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Daily writing promptName the professional athletes you respect the most and why.View all responses I try not to get too personal about sports stars or performers. Their performance is what I am interested in; You will not find fan magazines in my house. I'll recognize that I like what someone does but not link the name to …
This figurehead of Sir Walter Raleigh is in the Mystic Seaport collection. He was a real Fashion Plate!
Daily writing promptTell us about the last thing you got excited about.View all responses Sometimes, it's just the little things that get you the most excited. It's like a surprisingly wonderful French Toast at the Gray Jay restaurant in Burlington, Vermont ( OK, a shameless commercial for a place I like!). Or a wonderful morning …
We were at a tavern in the Seaport district in New York. I had just won a bet on recognizing a carver's work based on their tool cuts. It was an easy win; the carvings I had identified were by a carver whose work I was familiar with.
The buzz among some of those studying traditional crafts was that they were not entirely sure that Louis Charpentier was “really” traditional. His roots in rural Quebec carving animal figures for an Ark were unimpeachable. His decades of service as a designer for a plastics manufacturer worried some. But, carving plastic, Carving styrofoam? For some, these placed him beyond the pale.
I picked up this letter opener in the '90s probably at the big antique center in Newburyport, MA. I doubt that I paid more than two dollars for it, and felt that I had procured a lovely little piece very cheaply. I was attracted to it for a variety of reasons. The professionally trained carver had selected European walnut for the article; I've always favored European over American walnut for delicate pieces because of its color and tight grain.
Most of the ship's figureheads that have come down to us are anonymous.
I remembered back to my own Navy days. And recalling the old rubric that "if it moves - salute it. If it doesn't paint it,"
Two of the best artists I've known were fluid on the choice of media.
Seeing may be believing, but feel will give you a less biased second opinion.
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