Tip of the Hat
byIn 20 years as a modelmaker for the Smithsonian Institution, Carol Reuter made everything from Native American figures to life-sized dolphins, and even a…
Diversions
Crescendo Collection
byKeyboardist Brian Turner has more than 60 pianos in his West Asheville studio — quite an accomplishment, considering that the studio is a…
Revolutions Per Minutiae
by“My record collection is an extension of me,” says Whitney Shroyer, who has 3,000 LPs and another 3,000 45-rpm records lining the walls of…
A Blizzard of Memories
byRumor 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…
Soul Searchers
byAmy Spedden is ready to confess. “I’ve never talked to anybody about it before, so this interview has forced me to sit down and…
Little Houses
bySally Habermeyer hadn’t planned on filling her big Biltmore Forest house with lots of little houses. “But once I started making dollhouses,” she laughs,…
Circle of Friends
byThere are collectors for whom the aesthetic is all. An object must be from a certain time period or fit a particular style profile….
Sea Worthy
byWalking 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…
The Boatman
byWhen Terry Dickinson went salmon fishing on a northern Maine lake almost 40 years ago, the water was dotted with the pontoon planes that…
A Well Laid Table
byMinton, Moser and Meissen. “It sounds like a law firm,” says Ron Lambe of Asheville, but it’s actually the triumvirate of Lambe’s impressive china…