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On display inside May's shop are authentic historic instruments, about which Warren happily shares information on styles, woods and techniques through time.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Warren May

Warren May, creator of some 18,736 dulcimers (and counting), is considered a musical instrument-making rock star.
Nancy Basket, here in her home gallery in Walhalla, South Carolina, tells the ancient stories through her work as a basket maker and fiber artist.

Hand Made in the Mountains: Nancy Basket

For over a decade, Basket has worked in the region and across the country educating and inspiring survival groups, earth skills gatherings, herb collectives, and members of the Catawba Nation, among others.
Robert and Mary McIntire use their certifications in wire wrapping, cabochons and other aspects of jewelry craft to create unique pieces. Unakite, slag glass and Hokie Stone are among many Virginia materials Treasure Tree employs in creating its jewlery.

Wire-Wrapped Jewelry: Tree of Treasures

Our readers nominated more than 50 crafters for mentions in the magazine. Bob and Mary McIntire’s business was touted more than a half dozen times.
Curtis Buchanan got a call from Monticello in 1987, asking him to submit information about his chairs. He drove there from East Tennessee the next morning and sold two chairs.

Take a Seat

Quiet-loving chairmaker Curtis Buchanan long ago traded his power tools for a sledgehammer and a drawknife.
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Hand Made in the Mountains 2019

The beauty of the hand-crafted—of wood, glass, clay, metal, fabric or stone—is exceeded perhaps only by the sensory pleasure of holding the item in your hands.
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