Local crafts fair helps WNC artists impacted by Helene [Video]

OF STORES VISITED. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN ARE BACK TO CREATING NOW, EIGHT WEEKS AFTER HALLOWEEN. AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR RECOVERY IS ALSO GETTING TO SELL THEIR WORK. AND THAT’S WHY ONE LOCAL MARKET IS GIVING THESE PEOPLE AN EXTRA BOOST. THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. WXII 12 KELEE KENDALL IS IN WINSTON-SALEM WITH THIS STORY. FOR US. IF WOODWORKERS, GLASS ARTISTS, LEATHER ARTISTS, FIBER ARTISTS FOR DECADES, THE PIEDMONT CRAFTSMAN’S ANNUAL FAIR HAS GIVEN LOCAL ARTISTS THE CHANCE TO SELL THEIR WORK RIGHT BEFORE THE GIFT GIVING SEASON. FAIR ORGANIZER JASMINE HUFF SAYS 107 ARTISTS HAVE BOOTHS SET UP AT THIS YEAR’S EVENT, AND ABOUT 30% OF THEM ARE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA CRAFTSMEN. THEY HAD SO MANY SHOWS THAT THEY RELY ON FOR THEIR INCOME. ALL YEAR, COMPLETELY CANCELED. YOU KNOW, OR YOU KNOW, THE PLACE THAT THEY SELL. THEIR WORK WAS FLOODED. SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, …