old life. “My oncologist told me,…
Turned Around
byWhen 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”
byNissa Vrooman owes her artistic career to her son, Kyah, who is now 11 and the eldest of her two boys. When Kyah was…
Wired Different
byShe — Cuban expatriate Carmen Grier — is the creator. But she likes the term “créateur.” In that mode, her husband, psychiatrist and businessman…
Ancient Art in the Third Dimension
byWhen a friend said he wanted a naked lady in his bathroom, Robert Hennessy didn’t take it as a joke. Instead, he went to…