It's gonna taste even better . . .

These are four of about 180 cups that were made during Arrowmont's AIR 20th Anniversary reunion earlier this month.  Now when you come to Arrowmont, you can drink your coffee or tea out a real handmade mug.  This project produced some knockout cups!  Real gems, I tell you.  It was difficult to pick four to photograph.  I believe these selected lovelies were made in collaboration by Erin Castellan, Phil Haralam, Joe Gower, Jason Bige Burnett, Meagan Gumpert, and Bryan Hiveley.

We've Been Bombed!

Yarn bombed, that is! Thank you Streetcolor for brightening up the push bar at Arrowmont. You may be wondering, "Who did this? Why?" If you visit their blog, you can see lots of colorful yarn bombing adventures and get some answers:

How many people are therein Streetcolor?

There is myself and my apprentice who I call the Russian. I dye the fiber , spin the yarn on a drop spindle, design most of the peices and knit. The Russian knits, does some design and we both sew up the knitting.

Arrowmont at Eastern Carolina University March 1st

The Arrowmont Artists-In-Residence will be at Eastern Carolina University on March 1st to give artist talks and attend the closing reception for their exhibition, Past the Totems. The talks (5 pm, location TBD) and reception (6-8pm MSC Gallery) are free and open to the public. ECU is in Greenville North Carolina and directions to the Medenhall Student Center Gallery can be found on their website www.ecu.edu. MSC is open Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, noon to 2 a.m.; Sunday, noon to 11 p.m.

Shawn O'Connor shows "Daily Conversations" in Atlanta

Shawn O'Connor's gorgeous wood fired pottery is now on display at Mudfire Gallery in Atlanta. His solo show, "Daily Conversations" opens today. You have to hold Shawn's pieces in your hands to fully experience their silky smoothness, but if you can't get to Atlanta, you can catch a glimpse of their beauty online here. Shawn was a 2010-2011 Arrowmont Resident Artist. Congratulations Shawn!

SNAG News Technical Article by Lisa Johnson

SNAG News Technical Article

"Slip Casting in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design"

by Lisa Johnson

http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/.docs/pg/10717

Arrowmont Artists-In-Residence Exhibition at Middle Tennessee State University

We set up our first exhibition of 2012 at MTSU on Saturday. The show is open to the public on January 12th and will run through the month of January. Wednesday January 18th will feature artist talks from 11:30am to 12:30pm and will be followed by a 6:00-8:00pm opening reception. We have included a couple images of our instillation with more completed instillation shots to come. Please visit the show or join us for our reception on the 18th.

Happy Holidays!!