Handmade in the
mountains of
North Carolina

Artistic Works, Quality Crafts, and Home Grown Agricultural Products from the People of the Mountains of North Carolina

Welcome to Alleghany Arts & Crafts' e-commerce web site, New River Arts & Crafts, where you can find artistic works, quality crafts, and home grown agricultural products for sale. The products offered here are constantly changing so come back often to check to see what's new. Our purpose is to support, preserve and celebrate authentic mountain culture through the handmade products of the New River Valley area.

Alleghany Arts & Crafts is a cooperative store whose members are artists and crafts people either from Alleghany County or with ties to the county. Alleghany Arts & Crafts is located at 36 N. Main St. (next to the Court House) in Sparta, N. C. and is proud to sponsor this web site. The membership of Alleghany Arts & Crafts and New River Arts & Crafts are not the same although there are people who are members of both organizations. Each organization has its own jury process and membership requirements. For more information contact us using our online form or drop by Alleghany Arts & Crafts and talk with us. Our mailing address is Alleghany Arts & Crafts, P.O. Box 1892, Sparta, NC, 28675. Or you can give us a call at 336-372-1776. We would love to hear from you.

Inside this web site, you'll meet the creators and the growers - the producers - who craft and grow these wonderful products from the Northwestern corner of North Carolina. It won't take you long to learn that each product is unique and has a character of its own; none of these items were mass produced by machinery or factories - they were made by local craftsmen who have been blessed with tremendous creative talent. Therefore, we proudly say... each product offered for sale was either made by hand or grown or raised in our neck of the woods.

So wander in our open doors and sit a spell, as you browse through the wide variety of high quality, one-of-a-kind products - who knows - you might make a friend or two!

Featured Artist
John Brady

John Brady is a man steeped in history. A woodworking artisan for 30 years, the extraordinary pieces he creates will certainly outlive him, passed on for generations as beloved family heirlooms.

His woodworking is truly "organic." John began crafting full-time after his retirement to satisfy the needs and dreams of friends and family, and the business grew naturally from those beginnings. John is devoted to woodworking and enjoys every step of transforming a a rough piece into a finished work of art. Much of the wood John uses is 75-150 years old, "recycled" from demolished barns and buldings. John prefers the superior tones of aged woods and his distinctive craftsmanship ensures that no two pieces he creates are never alike.

See John's pieces.