Site menu:

Latest news about Handcraft

HOULTON, Maine ? Mary Collins maintained Friday that she always tells her friends about the Fourth of July festivities in Houlton. ?I try to arrive back every year,? the 64-year-old Miami, ?

Eight promising artists, including jewelry designer Erica Stankwytch Bailey of Fayetteville, have won a prize that enables them to introduce their work to the nation's gift and art retailers this summer. Bailey is a contemporary metalsmith whose textured sterling silver jewelry has been shown in museums and at retail shows. She is dedicated to her craftsmanship.

Hundreds turned out Sunday for the first of many Farmer’s Markets this year at Castro Park.

ASPEN - For good reason, Dan Mills remembers precisely the day he moved from northern Illinois to Tennessee.

In her job, Allison Dunaway makes sure people follow state environmental laws. That entered into her thoughts when it came time to build her dream home. “I wanted to put my money where my mouth was,“ said Dunaway, 30. She and husband Greg, 32, are building an unusual, environmentally friendly home on 2 acres in Powhatan County.

Port-Louis — Thousands of workers in the textile and manufacturing industry in Mauritius have been forced into unemployment and poverty within the last few months, as factories announced multiple rounds of job cuts due to the global financial crisis.

POWHATAN — In her job, Allison Dunaway makes sure people follow state environmental laws. That entered into her thoughts when it came time to build her dream home.

Though he aspires to become a musician, Tanner Wertz went to construction camp last week at Sylvania Southview High School. His reasoning? Tanner hopes to emulate rock musician Eddie Van Halen and handcraft his possess guitars. "I'm hoping to use the construction skills I learn here to build custom guitars," said the 14-year-old from Sylvania Township while assembling the back of a wooden lawn seat ...

Small and medium enterprises have been lauded as the key to economic growth and job creation. Yet their access to finance, particularly trade finance, is sometimes cumbersome and too bureaucratic.

Today Cookbook Club, “It’s Too Hot to Cook and I’m sleepy of Tossed Salads,” 6:45-8 p.m., Covington branch library. Jan Butler, St. Tammany Parish Library Director, will prepare recipes from the Library’s vast cookbook collection. Program attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite cookbooks for show-and-tell. Class size is limited to 25 participants, and registration is required. cease by ...