The Handler Behind the Curtain
byA group of women stand outside Carolyn Grosch’s workspace as she prepares a series of Josef Albers’ bright geometric abstracts to be shipped out…
Art + Craft
A New Day for Mothers
byRather than showering mamas in red roses and boxed chocolates this spring, dairy farmers-turned-woodworkers and die-hard gardeners are setting out to make sycamore spoons…
New Testament
byLooking like a cross between actors Kiefer Sutherland and the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and unusually affable for a visual artist, Daniel Nevins works…
Light Show
byAs the daughter of a contractor, Maggie Minor spent her childhood on construction sites. She’d sit in the empty rooms while her mother worked…
Natural Forms
bySitting in Mark Gardner’s backyard is a ten-foot tall red maple sculpture, enigmatic and majestic in its combination of mass and graceful curves. “This…
Permanent Elective
bySometimes the smallest decisions lead to the biggest results. Heading for a degree in sociology and anthropology from Virginia Commonwealth University in the mid-1980s,…
Branching Out
byTimothy O’Dea became a well respected, widely known craftsman the old-fashioned way — through connecting, in person, with others — no screened devices necessary….
Blacksmith Transforms Steel into Art
byMetalworker Steve Joslyn sees beauty in every spark. His true passion is large-scale, intricate ironwork, but his artistic journey started with something much smaller….
The Right Turn
byAnn Batton’s devotion to clay started with a detour. In 1996, she was a young marketing student at East Tennessee State University, studying statistics,…
Going Back in Time
byBecause his dad was part owner of a one-hour photo lab, Ben Nixon grew up immersed in film: the methods and the magic. “I…