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Summer 2021 - A Sense of Place
Led by the Nose
If you're tired of smelling like everyone else, you can say 'no' to the big perfume houses, and their overpriced, generic scents. In a growing number of kitchen labs and small shops around the globe, small-scale perfume artists are bottling a world of intoxicating new scents. Some seem to give new meaning to the concept of time travel.
By BARBARA TANNENBAUM
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The Book Doctor
Master book restorer Pietro Livi couldn’t find the right equipment to save large numbers of Italy’s priceless, flood-damaged texts. So…
By Luisa Grosso
Alfred Pendray, Wootz Hunter: An Homage to a Remarkable Blacksmith
A country blacksmith rediscovered an ancient sword making technique that has eluded the world’s greatest metal scientists for centuries.
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Let Tinkerbell Tinker
As the economy’s reliance on innovation grows, the offering of toys for girls remains–well, somewhat less than innovative. Fortunately, a…
Written by DAVID MUNRO Narrated by Göran Norquist
Led by the Nose
In a growing number of artisanal shops dotted around the globe, small-scale perfume artists are bottling a world of scents…
Written by BARBARA TANNENBAUM Narrated by AVANTHIKA SRINIVASAN
The Soul of French Invention
An American woodworker’s love affair with “the best” (and perhaps least-known) sculpture museum in Paris—and what the affair taught him.
Written by GARY ROGOWSKI Narrated by Mitch Greenberg
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New Mexico’s Modern Saint-Makers
The carving and painting of santos, or devotional art, is one of the oldest living folk art traditions in the…
By ROSEMARY DIAZ
When Life Handed Her Yarn, Adella Colvin Spun a Bright Future
The founder of LolaBean Yarn Co. didn’t expect to move from New York City to rural Georgia, or to become…
By RUTH TERRY
For Lifelong Artist Kimberly Camp, Art is Life
“There’s no retirement for an artist; it’s your way of living, so there’s no end to it.” ― Henry Moore…
Written by PHERALYN DOVE
Photography by VELVET McNEIL
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