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Curiosity and the Artist

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PROFILE- Frederick Lynch-March 2010

by Suzette McAvoy
Photography Irvin Serrano

A studio visit with Frederick Lynch

 

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Bright Ideas

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AIA Design Theory- March 2010

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Trent Bell

The winners of the AIA Ideas Competition share their concepts for Portland’s East End Beach

 

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Design Is in the Details

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PROFILE- Michael Roy-March 2010

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano

Michael Roy and his team at Phi Home Designs build homes, furniture, and relationships

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Bag of Tricks

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FIELD TRIP- Leandra Fremont-Smith- March 2010

by Veronique McAree  Photography Amanda Kowalski

Meet Leandra Fremont-Smith, an enterprising young interior designer who delivers high style at an affordable price

 

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Tuscan Tribute

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FEAST-Grissini Italian Bistro- Jan/Feb 2010

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano

Kennebunk’s Grissini carries on the vision of late owner and popular local Laurie Bongiorno

From the street, Grissini is relatively nondescript: a gray-shingled box with two white-trimmed windows facing Route 9 in Kennebunk’s Lower Village. Unlike the restaurants in the Kennebunkport area that entice with water views or storefronts overlooking the bustling sidewalks of Dock Square, Grissini relies on reputation and that time-honored advertising vehicle: the word-of-mouth recommendation. It has the reserved confidence that only a highly successful, well-established eatery open every night of the week, both in season and out, can enjoy. And once inside, one finds the atmosphere is anything but unremarkable.

 

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Under the Rug

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CRAFT OF MAINE-Jan/Feb 2010

by Rebecca Falzano

The art of handmade rugs

Maiko III, 1995, cotton, 34” x 58” - Jutta Graf

The oldest known surviving rug—a beautiful Persian discovered preserved in an ice-filled tomb—dates back to the fifth century B.C.E. Its advanced weave suggests an evolved art with an even longer history. Centuries later, Maine artisans are crafting homemade rugs with meticulous attention to detail using a variety of methods: looping, knotting, hooking, weaving. Whatever the technique, each rug begins with inspiration and is tweaked by color and texture to produce a lasting work of functional art.

 

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Mountain Return

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Jan/Feb 2010

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano

A hybrid log home is a cozy, stylish retreat for a family with deep Sugarloaf roots

As dusk descends on Sugarloaf, Jim and Priscilla Denny’s home glows amber through a snowy screen of trees. After a day on the cold slopes, their warm oasis beckons. Soon a fire will be lit and voices from the kitchen will mingle with those drawn to the flames. Tomorrow, everyone will wake up to fresh, powder-covered trails visible from their bedrooms. For many loyal Loafers, this is only a dream. For the Dennys, it’s their reality—one arrived at by the most circuitous of routes.

 

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Edith Caldwell Gallery Opening Reception

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TURNOUT-From Coast to Coast-Jan/Feb 2010

Photography Cara Slifka

Edith Caldwell moves her San Francisco gallery to Rockport

 

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Material Matters

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THE CANVAS-Jan/Feb 2010 | by Suzette McAvoy

Tom Paiement, Stew Henderson & William Manning

“In a successful painting everything is integral…all the parts belong to the whole. If you remove an aspect or element you are removing its wholeness.” -Richard Diebenkorn

Entropy Aftermath: Tribute 1, mixed media, 13 1/8” x 13 1/8” |  Tom Paiement

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Re-Find Design

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by Veronique McAree
Photography Amanda Kowalski

John and Linda Meyers’s apartment in Portland’s Old Port serves as an impromptu showcase for the eclectic DIY projects featured in their new book, Wary Meyers’ Tossed & Found

 

 

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Fireplace Artistry

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ELEMENTS- Jan/Feb 2010

by Debra Spark
Photography Irvin Serrano

New ways of constructing the home’s hearth

 

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VIineyard Bash

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TURNOUT-Vinfest-Jan/Feb 2010

Photography Sarah Szwajkos

A festival of food, wine, and cheer in Lincolnville

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Self-Contained Living

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Jan/Feb 2010

by Elena Sarni
Photography Trent Bell

From cargo ship to container house

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Free Rider

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PROFILE- Seth Wescott-Jan/Feb 2010

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano

Seth Wescott on Olympic gold, Alaskan snowpack, his first house in Maine, and Sugarloaf’s next big move

 

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The Spatial Experience

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AIA Design Theory- Jan/Feb 2010

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Trent Bell

Architect Dominic Mercadante
and the building as a spatial journey

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Impossible Infinity

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ESSAY-Nov/Dec 2009

by Rebecca Falzano

“Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.” -Blaise Pascal

 

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Family Friendly

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THE DRAWING BOARD-Nov/Dec 2009

A renovation offers both a teen haven and a parent retreat


 

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Cafe Crossroads

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FEAST-Frontier Cafe, Cinema & Gallery- Nov/Dec 2009

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography François Gagné

Sharing stories and food from around the world

Michael Gilroy is not your average cafe owner. But then again, Frontier is not your average cafe. The Brunswick business lives and breathes its motto: “Go Beyond.” The combination eatery, cinema, gallery, and meeting place was designed to be a traveler’s crossroads—a cultural intersection of stories and ideas inspired by Gilroy’s own world travels. This philosophy finds good company in the Fort Andross Mill on the Androscoggin River, a building that’s buzzing with diverse creative energies and a collective entrepreneurial spirit.

 

 

 

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The World Down Under

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THE CANVAS-Nov/Dec 2009 | by Suzette McAvoy

Richard Keen, Dudley Zopp & Hannah Bureau

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” -Albert Einstein

Geologics XIV, 2006, oil on canvas, 40” x 24” |              Dudley Zopp

 

 

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Reviving the “Black Art” of Letterpress

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CRAFT OF MAINE-Nov/Dec 2009

by Suzette McAvoy

Contemporary practitioners of a centuries-old craft

Zooks Press, An I For Red by Susan Weinz, 2009, letterpress book (wood, linoleum, polymer), 7” x 5” closed

 

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Shop Talk

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FIELD TRIP- Diane Toepfer- Nov/Dec 2009

by Veronique McAree
Photography Elizabeth Atterbury

Ferdinand in Portland’s East End serves as a showcase for Diane Toepfer’s designs and local indie crafts

Portland’s East End has been transformed in recent years by a steady tide of independent artists, designers, and restaurant owners moving into the storefronts that line Congress Street. Diane Toepfer is one of those designers. Her lovely little shop, Ferdinand, is where she sells handcrafted cards, journals, T-shirts, pins, and baby things. She also showcases the work of other artists alongside her “Found by Ferdinand” line of vintage and altered clothing and accessories.

 

 

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New on Mere Point

 

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Nov/Dec 2009

by Debra Spark
Photography Trent Bell

A year-round home designed with old summer cottages in mind


The story of the home at Mere Point begins like this: Some years ago, a homeowner built a garage with a second-floor apartment on a particularly nice piece of property, filled with meadows and forest, with commanding views of the still waters of Mere Point Bay, just west of the Harpswells.

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Cabin Fever

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Nov/Dec 2009

by Bruce Irving
Photography Irvin Serrano

An authentic log home that’s big on style and comfort

 

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Bountiful Harvest of Creativity

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PROFILE- Susan & Rufus Williams-Nov/Dec 2009

by Suzette McAvoy
Photography Irvin Serrano

A Rockport couple share an artful life

 

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Design Face-Off

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AIA Design Theory- Nov/Dec 2009

by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Trent Bell

One cottage, two different visions—an architect itching to renovate and a builder who wants to tear down and start new

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