Spiraling down the iron stairs Kyle Frerichs installed in the center of his house, we enter a tightly organized workshop. It goes far beyond the common — peg boards holding the hand tools and a workbench with a vise mounted at the corner — to another height of possibilities. There Read more…
Chickens wander in the garden behind Nikos Pulos and Melanie Audet’s art studio … once a horse barn. Once a mother-in-law cottage. Now a creative haven he and she share. Nikos shoos the chickens out of the garden. They move to wandering the yard and driveway between the studio and Read more…
‘Creativity’ is so broad. I’ve always approached creativity from the crafting and engineering side. I think that’s how my brain is wired. Jordan Kerr, a leathersmith by profession and blacksmith by hobby, talks while sweeping the worn strip wood floor in his open studio and tidying up. Today’s music of Read more…
Alain Navaratne leans back on the family couch. Relaxed. His paintings hang on the wall behind him, and throughout the room. Alain’s most recently completed work, a bit larger than those on the walls, rests on a sizeable easel. It reflects light from the large, sliding door that is open Read more…
When I was a young kid I had access to a small, counter-top printing press. I’d place each metal character in order, right to left. I’d use a rubber roller to coat the backward letters in black ink, readying them to be mirrored onto light-blue poster board. Only one word I Read more…