UPCOMING SHOWS:
My Sailor's Valentines and Pocket Watches will be in the Wesleyan Potters 54th Annual Exhibit and Sale from November 27th - December 12th. More information may be found at wesleyanpotters.com

NEWS:
My Sailors' Valentines may be seen at the Blue Moon Artisan Gallery. Located at 50 York Street, Guilford, Ct. 06437. The Gallery may be reached at (203) 453-5845.

My  pocket watches and Sailors' Valentines may, also, be seen in Edgartown,  Martha's Vineyard  Island,  at the Edgartown Scrimshaw Gallery, P. O. Box 1057, 43 Main Street,  Edgartown, MA    02539,  Email:  tdemont@verizon.net  


I have been honored in 2009, 2008 & 2007 to be "selected as one of the top crafts people working with traditional tools and techniques for Early American Life's 23rd annual Directory of Traditional American Crafts." The Directory will be in the August issue of Early American Life magazine. I am listed under Boxes in the August issue of the magazine. You may access their website at EALonline.

The criteria used to judge my Sailors' Valentines were mastery of the art form, heritage techniques and workmanship.

The selection committee included curators from " such prestigious institutions " as the Museum of Colonial Williamsburg, American Folk Art Museum, Shelburne Museum, Mount Vernon, Old Sturbridge Village and Shaker Museum, to mention a few, as well as antique dealers, independent scholars and professional instructors.

I'm so happy to be able to recreate these treasures from the sea in this traditional art form.

Also, please view another related article
"Every Artwork Tells a Story"

 

Lois C. Kessler, Guilford, CT • 203-453-2808

 

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