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8 Surprising Things You Can Grind in a Wanezek Pepper Mill

Handcrafted Wood Pepper Mills by Bill Wanezik Bill Wanezek’s wood-turned pepper mills are some of the most popular kitchen tools sold in our gallery. Bill’s woodworking career started as a youngster working side by side with his dad. He says he often starts out with a concept and then changes it as the beauty of the wood reveals itself. He

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5 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with a Hand Crank Coffee Grinder

Hand-Turned Wood Coffee (Mill) Grinders by Bill Wanezek While we all understand how convenient it is to buy pre-ground coffee, hand blasting your way through your favorite roasted beans – just before brewing – guarantees you the boldest, brightest morning cup you have ever tasted. Which is why we are so glad that local woodworker Bill Wanezek has brought in

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Gifts & Specialty

Fun Bamboo Serving Platters by Caroline Greiner

Bamboo Platters – Great Gift for the Foodies in Your Life We want to give a big welcome to our newest Mountain Made artist, Caroline Greiner. We love her work because she has taken beautiful handcrafted bamboo serving platters and along with colorful resin and hand “painted” wonderful water-scapes on each one. We think her platters look like miniature sand and

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Wooden Spoons – Hand Carved from Local WNC Hardwoods

Live Art Demo – Saturday August 10th, 2019 Starting at 11:00 AM Wooden Spoons by Fran “the Spoon Man” Chicoine We are proud to announce a new line of wooden kitchen tools here at the Mountain Made gallery – Rose Creek Spoons. …. Rose Creek Spoons are wooden spoons that have been individually hand carved. They made from select Appalachian

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Whirligigs – whimsical wind sculptures by Van Stronach

Whirligigs are wind-powered kinetic garden ornaments and are the descendants of weathervanes. The origin of whirligigs is unknown. But since both farmers and sailors have used weathervanes since ancient times, these comic versions are thought to have been handcrafted by either group during downtimes. Whirligigs are also called gee-haws, spinners, whirliJigs or whirlybirds. Here in the South and in other

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