Self-taught craftsman preps for Artesian festival

ADA, Okla. – “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.”Little could Chickasaw artist Christopher Gross know Charles Dickens’ words – written 161 years earlier – would mirror his life so dramatically.His journey began in 2020 during a global pandemic.While performing his duties remotely, Gross did something else, too.He learned to craft wood, u...