This week we just wanted to showcase for you some of the great local arts and crafts that you can discover here at Mountain Made. Did you know that Mountain Made is home to some 150 artists, craft persons and authors? Yes, if you are new to Asheville or the surrounding Western North Carolina hills, […]
2020 a Year of Covid, Turmoil, Uncertainties, Heroes & Hope
Father’s Day Gift Ideas Did you know that we owe both Father’s Day and Mother’s Day to two Southern women! According Wikipedia, Grace Golden Clayton was inspired by Anna Jarvis‘ crusade to establish Mother’s Day. A couple of months prior, Jarvis had held a celebration for her dead mother in Grafton, West Virginia, a town […]
Glassblower Jason Probstein will be showcasing his awesome Scientific Glassblowing techniques during a series of live holiday demonstrations hosted by Mountain Made from now until Dec 23, 2019. …. Mountain Made has been hosting holiday glass blowing demos by Jason for several years now. In fact many families have made special trips into town to […]
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I have quite an eye for finding that beauty in some bizarre places,” says watercolor painter Sharyn Fogel. She goes on to say, “I was born in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Eventually I will die here (not anytime soon, I hope.) In the meantime […]
