Ember and Heirloom
byIn the groove where foodie culture meets its makers, fine-art heir Alex Matisse continues to shape his name. For the past year, Matisse has…
Art + Craft
Guilded Age
byAn exhibit at Asheville Art Museum pays tribute to the innovative women-makers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, who have long steered one of…
Lightness of Being
byEarly one morning ten years ago, Cheyenne Trunnell was driving through the mountains of her native Tennessee, going to visit a beloved grandfather dying…
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…
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….