Press release from Heather Ward-Migner:
Asheville Artist, Heather Ward-Migner is creating 500 “Affordable Housing Seedlings”, 500 tiny wooden houses made from the scraps of her wooden wedding cake topper business. She is creating the project to raise awareness of the need for more affordable housing in our area, and to raise money for The Asheville Area Habitat for Humanity. Ward-Migner sees her hopes and prayers for quality affordable housing in our community as little seeds and these tiny houses as the seedlings. Her mantra as she is creating the houses has been “May EVERYONE live in a safe, affordable, and dignified home. May we repair and uplift existing affordable housing and may we be a national leader in creating affordable housing for all.”
Ward-Migner will be selling her house seedlings along with tiny wooden mountains and an opportunity to design and have her make your own wooden sculpture or ornament at The Big Crafty, Sunday December 4th at the US Cellular Center. You can purchase the seedlings as tiny sculptures, have them crafted into ornaments, or purchase them for your local government officials and Ward-Migner will deliver them to the officials as a holiday gift. Twenty percent of all of Ward-Migner’s sales for this project will go to The Asheville Area Habitat Humanity.
Before the Big Crafty Ward -Migner will be installing and photographing the project around town. You can follow this project and Ward-Migner @h.ward.migner on Instagram.
After the Big Crafty remaining affordable housing seedlings from this project will be for sale on Ward-Migner’s etsy site ready to ship for the holidays urastarhouse.etsy.com
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