Asheville Made Magazine - February 3, 2021

Arranging An Art-Filled Home Is A Sweet Fit For Sculptor And Ikebana Practitioner

by Carolyn Comeau

“Steven Forbes-deSoule is a celebrated Raku sculptor — highly accomplished in the American form of the Japanese art, where the vessel is removed from the hot kiln and placed in combustible materials. His wife Lynn Powell Forbes, a retired Buncombe County Schools ESL specialist, is a master of the Japanese art of flower arrangement known as ikebana (she is president of the Asheville chapter of WNC Ikebana International).”

Read more: https://ashevillemade.com/arranging-an-art-filled-home-is-a-sweet-fit-for-sculptor-and-ikebana-practitioner/

Raku: Spontaneity in the Flames (January 22 - June 19, 2021)

Raku pottery incorporates elements of knowledge, experience, excitement, unpredictability, and spontaneity, and is somewhat akin to a semi-controlled convergence of science, craft, art, and magic with a bit of chaos thrown in for good measure. Come see a colorful variety of Western-style work by a number of North Carolina's Raku potters from across the state and learn more about the making of Raku.

North Carolina Pottery Center

233 East Avenue
Seagrove, NC 27341 United States

336-873-8430