Dolls have become my life in the years since our exodus from the city. It is a very natural expression for me. I feel we do our best doing that […]
It's been a while coming, but yesterday I finally finished my Akira Blount workshop doll. I just needed to get some clear silicon caulking so that I could add the twig decor to her head. I sprinkled coffee grounds over...
empty nest/ by Elissa Farrow-Savos
I have been working with wood since 1972, when I studied architectural restoration in Dayton, Ohio, with a master woodworker from Italy.
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Blount County Public Library, Maryville, Tennessee. 11,541 likes · 164 talking about this · 9,235 were here. Bound Together
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St Margaret's at Mapledurham is easily recognised for it's distinctive pyramid-capped west tower, decorated with a chequerboard finish of flint and brick, which is mostly a remodelling by Butterfield during his restoration in 1863 (it also featured memorably in the film 'The Eagle has Landed'). The church is of modest size and consists of nave, chancel and south aisle, the latter being railed off from the rest of the church since the Reformation and has uniquely remained in Catholic hands ever since, the property of the recusant Blount family of neighbouring Mapledurham House. The aisle is generally off limits to the public who can only glimpse it from the nave of the church. However we had been granted rare access to the aisle and thus able to more fully appreciate the monuments and stained glass fragments contained therein. The earliest monument is the memorial brass to Sir Robert Bardolf (d.1395) whilst the most impressive is the tomb with effigies of Sir Richard & Lady Cecily Blount (d.1628 & 1619) in full contemporary costume (the latter's hairdo being notable). Three windows in the aisle contain assembled fragments of stained glass of unknown origins. The east window has pieces of 15th century canopywork, probably original to the church, whilst the remainder contain mostly enamelled pieces of early 17th century date, except for one fine half figure of an angel holding a crown, probably by the Flemish craftsmen established in Southwark c1520s. Alas my record of this church remains incomplete following an accident with my camera, which left me unable to photograph the rest of the church!
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Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Mel Blount (47) during a 1983 pre-season game.
