Knoxville Photos

Photos by Linda Lange

  • Thoryn Ziemba confers with John Almaguer while his glass sculpture is heated in the “glory hole.” They are learning the glassblowing craft at the Appalachian Center for Craft near Smithville, Tenn.
  • Doves flutter above wood sculptor Bard Sells in his studio in Cookeville, Tenn.
  • The Cannon Cultural Museum, a component of the Arts Center of Cannon County, features self-taught art, Civil War heritage displays and white oak baskets, a time-honored crafts tradition.
  • A slow-paced rural lifestyle attracted artists like Arlene Knaak to Middle Tennessee. A hollow log serves as her mailbox.
  • Using rollers, Arlene Knaak presses plants against soft clay so imprints create interesting motifs.
  • Clay artist Arlene Knaak displays her wall murals at her studio in Gassaway, Tenn. Tiles are are dried, kiln-fired, colored and smoke-fired in straw.
  • William Kooienga rests on a sculpture in his studio near Dowelltown in Middle Tennessee.
  • John Almaguer, left, and Thoryn Ziemba sculpt a vessel in the glass studio of the Appalachian Center for Craft near Smithville, Tenn.
  • Heaps of wood fill Brad Sells’ studio in Cookeville, Tenn. His sculpture of a family will be installed in the Cookeville Regional Medical Center upon completion.
  • Glass artist Thoryn Ziemba heats the glass to keep it malleable.
  • William Kooienga works in his studio near Dowelltown in Middle Tennessee.
  • Brad Sells carved a family, a sculpture commissioned for the Cookeville Regional Medical Center. “I used my children and wife as models — very loosely,” says Sells.
  • Passengers board the River Gorge Explorer at the Chattanooga Pier. The River Gorge Explorer cruises at slow speed through the gorge so passengers have optimum sightseeing opportunities.
  • Tennessee Aquarium's River Gorge Explorer leaves downtown Chattanooga and carries passengers into the Tennessee River Gorge. The 70-passenger high-speed catamaran offers fall foliage tours several times a day.
  • Passengers gather on the topside observation deck during a cruise aboard the River Gorge Explorer through the 26-mile Tennessee River Gorge.
  • Passengers on the River Gorge Explorer in Chattanooga. The River Gorge Explorer cruises at slow speed through the gorge so passengers have optimum sightseeing opportunities.

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