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Vachon does Paris
Rosalie O’Leary drew my attention to this photograph, which she found on The Automatic Earth The photo was taken by John Vachon in November 1940. It shows signage above Main Street in Paris, seat of...
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Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2012
Thomas will be exhibiting at Kentucky Crafted: The Market 2012 at the Lexington Convention Center, 430 West Vine Street. The Market is open to the general public on Saturday, March 3 (10 a.m. to 8...
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2012 Kentucky Governor’s Awards in the Arts – Artist Award, Gray Zeitz
I want to share this excellent short film from the Kentucky Arts Council because, not only is Gray Zeitz’s wonderful Larkspur Press in Owen County, the briar patch in which I was born and raised, but...
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Winterfair 2012
Thomas will be exhibiting at this fair in Covington on Thanksgiving weekend, one of 200 craftsfolk and fine artists. So if you live around there and are looking for something to do with your Black...
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I’m running a commercial today
TR will be there, of course. My suggestion would be that you do the fair on Saturday and on Sunday go hear my friend Georgia Green Stamper read from her new collection, Butter in the Morning, at...
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So I was making a big whiney deal
that I’d never be able to blow out all my candles. So here is what I was presented with last night: I blew out all my candles.
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Kentucky Crafted: the Market
Look for TR Williams at Kentucky Crafted: The Market Booth 430 From the Kentucky Arts Council: Music, art, hands-on activities and exhibits combine to create a one-of-a-kind arts experience for...
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Back up!
First, a great big thank you to my blog host and guru for the hard work of getting my site back up and running. I’m not sure I understand the technicalities of what happened but I think maybe I’ve...
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Carving pecan
TR Williams uses a sculptor’s adze to shape a bowl in pecan Thomas took advantage of the afternoon sunshine to clean up the interior of a special-order pecan bowl.The red in the center is heartwood.
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Spring at last
Trout Lilies. Photo by TR Williams Our patch of trout lilies has prospered over the years I’ve been writing the blog. You can take a look at them in 2009, 2008, 2007 They are also known as dog-toothed...
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Where did spring go?
Forsythia. Photo by TR Williams Yellow We know that spring is once more with us when daffodils and forsythias dare the coy sun to match their mettle, when Pollack-like they splash a winter’s canvas in...
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Carving pecan part deux
Back in March I showed you all a picture of Thomas carving a pecan bowl on commission. Thought I’d follow up with a picture of the bowl, now ready to be steamed and sanded and finished: Carved pecan...
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