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VERANDA contributor JOY MOYLER on the Alabama artist turning up the heat in the world of metalworking with a debut collection of hand-sculpted door knockers

- JOY MOYLER

A Rousing Entrance

I BELIEVE SOME of our most creative moments arise from ashes. And for artist Patty B. Driscoll, they arose first from ashes, then from molten wax, gilding, and the hot foundries of her native Birmingham, Alabama.

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