{"id":63479,"date":"2023-10-20T12:36:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=63479"},"modified":"2023-10-20T12:36:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:36:23","slug":"wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_63481\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63481\" class=\"wp-image-63481\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Cattlaya.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Cattlaya.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy.jpg 731w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Cattlaya.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-137x300.jpg 137w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Cattlaya.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-468x1024.jpg 468w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Cattlaya.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-702x1536.jpg 702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-63481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catt(laya). Jeff Ware, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled <em>With the Grain<\/em> at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself. \u201cI felt a sense of \u2018knowing\u2019 that I could create that kind of woodwork,\u201d he says. He completed his \u201cdream\u201d project, and it now resides on the rooftop gathering space at TSKW. Today, Ware has studios in both Key West and Asheville.<\/p>\n<p>After salvaging wood, by chance or through friends, Ware starts a piece with an open mind. \u201cEach piece can evolve quite dramatically as I work on it,\u201d he says, adding that he often provides those who buy his sculptures with a picture of what the wood looked like at the start. \u201cQuite often it blows their mind. If I feel that I have the right piece, I will introduce a man-made element to add a visual and material contrast to the organic nature of the wood itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His process involves drying out the wood, removing rotten or insect-damaged bits and thoroughly investigating any cracks or holes. \u201cAfter that stage, I\u2019m usually left with the basic shape of the piece,\u201d he says. \u201cFrom there, it\u2019s just following my gut feeling, letting the wood \u2018talk to me\u2019 until I feel that I\u2019ve created something to be proud of.\u201d At the end of each working day, he takes pictures of progress on the piece. \u201cUsually these 2D images reveal creative paths that I can investigate the next time I work on the piece,\u201d he says. The final touch includes \u201clabor-intensive hand-sanding of the work to achieve a silky smooth finish, moving from 80-grit sandpaper through to 600-grit.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_63482\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63482\" class=\"wp-image-63482\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Hidden-Nail.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Hidden-Nail.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy.jpg 1087w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Hidden-Nail.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Hidden-Nail.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Hidden-Nail.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-768x1130.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Hidden-Nail.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-1044x1536.jpg 1044w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Hidden-Nail.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-810x1192.jpg 810w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-63482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hidden Nail. Jeff Ware, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ware has had two solo shows in Key West, in 2022 and in February of this year, that were sold-out successes. He also works on commission, and will show his work by appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like to have my sculptures look as unstructured and free-flowing as possible,\u201d he says. \u201cI like them to look sensuous and curvilinear, to invite the viewer to reach out and touch the finished piece.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/JeffsWoodSculptures.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JeffsWoodSculptures.com<\/a>. Jeff Ware\u2019s work will be exhibited at Haw Creek Forge and Friends Open House on Friday, December 1, from 4\u20138 p.m. Haw Creek Forge is at The Mill at Riverside, 2000 Riverside Drive, #6, Asheville.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled With the Grain at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":63483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-craft-arts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods - The Laurel of Asheville<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled With the Grain at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods - The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled With the Grain at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Laurel of Asheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-20T16:36:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"712\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Amy Pryor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AshevilleLaurel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Amy Pryor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Amy Pryor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"headline\":\"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-20T16:36:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":438,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Arts\",\"Craft Arts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/\",\"name\":\"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods - The Laurel of Asheville\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-20T16:36:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\"},\"description\":\"Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled With the Grain at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":712},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/arts\\\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Laurel of Asheville\",\"description\":\"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thelaurelofasheville.com\\\/updatestage\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00\",\"name\":\"Amy Pryor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Amy Pryor\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods - The Laurel of Asheville","description":"Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled With the Grain at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods - The Laurel of Asheville","og_description":"Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled With the Grain at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself.","og_url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/","og_site_name":"The Laurel of Asheville","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thelaurelofasheville","article_published_time":"2023-10-20T16:36:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":712,"url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Amy Pryor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_site":"@AshevilleLaurel","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Amy Pryor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/"},"author":{"name":"Amy Pryor","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"headline":"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods","datePublished":"2023-10-20T16:36:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/"},"wordCount":438,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg","articleSection":["Arts","Craft Arts"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/","name":"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods - The Laurel of Asheville","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg","datePublished":"2023-10-20T16:36:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00"},"description":"Sculptor Jeff Ware was living in Key West when he attended an exhibit titled With the Grain at The Studios of Key West (TSKW) in 2019. That night, a literal dream of creating a wooden sculpture to honor his father set him on course to become an artist himself.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Crafts-Jeff-Ware-Roularde.-Jeff-Ware-artist-copy-e1697819766767.jpg","width":1200,"height":712},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/wnc-crafts-2023-jeff-wares-freeform-sculptures-highlight-tropical-appalachian-woods\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"WNC Crafts 2023: Jeff Ware\u2019s Freeform Sculptures Highlight Tropical, Appalachian Woods"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/","name":"The Laurel of Asheville","description":"The Arts and Culture of Communities Across the Mountains","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/#\/schema\/person\/13d76582350fe4093b37d2b69174af00","name":"Amy Pryor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4afbb9c963c7a0e8f027aafb31772d626615a03db2472868007f1e429a48cc2f?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Amy Pryor"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63479"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63489,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63479\/revisions\/63489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}