Who & Ware:Ceramist Luis Enrique Gutierrez had one of the best teachers possible in his homeland of Nicaragua -- his father. Helio Gutierrez is one of Nicaragua's most recognized contemporary pottery artists, best known for updating the look of traditional pottery from his town of San Juan de Oriente, which is famous for its historic ceramic style.

Who & Ware:Megan Risley took her first quilting class after moving to Carrboro from Massachusetts a decade ago, and she hasn't stopped since.

Who & Ware:Barns have been a part of Roger Dinger's life since his childhood in Waynesboro, Va., where the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive meet in the Shenandoah Valley.

Who & Ware:Jim Staley thought his woodworking days were behind him after he and his wife moved from their house in Durham to The Forest at Duke retirement community four years ago.

Who & Ware:For Jim Potts, it all started with a barn. Potts, whose parents owned a department store in tiny Stanley in Gaston County, grew up to appreciate rural living.

Who & Ware:In her 20s, armed with a master's degree in sociology, Greensboro native Bryant Holsenbeck had an epiphany.

Who & Ware:Eddie Taylor is what the art world would call an outsider artist -- self-trained, using recycled or inexpensive products and generally shunning uptown gallery ways.

Who & Ware:The first time Julie Olson took a pottery class, she hated it. She liked drawing and painting, but ceramics held no appeal.

Who & Ware:If Joe Galas had been born a few decades later, he probably could have had his own show on HGTV, where children do over the family home.

Who & Ware:Even when he was a kid growing up in East Raleigh, John Dancy-Jones loved writing and stationery.