TRURO — A rich confectionary scent wafts through the air in Chequessett Chocolate’s production room. It’s a perfume that can make ordinary visitors swoon. But co-founder Josiah Mayo is on […]
Makers
BOOK MAKERS
Old Books, Reembodied
Ephemeral sculpture, fashion, and imaginary worlds emerge from repurposed pages
When the Eastham Public Library takes books out of circulation, either because they’re damaged or haven’t been checked out in years, they give them to students at Eastham Elementary School, […]
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The Craft of Couture Sewing
A stitch in time takes Jessica Kidd from patchwork skirts to wedding dresses
On a dreary winter day, the windows of Coastal Bridal Boutique on Main Street in Orleans glitter with fairy lights, casting a golden glow on the gowns displayed behind translucent […]
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The Craft of the Clam Rake
The R.A. Ribb Company continues a family tradition, making bull rakes to fit each fisherman
HARWICH — There are half a dozen bull rakes lined up outside the door of the R.A. Ribb Company waiting for pickup by A.R.C., the Dennis-based shellfish hatchery and grower. […]
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Dried Flowers Capture Summer Colors in Winter Wreaths
Grower Meryl Gartside brings her design skills full circle
It took a while for Meryl Gartside, the owner of Blue Lobster Flower Farm, to find a way to extend her flower-focused business into the winter months. “I don’t have […]
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The Art of Making and Giving Cards
Handmade greetings are a cozy form of communication
Working on a tabletop in her Provincetown studio, Sylvia Tomayko-Peters drags a layer of mint green ink across the surface of the silkscreen she’s using to print a series of […]
ART OF FORAGING
Ink Making With Acorns
An illustrated wild harvest how-to
Drawings and text by Grace Emmet
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Quilting as Biography
Chris Grozier’s handiworks are a family tradition full of memory and feeling
WELLFLEET — At Chris Grozier’s house, every holiday calls for stitching up a change in kitchen decor. She made the zigzag-patterned runner that stretches the length of her kitchen table, […]
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Practicing the Ancient Art of Pyrography
Ellen Adamson and Rob Richardson turn and burn their designs into wood
Maybe you’ve seen Ellen Adamson playing her nyckelharpa at one of the local farmers markets. The instrument, which looks like a cross between a fiddle and an autoharp, is the […]
HEADY
Kaitlyn Sarazin’s Mugs Are Memento Mori
A Wellfleet ceramicist makes skulls to sip from
In her Wellfleet studio, Kaitlyn Sarazin is busy creating a batch of ceramic mugs imprinted with the sockets and hollows of a skull. They look like the perfect vessels for […]
D.I.Y.
Sculptures That Sparkle in the Late-Season Garden
Getting creative in good company brightens a gardener’s mood, too
Lucy LaFleche is one of the people who helped get me through the pandemic. And it wasn’t just the big-girl-size Cosmos she was known to pour moments after five o’clock. […]
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Lightening Up the Serious World of Design
Playfulness and technical mastery come together in Bernhard Dessecker’s creations
When Bernhard Dessecker and his partner, Della Spring, were getting duct work done for air conditioning at their house in Wellfleet, the excavators dug up a trove of silver objects, […]
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Saying It With a Sign
How hand-painted signs bring character and color to the local landscape
Handwritten signs are part of the visual memory of most any American road trip, each one a piece of artwork conveying the maker’s touch and earnest intention. Like most handmade […]
HANDIWORK
Stitching Together a Sustainable Approach to Fashion
Repairing worn garments with style is Evelina Kirgan’s calling
PROVINCETOWN — There is one thing Evelina Kirgan cannot forget from her years as an assistant designer at Ralph Lauren. It’s the time she ordered 50,000 yards of the wrong […]
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Behind Cape Cod’s Outermost Roast
John Simonian brews a career from love of a good cup of coffee
EASTHAM — John Simonian starts every day with a good cup of coffee. Then he goes to work making coffee for the rest of us. He’s not a barista. He’s […]
