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Four-night stay at Cloud Nine
Escape for four nights to Cloud Nine, a small, rustic cabin in Little Switzerland, surrounded by rhododendrons and mountain laurels. Start the morning with coffee on the deck, and then venture into Little Switzerland or head to Penland School of Craft (15 minutes away) or Toe River Arts (galleries in Spruce Pine and Burnsville). If you're feeling restless, head to Roan Mountain, famous for its Catawba rhododendron and balsam forest. After a long day, relax back at Cloud Nine, and listen to the warblers as you stroll through the Japanese Garden.

Demitasse set by Cynthia Bringle

Cynthia Bringle
Born Memphis, TN 1939
Set of four demitasses and saucers, circa 1985
Glazed stoneware
Dimensions variable

Cynthia Bringle is a prolific studio potter with close ties to the Penland School of Craft, where she has taught and mentored thousands of students. In honor of her contributions to the field, she was named a North Carolina Living Treasure, and is included in the Asheville Art Museum's Collection.

Vitreograph by Harvey K. Littleton

Harvey K. Littleton
Corning, NY 1922-2013 Spruce Pine, NC
Cancelled, 1988
Four-color intaglio print from glass plate on Arches paper
41 Ã- 29 inches
Artist Proof
Printer: Judith O'Rourke
Publisher: Littleton Studios

In 1974, Harvey K. Littleton developed a process for using glass to create prints on paper. Littleton invited a wide circle of artists working in a variety of media-including glass, ceramics, and painting-to his studio in Spruce Pine, NC, to create prints using the vitreographic process that he developed, wherein an image is sandblasted, etched, or ground into a glass plate and then inked and printed on paper.