Grovewood Gallery

We are CLOSED January 2 + 3 for inventory.

This monolith wine rack by Libby Schrum adds a welcoming touch to your home bar, kitchen or dining area while expanding your storage space.

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Merry Christmas! On behalf of the entire crew at Grovewood Gallery, we appreciate your support and wish you the best in the coming year. We will be closed today so our staff can spend time with family and friends, but we will resume regular business hours tomorrow and the rest of the week: 10am - 5pm. Cheers!

We're on the countdown to Christmas✨

For those of you still looking for handmade holiday gifts, we'll be open daily until Christmas. Let us help you find the perfect gift for that special someone.

Mountain Vista Glass Panel – Winter Trees

Amanda Taylor creates work that celebrates the natural beauty of the hills and mountains where she has lived and traveled throughout Canada, the USA, and various areas around the world. Her love of the outdoors and photography inspires her to create unique interpretations in kiln-formed glass.

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Grovewood Gallery American art and fine craft brought to life within a beautiful, historic setting. Est 1992.

We still have some great items available in our Vessels of Merriment exhibit! These make wonderful handmade holiday gifts. This exhibition will remain on view through December 31, 2023. Don't miss it!

Vessels shown by Julie Spako: https://bit.ly/3RIDKMk

HOLIDAY HOURS✨

If you plan to visit us in the next few weeks, please be aware of our holiday hours.

Christmas Eve: 10am - 3pm
Christmas: CLOSED
New Year's Eve: 10am - 5pm
New Year's Day: CLOSED
January 2 + 3: CLOSED for inventory

Whiskey Cups & Tray Set 🥃

Rebecca Zweibel’s pieces serve as canvasses for her use of line, color, and texture. She works instinctively and thoughtfully, with no preplanned design in mind. Each ceramic form is made individually; she sketches and redraws different forms directly onto the clay surface until she is satisfied that she will like what will be built from the slab of clay—even then, she often alters the piece as she goes. Her designs are unrestrained and unmeditated, conveying unprocessed emotions of freedom and abandonment.

Zweibel constructs each piece one at a time; none are like any other. Her vessels are slab built from earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. Zweibel’s forms are decorated with varying combinations of terra sigillata, slip, and underglaze. Diverse tools and found objects are used to create unique textures on her pieces, along with a traditional carving technique called sgraffito. Her pieces are fired in an electric kiln, rendering the designs indelible.

We hope to see you at our annual Sip & Shop this Saturday!

12 Ways to Celebrate Christmas in Western North Carolina A visiting writer checks out Biltmore, National Gingerbread House contest and more fun holiday events in mountain towns near Asheville NC.

FRIDAY + SATURDAY🍷🛍🎁

Join us for our annual Holiday Sip & Shop event from 11am - 4pm. Enjoy artist demonstrations, deals, wine and warm cider. Use coupon code MERRY10 in our online shop on December 8 & 9 to receive 10% off American-made gifts (excludes Lyman Whitaker).

HOLIDAY SIP & SHOP✨

Join us for our annual Holiday Sip & Shop this Friday and Saturday from 11am - 4pm. Enjoy artist demonstrations, deals, and inspiration for the holiday season. Our friends from Metro Wines Asheville will also be in the gallery, serving up complimentary libations and holiday cheer.

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Grovewood Gallery American art and fine craft brought to life within a beautiful, historic setting. Est 1992.

Bring a little whimsy to your kitchen table with this porcelain Unicorn Cup, handcrafted by Asheville studio potter Laurie Caffery.

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Fans of Jaws will covet this fine porcelain mug handcrafted by Asheville-based potter Anja Bartels. Each mug features a scary shark sgraffito design and an interior electric blue glaze.

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This ceramic Snowy Nuthatch wine cup was handcrafted by Atlanta potter Rebekah Strickland, a featured artist in our Vessels of Merriment exhibition, on view now through December 31.

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“Take me to your leader.” This flying saucer and alien family is made from cast aluminum and bronze by artist Scott Nelles. The top half of the saucer lifts off to reveal a cozy resting place for the aliens in their travels through space. A boarding ladder drops or folds up inside to keep the aliens secure.

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This stoneware wine cup was handcrafted in Austin, TX, by Julie Spako. Julie is a featured artist in our Vessels of Merriment exhibition, on view now through December 31, 2023.

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Ayla Mullen is a featured artist in our 5th annual Vessels of Merriment exhibition, on view now through December 31.

Born and raised on a small farm in the Pacific Northwest, Ayla Mullen has been enamored with clay since the mud-pie bakery days of her childhood. After graduating with a degree in ceramics from Marlboro College in Vermont, Ayla moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains to pursue an apprenticeship with potter Ellen Shankin and learn the rhythms of life as a studio potter.

After five years in Virginia, she followed the call of her home mountains and headed back west, thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail on her way to western Washington state. She is now settled in the town of Bellingham, her home and studio tucked between the mountains and the bay, and when she can get away from pottery, you will find her running, hiking, reading, and having kitchen dance parties with her cat.

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Based on a design by Dard Hunter, this jaunty little nutcracker tile will make a festive addition to your holiday décor. Each tile is made by hand in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and can be hung on the wall, displayed on a stand, or used as a striking accent in your next tile installation.

William Joseph “Dard” Hunter (1883-1966) was primarily devoted to the study of papermaking. His designs for the Roycroft community in East Aurora, New York, helped define the Arts & Crafts movement in America. His designs have been an ongoing inspiration to Motawi Tileworks.

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These delightful cardinal tumblers by North Carolina potter Vicki Gill can double as a vase to display a small bouquet of flowers. The cardinal on these tumblers is made with a wooden stamp (handmade by the artist) that is pressed into the clay when wet. The branches are drawn on. The designs are then handpainted with vibrant underglazes and finished with a tinted transparent glaze that Vicki formulated.

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Reiko Miyagi is one of the featured artists in our Vessels of Merriment exhibition, on view now through December 31.

Reiko was born in Japan and worked as a studio potter in the area of Mashiko, a renowned folk pottery town, before she relocated to the US. She moved to the Asheville Area in 2012, and since then, she has enjoyed her pottery making and a large vegetable garden in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. Here she can experience the four seasons with mountains and rivers, just like in her home in Japan.

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Suitable for hot tea, cocoa, or juice, these handcrafted mugs by local artist Marissa Domanski are particularly suited to serving whipped cream-topped Irish Coffee.

Marissa is one of the featured artists in our Vessels of Merriment exhibition, which is on view now through December 31.

These mugs are available in our gallery and in our online shop: grovewood.com/shop

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This remarkable porcelain goblet by Jackson, TN, artist Juan Barroso is truly a work of art. Juan’s work focuses on “the plight, struggle, hope, and heritage of Mexican immigrants.” As the son of immigrant parents, his hope is to pay homage to his people and the dignity of their labor.

This piece will be featured in our Vessels of Merriment exhibition, which opens this Saturday. Join us for the opening reception from 2-5pm. Metro Wines Asheville will be on-site, serving complimentary wine and refreshments. Free to attend.

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Asheville studio potter Lisa Gluckin will be a featured artist in our upcoming Vessels of Merriment exhibition, which opens this Saturday. Several of her porcelain cups (ranging from $40 to $45) will be on display and available to purchase. Join us for the opening reception from 2-5pm, where you'll have the opportunity to meet the artist and enjoy complimentary wine and light refreshments.

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SATURDAY📣

Join us this Saturday from 2-5pm for the opening of Vessels of Merriment. From wine and whiskey cups to flasks and goblets, the 5th Annual Vessels of Merriment at Grovewood Gallery brings together the handcrafted drinking vessels of 15 studio potters.

We invite you to spend the afternoon with us, meet some of the participating artists, and enjoy complimentary libations from our friends at Metro Wines Asheville. Free parking on-site.

Vessel shown: ceramic wine goblet by Milo Berezin

This beautifully crafted stand-up desk and stool by John Wesley Williams was handmade from curly maple in his West Virginia studio. A continuous wooden hinge allows the slanted work surface lid to open and lean against the back console. Inside is a flat working surface and three additional drawers.

Available in our gallery.

Hannie Goldgewicht’s ceramic and pine needle basketry expresses her love of form and design with time-mastered workmanship.

Each piece is first hand-thrown on a potter’s wheel, then trimmed, fired, and finished with painting techniques and patinas. Then, the artist starts the weaving around the rim. The pine needles are hand-picked and cleaned and woven with wax thread using the coil method. Each piece is one-of-a-kind.

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“Hopper’s Mountain Story” by Jaana Mattson. Needle felted wool, silk, pine, and steel.

25.5” x 25.5” x .75”

Terracotta horsehair raku sculpture by Tina Curry. 10 x 12 inches.

Tina began working with clay over 27 years ago. She holds a BA from the University of Florida and worked for 35 years in Graphic Design. Now retired, she is a full-time ceramic and bronze sculptor living in Knoxville, Tennessee. All of her sculptures are hand-built, so each has its own distinctive personality and characteristics.

You better watch out. Meet Krampus, St. Nicholas’ not-so-better half and punisher of those on the naughty list, according to Alpine folklore. This particular fiend is a composite of two Wiener Werkstätte depictions. Each tile is made by hand and can be hung on the wall, displayed on a stand, or used as a striking accent in your next tile installation.

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