Beyond the Mackintosh Rose
bySome book clubs involve more wine consumption than literary analysis. And then there’s the Arts and Crafts Book Club, an offshoot of the augustly…
Some book clubs involve more wine consumption than literary analysis. And then there’s the Arts and Crafts Book Club, an offshoot of the augustly…
Scott Owen of Asheville traces his passion for collecting rocks and minerals to his childhood. “I grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where there was…
“To me, this is true buried treasure right here in our state,” says John Sinclair of his thousand-piece rock collection, which began with North…
In 20 years as a modelmaker for the Smithsonian Institution, Carol Reuter made everything from Native American figures to life-sized dolphins, and even a…
Keyboardist Brian Turner has more than 60 pianos in his West Asheville studio — quite an accomplishment, considering that the studio is a…
Rumor has it we’re in for a hard winter, and for some, that’s welcome news. Katlen Smith loves her family’s collection of old-fashioned sleds…
Sally Habermeyer hadn’t planned on filling her big Biltmore Forest house with lots of little houses. “But once I started making dollhouses,” she laughs,…
There are collectors for whom the aesthetic is all. An object must be from a certain time period or fit a particular style profile….
Walking down Hendersonville’s Main Street, you come upon a storefront that’s different from the rest. Jutting out from the wooden façade of the brick…
When Terry Dickinson went salmon fishing on a northern Maine lake almost 40 years ago, the water was dotted with the pontoon planes that…