ABOUT THE ARTIST

Doris Hunter is a Macon County native from A mountain family that spans five generations. She created her first pinecone bird in 1973. It was love from the beginning.

With skillful hands and simple materials, she makes favorite birds of the South spring to life. Pinecones, cotton burrs, clay and seeds for eyes become wrens, owls, blue birds and the most popular: hummingbirds.

The local lakes of Fontana and Nantahala provide driftwood perches (with mountain laurel beautiful shapes being the favorite). Each piece is hand-picked to make every arrangement a one-of-a-kind of exquisite beauty.

The trumpet vines and dogwood blossoms are corn shucks that come from a local farmer's corn crib.

She a Heritage Folk Artist with the Southern Highland Handcraft Guild.

(828)  524-3405
155 North Womack Street
Franklin, North Carolina  28734

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