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Four Leg Peg

Four Leg Peg

October 16, 2014 by Kate Walter

I first saw this easel design when I was living and working in Toronto, Canada. Two different schools had several in storage and brought them out to display signs or art work in progress at festivals or at special classroom events. Neither school used them for individual easels in full classes – I’m thinking they…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Craft, Education, Painting, Shop, Small Business, Wood

EN PLEIN AIR

EN PLEIN AIR

August 21, 2014 by Kate Walter

The Viroqua, Wisconsin plein air painters keep Bakke Farm on their list of regional locations that offer beautiful rural views, and three painters came to the farm one Friday in August to catch a summer image. Kathy Fairchild arrived first. Kathy comes to the farm quite often; she and her husband have a garden over…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Painting

PIECE BY PIECE

PIECE BY PIECE

August 4, 2014 by Kate Walter

There was still clothesline tied to the old laundry poles in the sideyard of the Bakke Farm house, so I hung up my new quilt for a view, an art piece in an artistic setting. Quarter square triangle blocks, a standard in quilt piecing design, make up this subdued and yet vibrant piece, and I…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Craft, Fiber, History, Textiles

Treasures in the Marketplace

Treasures in the Marketplace

March 13, 2014 by Kate Walter

I first saw the bracelet at a music festival some years ago in Toronto.  The copper color caught my eye, and I was attracted by the beautiful design of the letters cut from metal. “What do these words say?” I asked the Tibetan vendor. “It’s a mantra,” he answered, “inviting enlightenment for everyone on earth.”…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Craft, Festival, Fiber, Metal, Shop, Small Business, Textiles Tagged With: bracelets, gem and mineral show, Kate Walter, Michael Wright, scarves, shop talk, tucson

Teaching Moments in a Desert Garden

Teaching Moments in a Desert Garden

February 17, 2014 by Michael Wright

  When I arrive at Las Milpitas de Cottonwood community gardens, Josh Banno and a group of students are already working. They had taken the city bus from their downtown high school as they do every Friday afternoon as an after school option activity to work on their small piece of ground in the larger community…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Education, Farming, Festival, Food, Gardens, Sustainability

Getting Out the Word

Getting Out the Word

February 1, 2014 by Kate Walter

Letters, the foundation of our literacy, the beginnings of our intellectual technology, lead the way in the study of history and art, traditions of the intellectual life of people on earth. The western Roman alphabet, A to Z, reached a design pinnacle with 23 letters in second century Rome. For 2000 years the identifying shape,…READ MORE >

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Filed Under: Art, Books, Craft, Education, History Tagged With: alphabet, craftsmanship, letterpress, printing

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