By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Metal and wood artist Elsa Hoffman works out of a barn/studio hybrid she built with her good friend George Allen and the help of others on a 40 acre grain farm in Mebane. They used wood milled from trees on the property. “I never built a building before – it feels… Read More →
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Vitamin O: Jimmy Carter
By Alicia Stemper for Vitamin O James “Jimmy Carter” runs a jewelry school in Carr Mill Mall, but he warns, “I don’t teach the easy stuff. I teach old traditional metalsmithing skills like soldering, hammering, metal forming, and stone setting.” His personal specialty is cloisonné, an enameling technique. Departing from jewelry, he is currently ‘making… Read More →