Bloom Archives
arts and crafts
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New Book by B-town Author Celebrates Arts & Crafts Furniture
Nancy Hiller is out to persuade readers that Arts and Crafts furniture offers more than the heavy, massive, unadorned pieces most Americans associate with…
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It Takes Math, Physics, & Voodoo to Learn to Make a Violin at IU (Photo Gallery)
BY PAUL BICKLEY “My mother was a violinist,” says Tom Sparks, “and when I was 14, I took her Joseph Guarneri violin apart with a butter…
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Bloomington WoodWorks: A Different Kind of Co-Op
BY BARB BERGGOETZ A professional woodworker and furniture maker, James Bradley was tired of working alone in his home woodworking shop and having to…
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Harmony School Student Finds Happiness in Making Miniatures
BY BARB BERGGOETZ She’s artistic and good with her hands. She enjoys fine, detailed work. And she’s always liked small objects. So it’s not…
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It’s The 20th Annual Indiana Limestone Symposium (Photo Gallery)
BY BARB BERGGOETZ In the heat of June, experienced stone carvers, hobbyists, and carving novices painstakingly shape blocks of limestone weighing up to 1,200…
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Bloomington Open Studios: Visit Artists Where They Work
BY CAIRRIL MILLS Once a year, local visual artists throw open their doors and host the Bloomington Open Studios Tour. The free, two-day curated…
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Blue Heron Shop: Woodworking Supplies, Vintage Furnishings, and Unusual Functional Multimedia Art
BY SOPHIE BIRD Michael Evans, owner of Blue Heron woodworking supply and vintage home furnishings on West 17th Street, says that, so far, he…
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Crafts N Creations: New Hobby Shop Inside Fountain Sq. Mall
BY ROSIE PIGA PIZZO If you always wanted to create Pinterest-quality crafts, Qing Zhang, owner of Crafts N Creations, says she can get you…
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Fourth Street Festival and Garlic Fest (Photo Gallery)
Two festivals graced Bloomington this Labor Day weekend. Fourth Street Festival of the Arts & Crafts and Bloomington Garlic Fest & Community Art Fair…