{"id":87775,"date":"2026-01-28T06:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=87775"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:32:43","slug":"feature-artist-ashley-bangert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/arts\/feature-artist-ashley-bangert\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Feature Artist:<\/strong> Ashley Bangert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Gina Malone<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_87758\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87758\" class=\"wp-image-87758\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image0-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"473\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-87758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soca Sling: Quilt Block Series. Ashley Bangert, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An intro course in fibers and textile design at Savannah College of Art and Design turned Florida native Ashley Bangert\u2019s path from her intended major, graphic design, and set her on course for where she is today: artist\/owner of Cole Klutch in Weaverville. \u201cI fell in love with surface design and sewing,\u201d Bangert says. \u201cI started thrifting men\u2019s suit jackets because I loved how structured and tailored all the pockets were. After college I was an assistant to an artist, Jen York (n\u00e9e Swearington), who at the time was making clothes. That\u2019s where I learned to sew on my first industrial machine, but the materials were way different from what I\u2019m working on now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After art school, she moved to Asheville in 2009, then to a tiny island in the Caribbean with her husband Chris for two years. \u201cAlthough this one-acre island was not deserted, it was off the grid and had a restaurant and staff rooms that we helped run,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was a wonderful time, and all my current work is named after this experience, but Hurricane Irma wiped the island out. We were also expecting, so it was time to go home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her son, Cole (also Ashley\u2019s maiden name), was born in 2018, and, out of his naptimes, Cole Klutch was born. During this time, also, she began working a sewing job that taught her to make awnings. \u201cI fell in love again with structured material and tailored seams,\u201d Bangert says. When she discovered cork fabric in 2022, she knew that she had found a material to take her own work from hobby to business. \u201cI stopped working for someone else and dove head-first into designing my own bags,\u201d she says. \u201cI applied to the Southern Highland Craft Guild and got in that first year, in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_87757\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87757\" class=\"wp-image-87757\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-Carnival-Crossbody-bag-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-Carnival-Crossbody-bag-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-Carnival-Crossbody-bag-copy-2-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-Carnival-Crossbody-bag-copy-2-963x1024.jpg 963w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-Carnival-Crossbody-bag-copy-2-768x817.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-Carnival-Crossbody-bag-copy-2-810x861.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-Carnival-Crossbody-bag-copy-2-1140x1212.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-87757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carnival Crossboy. Ashley Bangert, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The sustainability of her chosen material excites and inspires her. \u201cThe coolest thing about cork fabric is that after the cork is harvested from the trees in Portugal they mark the tree so as not to touch it again for nine to 12 years,\u201d she says, \u201cbecause the cork rejuvenates. All in all, creating art in this form fills my cup right up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her current work includes Carnival Crossbody bags, Tola Totes and Soca Slings. For the Carnival bags, she handweaves cork strips. The bags include adjustable and removable crossbody and wristlet straps, an exterior zipper pocket and an interior slip pocket. \u201cThese bags stand up nicely on their own,\u201d Bangert says.<\/p>\n<p>The Tola Totes are the largest bags in her collection, measuring 11\u201dx 11\u201dx 3\u201d. They are made of cork fabric with an upcycled vinyl bottom and feature both interior slip and zipper pockets. For this bag, too, the strap is adjustable.<\/p>\n<p>Measuring 7\u201dx 10\u201d, the Soca bag is the most versatile, functioning as a crossbody, shoulder or fanny bag and, with the strap removed, as a clutch. \u201cThe Soca is made out of cork fabric with some up up-cycled vinyl,\u201d Bangert says. \u201cAll upcycled material comes from our local awning company, and the cork fabric comes to me in a mystery bag full of scraps from a fabric store in Texas, which gets the cork fabric directly from the source in Portugal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_87759\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87759\" class=\"wp-image-87759\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image4-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image4-copy-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image4-copy-2-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image4-copy-2-838x1024.jpg 838w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image4-copy-2-768x939.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image4-copy-2-810x990.jpg 810w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Feature-Artist-Ashley-Bangert-image4-copy-2-1140x1394.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-87759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soca Sling: Quilt Block Series. Ashley Bangert, artist<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hurricane Helene sent three trees crashing onto her family\u2019s home in Weaverville, a disruption to home life and her art, though no one was hurt. \u201cWe evacuated to my husband\u2019s parents\u2019 house in Candler as soon as we could get out,\u201d Bangert says. \u201cWe lived with them for nine months while our house was rebuilt. I was also very fortunate to have the Guild in my life at this point because that\u2019s how I was able to connect with Rachel Elise.\u201d Rachel Aughtry is owner of Rachel Elise, which is located in Mars Hill, 15 minutes away from Bangert\u2019s son\u2019s school. Aughtry also uses natural materials to create stylish and durable bags as well as other handwoven items. \u201cShe took me (and my industrial sewing machine) in and let me work in her space for six or seven months,\u201d says Bangert.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAshley brought such a warm presence to the studio and was always excited to problem-solve together, ask for an opinion or share her knowledge,\u201d Aughtry says. \u201cShe made lots of beautiful things in my studio, but it\u2019s been such a joy to witness all the new work she\u2019s created now that she\u2019s back in her own space. Her perseverance led her to an inventive new phase in her creative journey and it\u2019s inspiring to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although storms have marked her creative years, Bangert finds herself at a peaceful place with her work and determined to move forward. \u201cSo, now I\u2019ve closely experienced two catastrophic hurricanes in less than a ten-year span,\u201d she says. \u201cI don\u2019t want to take anything for granted. Life is precious, and I want to make good work that makes me feel happy while I make it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Find Ashley Bangert\u2019s work at regional galleries including Woolworth Walk and Southern Highland Craft Guild\u2019s retail locations at the Folk Art Center, in the Grove Arcade and on Tunnel Road. For updates on new work, follow Cole Klutch on Facebook and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/coleklutch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> @coleklutch.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An intro course in fibers and textile design at Savannah College of Art and Design turned Florida native Ashley Bangert\u2019s path from her intended major, graphic design, and set her on course for where she is today: artist\/owner of Cole Klutch in Weaverville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":87758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,69,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-craft-arts","category-fashion"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Feature Artist: Ashley Bangert - 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