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Mark of the Blacksmith
Mark of the Blacksmith
Creative Life
Bob Jordan has a 3000-degree forge in his garage. He is a blacksmith with over 40 years of experience - including work with German, Italian and North American Masters. J.P. Davidson visited Bobs workshop in Orleans for our Creative Life series.
Something New in the World
Something New in the World
Creative Life
A conversation with inventor Scott Smith, of Osterville. Since 2001, Mr. Smith has owned a company that produces cellular foam products -- things like padding for football helmets, and packaging inserts. Two disasters, four years apart, gave Mr. Smith first the creative inspiration for an invention, and then an opportunity to test it on a world stage. Steve Junker reports.
Mutual Muses
Mutual Muses
Creative Life
Each year, about 100 poets and visual artists on Cape Cod come together to collaborate in a program called Mutual Muses. It is a project where poems trigger new paintings, and paintings inspire new poetry. Brian Morris attended the opening event.
Tattoo Psychology
Tattoo Psychology
Creative Life
As the popularity of tattooing reaches new heights, more people of all ages and types are getting tattoos. In this week's installment of Creative Life, Alex Crowley visits the studio of tattoo artist Angel Quinonez in Oak Bluffs.
Stealing from Plates
Stealing from Plates
Creative Life
For this Creative Life, Steve Junker spent an afternoon with Marthas Vineyard artist Jenifer Strachan in her West Tisbury studio, which is a small tree house, just ten feet by twelve. Seated at her work table, looking out into the surrounding woods, she pieces together mosaics - detailed images of animals, and of women - that she usually mounts in antique frames.
Make Yourself Uncomfortable
Make Yourself Uncomfortable
Creative Life
The 19th annual Nantucket Arts Festival runs from September 30th to October 9th. It is an island-wide event, featuring music, theater, poetry readings, and of course the visual arts too. And in at least one exhibition space, the aim is to provoke artists to work in uncomfortable ways, and to take risks. Nantucket photographer D. Clyde Meyer, artists Danny Henkle and Matt Oates, and co-curator Christie Cure all speak about their involvement in the show, Jettisoning the Safe, Delving into the Uncertain. The show is at Sherburne Hall, 11 Centre Street.
A profile of Marthas Vineyard piano technician David Stanwood and his adjustable piano action mechanism, reported by Brian Morris.
