Made in the South

The man behind Austin’s singular neon signs

From Monticello to modern houses, the floorcloth rugs by Virginia artisans Ginny and Joe Lascara bring Southern history home

Tennessee metalsmith Ben Caldwell’s hammered serving utensils, platters, and bowls bring serious style to the table

In a small shop in Kentucky, Gray Zeitz creates books the old-fashioned way

A father-and-son team brings back an almost-forgotten piece of Southern hospitality

In the South Carolina Lowcountry, a devoted duck hunter carves hollow-bodied decoys loaded with history

Meet Elvis Presley’s guitar man

With reclaimed wood, hand-punched tin, and a lot of love, a Georgia couple brings back the pie safe

Traditional white oak basketry flourishes in the hands of an unlikely Alabama artisan

A Louisiana craftsman keeps a Cajun tradition afloat

A South Carolina barber keeps a barbecue tradition alive

To collect her subjects, a Lowcountry artist goes deep

How Lisa Tomlin turned a childhood obsession with drawing animals into a career as one of the country’s finest gun engravers

Giving new life to old wood

In the Appalachian foothills, Matt Jones spins the past into every pot

Bladesmith Quintin Middleton crafts the perfect kitchen knife

Deep in the heart of the Delta, this Mississippi artist turns out the South’s most famous pottery

Daniel Winkler turns hunks of metal into eighteenth-century masterpieces with an edge

The oldest son of Texas troubadour Townes Van Zandt casts his luck with the perfect flats boat

How one woman chucked it all for a (hardworking) life among the apple trees