Category Archives: Hand Made: Art and Craft

Requiem for Wisconsin — by Janet Carpenter

On Friday, March 9, 2012,  Many communities around the State of Wisconsin held candle light vigils to commemorate the time, one year ago, when our state lost its way under the governorship of Scott Walker. The Friday night local vigils were followed by a gathering of 70,000 people in Madison, the state capitol, on Saturday. […]

Friday’s flowers. Soon. But not yet.

Soon. But not yet. Good. You’ll just have time to finish your story. The story is finished. Of course. Quite the proper ending. No, no, no! I don’t like this ending! And I don’t think the jury likes it, either. Well, then. He’s failed. Ah, Don Miguel de Cervantes. The court hereby sentences you… – […]

It’s in the details…

Still photography has fascinated me for over fifty years. It’s held my interest for a number of reasons: the art (aesthetics); the science (optical, mechanical, chemical and now digital); the history (both of the craft and the greater history); though most interesting are the “details” frozen in time. These details, whether a human expression, a […]