posted November 20, 2008
The Craft Artists of Southern Tennessee invite the public to the 12th annual Holiday Studio Tour in the beautiful Monteagle/Sewanee communities on Monteagle Mountain.
This year the tour takes place on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m.- 5 p.m. CST and on Sunday, Dec. 7, from 12-5 p.m. CST.
Over 30 local and regional artists will be showing their work, ranging from textiles, sculpture and jewelry to pottery, flameworked glass, paintings, cast bronze, metal work and much more. Local artists will open their studios to the public during the tour.
Other locations displaying work include the Monteagle Inn, Shenanigan's Gallery, the American Legion Hall and St. Andrew's - Sewanee Art Gallery, host of the Full CAST exhibition.
Light refreshments will be available at many locations and visitors are encouraged to sample the menu at Shenanigan's, a favorite gathering place for residents, students and faculty, and visitors to the area.
Also stop by the Monteagle Inn, a year-round boutique bed and breakfast and retreat center in Monteagle and host to four of the artists participating in the tour this year.
Bright yellow signs will mark the tour route and maps will be available at all locations on the tour. Maps can also be found at the brochure area between AVA and Blue Skies on Frazier Avenue in Chattanooga.
New to the tour this year is the Iona: Art Sanctuary in Sewanee, hosted by Edward Carlos, and Sarah Vance Soapworks, featuring goat milk soap. Also remember to visit the Saint Andrew's - Sewanee Gallery for the Full CAST exhibit featuring work from Holiday Tour participants, CAST-TACA members and SAS faculty and staff.
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Carol Kimmons of Whitwell, Tn., collects leaves and flowers from her mountainside and herb gardens that she press into slabs of clay for decorative tiles and birdfeeders. They are fired in a kiln to 1800 degrees and the plant impressions stained with natural oxides. A second firing is to 2200 degrees. She then attaches the tiles to native wood from her sustainable forestry sawmill and prepare the feeders for hanging. Carol Kimmons' Ceramics will be on display at The Monteagle Inn, stop #12 on the tour.
Carol Kimmons of Whitwell, Tn., collects leaves and flowers from her mountainside and herb gardens that she press into slabs of clay for decorative tiles and birdfeeders. They are fired in a kiln to 1800 degrees and the plant impressions stained with natural oxides. A second firing is to 2200 degrees. She then attaches the tiles to native wood from her sustainable forestry sawmill and prepare the feeders for hanging. Carol Kimmons' Ceramics will be on display at The Monteagle Inn, stop #12 on the tour.
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