“Fetch” – 1st Prize Winner – Best Children’s Book Local writer and Jerald Pope of Swannanoa (near Asheville NC) was awarded the first prize for Best Children’s Book for his wordless picture book, “Fetch” at the North Street Book Content (2020). The sixth annual North Street Book’s 2020 contest had entries from around the […]
We were all excited. The vaccines were coming … the vaccines were coming… Yay! Americans would start being kind to each other again. We would become a band of brothers and sisters – fighting the good fight against that awful COVID Killer. Then the news came from the CDC (US Center for Disease Control) that […]
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Although our YEAR 2020 project is over and the resulting book published and offered for sale, Mountain Made’s artist of the year, Nancy Dillingham has written one more poem that we want to share with you, the public: Biden Time And hope and history rhyme. ~Seamus Heaney Voice quiet yet commanding he repeats his […]
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As you might know by now that our featured artist for the summer is Nancy Dillingham. Nancy is both a poet and writer and her work will be featured all summer as part of our Year 2020: A Public Art Project. “Bunker” is the last entry in her first set of 2020 poems and one that we wanted to […]
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As you might know by now that our featured artist for the summer is Nancy Dillingham. Nancy is both a poet and writer and her work will be featured all summer as part of our Year 2020: A Public Art Project. “Birth Mark” was part of her first set of 2020 poems and one that we wanted to share […]
Kumihimo or Japanese-Style Beaded Jewelry A lifelong arts and crafts enthusiast, Deborah “Debbie” Hummer moved to Western North Carolina several years ago looking for the inspiring mountain beauty and to join our thriving arts community … the two things that were …Read More »
Bio/Artist Statement Gayle is a fine painter who also designs beautiful gemstone jewelry. With an eye to unique color and texture combinations as well as …Read More »
“Fetch” – 1st Prize Winner – Best Children’s Book Local writer and Jerald Pope of Swannanoa (near Asheville NC) was awarded the first prize for Best Children’s Book for his wordless picture book, “Fetch” at the North Street Book Content (2020). The sixth annual North Street Book’s 2020 contest …Read More »
Gemstone Artwork by Gayle Ray Gayle is well known for her fine art jewelry designs created from beautiful gemstones. With an eye to unique color and texture combinations as well as the light within each stone, her handcrafted necklaces, and earrings are considered to be stylish wearable “art pieces”. Gayle …Read More »
“Are all your arts and crafts made here in Western North Carolina?” Due to the outstanding craftsmanship of the art and crafts available in our gallery, almost everyone secretly wonders, “How can something so beautiful be locally made, especially here in [the backwoods of] North Carolina?” The answer is yes! …Read More »
Kumihimo or Japanese-Style Beaded Jewelry A lifelong arts and crafts enthusiast, Deborah “Debbie” Hummer moved to Western North Carolina several years ago looking for the inspiring mountain beauty and to join our thriving arts community … the two things that were hard to find in the cold, sterile concrete jungles of …Read More »
Celebrate LOVE with these Unique Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas February has always been a month of transitions and new beginnings. While seemly buried deep inside the stillness of winter, the earth slowly renews itself and prepares for the green growth and warmer weather of spring. And like the seasons, Valentine’s …Read More »