Craft – Page 3 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Goingback Chiltosky

Cherokee tribal elder Goingback Chiltosky was a master woodcarver who influenced several generations of carvers....

"I don't believe in building nothing I'd be ashamed to own," Kyle Creed said in...

Like many traditional artists, Cherokee carver Amanda Crowe first learned her craft by watching others....

Aaron Buff found his calling as a chair maker when he was about ten years...

The Sturgill family has deep roots in Alleghany County that trace back more than two...

Gina Wheeler, a broom maker, grew up in Hendersonville in an artistic family. She apprenticed...

Mike Campbell has long been fascinated with history and older ways of living. A knowledgeable...

Doc Cudd traces the blacksmith's trade back more than 400 years in his family, in...

Shirley Gragg was born in 1945 in Mitchell County, but she has lived in Avery...

Chuck and Peggy Patrick, natives of Blairsville, Georgia, grew up learning traditional mountain music and...

"What I do best is the rug hooking," says Evanell Trivette Thomas. Evanell grew up...

Joe Thrift is a violin maker and fiddler who has steeped himself in all aspects...