Sculpting Personalities
byMore than 40 years ago, just after her first child was born, Akira Blount found herself fashioning peculiar stuffed toys from old socks for…
Art + Craft
High Contrast
byLandscape photographer John Smith did not take the transition from film to digital lightly. He recalls starting his photographic journey as “a little lizard,”…
Dovetails and Dragonflies
byAt Boston’s renowned North Bennet Street School (the oldest trade school in the U.S.), woodworking students spend two years immersed in American furniture making…
Aiming for Infinity
byBorn at the foot of The Priest in Virginia, Galen Frost Bernard is trying to paint his way back to the place he calls…
Lighten Up
byChandeliers don’t have to be stately or ponderous to be admired, believes Mark Peyton. They can be as full of color as they are…
Capturing the Moment
byIt’s very likely you’ve seen Dave Allen’s photography and did not know it. The 40-year-old Hendersonville resident’s fairytale depictions of Carolina sunsets and waterfalls…
Family Portrait
byThe career of the Tryon-based painter Margaret Curtis can be divided into two halves, separated by the major life change that came with the…
Serious Whimsy
byFour years ago, Angelique Tassistro hit bottom. “The ceramics thing was not working, and I was just over it,” she says. Sure, the Asheville-based…
Shadow Show
by“I have a twisted view of things,” says S. Tucker Cooke. “If I had to choose between lightness and darkness, I would choose darkness.”…
A Cosmic Connection
bySelinde Lanier still has the photograph that changed her life. It’s a page from a decorating magazine, now a bit tattered with age —…