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metal fabrication and eventually participated in the Core Fellowship at Penland School of Crafts. In 2014 Andrew returned to Penland as an artist in residence. Since 2018 he has been working out of his studio in Asheville, NC. He creates sculptures that are exhibited nationally, including solo exhibitions. www.andrew-hayes.squarespace.com
Contemporary Enameling, The Penland Book of Jewelry, and The Art of Enameling www.sarahperkinsenamels.com
N I L S H I N T is a blacksmith artist from Estonia. He received his MA and BA from the jewelry and blacksmithing department in the Estonian Academy of Arts. He has had solo exhibitions in New York, Thailand, and throughout Europe. He has participated in numerous group shows internationally and his work can be found in public and private collections around the globe. www.nilshint.com
A L E X P I C K E N S lived for two decades in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia, where he spent his spare time writing songs, reading the classics, and exploring every stretch of backcountry he could. Most recently his work has been accepted by Crab Orchard Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, Texas Review Press, Constellations, and won Appalachia’s 2019 Waterman Fund Essay contest, while his screenplays and fiction regularly place in national contests. He just completed a novel called Mountain and Valley, inspired by the wilderness and people of Appalachia. He now lives in Raleigh with his wife.
M Y R A M I M L I T S C H - G R A Y is a metalsmith whose studio practice is at times speculative and theoretical, reflecting pedagogical concerns. Her work has been exhibited widely and is held in significant museum collections in the US and abroad. Fellowships include the United States Artists Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Mimlitsch-Gray maintains a studio in New York’s Hudson valley. www.mimlitschgray.com
J O H N R A I S has an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. He has been a blacksmith artist since 1998, where he designs and creates one-of-a-kind forged metal art. He has had many solo and group shows. His work is regularly featured in numerous publications, and books. He is also in many permanent collections including Yale Art Galleries and the National Metals Museum. John lives, works and teaches in Philadelphia, PA. www.johnraisstudios.com
S A R A H P E R K I N S received her MFA at
S H A R A M A N G S I L A S is a poet and literary
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale and is Professor Emerita at Missouri State University. She has shown her work in the USA, India, Canada, Europe and Taiwan. Her work can be seen in Metalsmith, Ornament, American Craft and in the books
facilitator from Nigeria. A two-time winner of the Korea-Nigeria Poetry Prize, he is a 2018 fellow of the Ebedi International Writers Residency. He lives somewhere in Northern Nigeria.
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