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10895
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Hammond discusses the work of Alice Houser, artist and owner of Queen Anne's Lace Kaleidoscopes in Spruce Pine. She has been creating these optical instruments since 1991.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 10, Mar 2009, p138-140, 142-143, il Periodical Website
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9695
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Hammond discusses the creations and skills of master dollmaker Dee Dee Triplett, who is a resident artist at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown. The Swain County artist has led dollmaking workshops across the country and has twice sent dolls to decorate the White House Christmas tree.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 75 Issue 9, Feb 2008, p146-152, il Periodical Website
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10173
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Hammond discusses the work of Steve Longenecker of Asheville, who is one of about thirty-five licensed raptor educators in the state. He holds a federal permit that allows him to keep birds of prey for educational purposes.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 2, July 2008, p84-86, 88, il, por Periodical Website
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10345
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Bob Gernandt moved to the mountains from Durham over thirty years ago. He taught himself how to build dulcimers, at first using local woods, like walnut and cherry. As he became more successful, his woods expanded to Hawaiian koa and Oregon myrtle and native wood, like maple and spruce. Hammond discusses his work and his creations beyond dulcimers.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 76 Issue 5, Oct 2008, p170-172, 174-176, il, por Periodical Website
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23654
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Beekeepers Kelley Penn and Quintin Ellison of Balltown Bee Farm discuss the importance of honeybees and how they produce sourwood honey.
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8717
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Noyes Capehart has been painting for over fifty years. He has degrees from Auburn University and the University of Missouri and taught at Missouri and Ole Miss before coming to Appalachian State University in Boone in 1969. He retired there in 1997. His paintings feature subjects as diverse as abandoned buildings, stark winter landscapes, and bright sunlit interiors occupied by mysterious figures. Capehart's works have been collected and exhibited across the state and nation.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 10, Mar 2007, p178-180, 182, il, por Periodical Website
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8250
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Swain County watercolorist Mary Elizabeth Moorefield Ellison uses paint, handmade paper, and her deep knowledge of the natural world to create images of the western North Carolina mountain world. She and her family have lived for thirty years in a forty-six acre cove that is bounded on three sides by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Her paintings show the native plants and animals, tumbling streams, homesteads, and mountain landscapes of the North Carolina mountains.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 6, Nov 2006, p170-172, 174, 176, il, por Periodical Website
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