Who & Ware:When Larry Favorite moved from Phoenix east to North Carolina 20 years ago, he left his art in Arizona, in the Sonoran Desert to be precise.

Who & Ware:In Western North Carolina, where Lucas House grew up, people understand blacksmithing as an art form, he said. "Someone usually knows someone who does blacksmithing," said House.

Low Country native brings craft to Cary festival.

Jill Rossi has a lot going on in her head and in her studio. Her most recent creations are small ceramic sculptures, some functional, some not, for outside and in.

Since she was a kid, Rose Rosely was making art. "I was always drawing wacky little characters," she said. "I would sit and watch 'The Flintstones' and draw the characters. They're really fun to draw. When I was in seventh gr

R.J. Perz-Edwards used to have a retort for when people asked if he played a musical instrument. "I'd always answer, 'Yeah, I play the radio.' "

Paula MacLeod of Durham creates 'paintings' with broken glass and tile.

Charles Tedder doesn't mind boxing himself in -- that's his specialty. He makes custom wooden boxes to contain such things as cigars, jewelry and golf balls.

Although she's only 25 years old, Molly Dingledine has been in the jewelry making business for a decade.

When Shelley Roupas (then Harrell) was a teenager growing up in Greensboro, she knew she wanted to be a television reporter. "There was an anchor who'd come to class to talk to us and she sat on my desk in front. Ever since then I knew I wanted

Dawn and Bobby Privette drive to and from Tahiti most every day. Well, it looks like Tahiti, but it's really their two-car garage in Zebulon.

The first time Joy Hannan-Copanezos' husband laid eyes on what's now known as a "KiDoodles" creation, he asked "What is that?" When she told him it was a piece of jewelry she'd made from a drawing their 3-year-old daught

Ronan Peterson's melodious Southern accent isn't the only thing left over from his youth. Bits of the artist's childhood in a small community in the mountains of Western North Carolina can be found in his pottery too.

Felting, the oldest known textile technique, has been getting some new attention lately. Raleigh artist Sharron Parker, for one, appreciates that her craft is in the spotlight.

Although glass blowing is a solitary act, Jonathan Davis doesn't want to do it in a vacuum. He learned it from friends, and likes to keep making artist pals.

To Dave Wofford, letterpress printing is much more than a retro look or a nod to nostalgia.