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Wordless Wednesday: Hex Sign in Glass by Wayne Stratz for the Gallery of Hamburg Hex Sign Contest
May 9, 2012 By 2 Comments
Bertha Lum(1869-1954): Imprinting a Life
May 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Source: bertha-lum.org via Margaret on Pinterest Source: hanga.com via Margaret on Pinterest Source: hanga.com via Margaret on Pinterest Bertha Lum(1869-1954) caught my eye on Pinterest, because of the rich orange tones of her woodblock prints. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago as a young woman, and when she married at age 34, [...]
Reflections on the A to Z Challenge 2012: Almost the A, B, and C of It
May 7, 2012 By 12 Comments
Artwork by Ada Z from Collagepodge.com I often wake up to a jazz standard in my head, and today it’s Teach Me Tonight, particularly, Dinah Washington’s version, with the lyric: Starting with the ABC of it Right down to the XYZ of it Help me solve the mystery of it Go on, teach me tonight The [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Grace, A Collaboration with Margaret Almon and Suzanne Halstead
May 2, 2012 By 3 Comments
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A to Z Challenge 2012: Z is for Zest
May 1, 2012 By 3 Comments
Source: veganyumyum.com via Margaret on Pinterest Clementine Zest by teenytinyturkey on Flickr Zest is a thing that adds flavor, often the peel of an orange or lemon, piquant, but also a keen enjoyment and enthusiasm, a zest for living. I was fascinated by zesting oranges when I was little, and my mother would get out the bumpy grater [...]
A to Z Challenge 2012: Y is for Margaret Yen and the Hidden Work of Music Supervisors
April 30, 2012 By 1 Comment
I never knew there was such a thing as a Music Supervisor until I searched for a Margaret whose last name started with Y, and found Margaret Yen. Music Supervisors pull together musicians, composers, arrangers, songwriters, performers and basically anyone else who is associated with music on film, tv, advertising and videogames, and helps [...]
A to Z Challenge 2012: X is for Xylophone
April 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
Jazz musicians who play the Vibraphone are rightly sensitive about their instrument being called a Xylophone, since many people have never even heard of the Vibes, and even though I do know they are different, I didn’t realize that Lionel Hampton and Red Norvo each started on a Xylophone in the 1920′s. The Xylophone’s [...]
A to Z Challenge 2012: W is for West Main Diner, Lansdale, PA and Nutmeg Designs World Headquarters
April 26, 2012 By 3 Comments
A to Z Challenge 2012: V is for Virago Baking Company in Lansdale, PA
April 25, 2012 By 6 Comments
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A to Z Challenge 2012: U is for Unfolding into Flower
April 24, 2012 By 2 Comments
Stratoz was inspired by a photo he took of a tulip, looking straight down into its unfolding beauty, and translated into green and yellow glass before giving it to me for the brilliant orange mosaic center, with metallic glass tile, stained glass and dichroic. More orange goodness at my Orange Tuesdays Pinterest Board.
