Artists and Makers
Floor Show: Jakob Staron
Jakub Staron is an accidental weaver, an artist turned businessman who chanced upon a career path that led to the…
Thinking Inside the Box: The Art of Jay Rogers
Jay Rogersâs sculptural wooden containers are metaphors for the psyche, hinting at the parts of us that reveal themselves only…
Wonders in Wood
Get Back Inc. owner Tim Byrne has a fitting nickname: âThe Eye,â a moniker he earned for his ability to…
Artistry: Sculptor Timothy Horn
Thereâs a good reason that many people have described Timothy Hornâs sculptural work as âjewel-like.â As the much-traveled, Australian-born artist…
Artist Katherine Houston: Beguiling Botanicals
Katherine Houston pulls a small knot of damp clay from a large wad and kneads it in her hands as…
Artistry: Lauren Kaplan
You can take Lauren Kaplan out of Africa, but you definitely canât take Africa out of Lauren Kaplan. Drawing from her colorful upbringing in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kaplan, who now lives in Westport, hand-molds large- and
Double Vision: Ben and Aja Blanc
If you live and work together in a creative industry, inspiration can come when you least expect it. Maybe youâre on the back deck coloring with your two daughters when you realize youâve just sketched an
Artistry: Plein-Air Artist Nancy Friese
Nancy Frieseâs landscapes are more than snapshots of inspiring locations. She uses the term âcompositeâ to describe her technique: a blending of her feelings, interpretations, and memories of a place. A self-described
True Originals: Connecticut Furniture Makers
A tree that falls in the forest may not make a soundâbut let that same tree fall on a city street, and itâs likely to make a major statement. Particularly if it falls into the hands of Ted and Zeb
Tyler & Sash Offers Custom Window Treatments with a Designer Twist
Shaun Tyler Burgess isnât necessarily what youâd expect from the owner of a custom window treatment shop, especially in a small suburban Boston
Vermont Textile Artist Karen Henderson
Karen Hendersonâs artwork isnât what it seems at first glance. From a distance, the canvases look as if they were layered with brushstrokes in muted, natural shades to create delicate landscapes: a fog-shrouded field or a forested
Screen Stars: Tillett Textiles
In Sheffield, Massachusetts, a small town in the Berkshires, Tillett Textiles maintains a screen library. Part of a rambling manufacturing building, the space measures some 8,000 square feet and holds innumerable screens.
Ceramicist Paula Shalan
When Paula Shalan was working on her masterâs degree at the Art Institute of Chicago, she found herself preferring to spend time not in the museum of art, but in the museum of natural history. She filled her notebooks with sketches of
Textile Artist Rosemary Hallgarten
Rosemary Hallgarten always wanted to earn her living making beautiful things. âI knew that as long as I could keep…
Artist Rick Shaefer
Bent over a waist-high, eight-foot-square table in his airy, light-filled studio, Fairfield-based artist Rick Shaefer seems lost in thought as…
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