The perceived beginning of a season is more critical at certain times of the year than others. When temperatures in February and March swing from below freezing at night to near 40 during the day, a magical thing happens to sugar maples here in the Northeast. Sap begins to flow, then it is collected,…
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Tag: Lamps
A Burl Life
Trees across the Adirondacks become stressed by an injury, virus or fungal infection which affects the growth hormones in many of them. The different malformations caused by this, ironically make grain patterns and external shapes that become admirable to the wood worker. They are used by artists, furniture makers, wood turners, lamp manufacturers and many…
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Old Shows Lead to New Venues
While taking a break at our Arts in the Park show in Inlet, I enjoy mingling with other artists that I have come to know and seeing all the other arts and crafts. Sometimes people we meet are an inspiration for a new product or at times someone will steer us towards a new venue that might work…
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ReCycle, RePurpose & ReUse
There seems to be a growing trend towards fixing what you have rather than discarding it and buying brand new. This is also true of lamps and lamp shades. I get a lot of requests for re-making lamp shades for people so that they can give new life to old lamps they have and do not…
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Show Season 2016 …a thing of the past!!
Last weekend was our final show for the year…woohoo! Those of you who have seen us at any of these shows can understand our excitement. It takes a lot of work to get ourselves set up for each show and packing up is not much easier. However! We truly enjoy meeting so many wonderful people, having great…
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