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Against the Grain
CRAFT OF MAINE- May 2010 | by Rebecca Falzano
Six Maine furnituremakers working with wood
Single Tub, 2007, mahogany, 50” x 29” x 27.5”
Woodworkers often talk about their craft like it is a living thing; and in a sense it is. The beauty of living trees is captured in the wood, and the art itself is ever-evolving. On the following pages, we see works from six Maine masters who make beautiful furniture with wood. Using the inherent natural beauty of their medium—rich color, unique grain—they create pieces that are the backdrop to our everyday lives.
Fertile Ground
THE CANVAS- May 2010 | by Suzette McAvoy
Ingrid Ellison, Mary Barnes & John Knight
“The beautiful is in nature, and it is encountered under the most diverse forms of reality. Once it is found it belongs to art, or rather to the artist who discovers it.” -Gustave Courbet
Mary Barnes, Aquatic Edge, 2009, graphite, ink on Mylar and paper, 22" x 22”, private collection
Defining The Edge
Stateside Summers
May 2010
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano
A London designer builds her summer home in Maine.
The story of Sandra Ankarcrona’s home has fairy-tale beginnings. Her parents met one summer on the beach in Maine—her father’s family vacationed at one end and her mother’s at the other.
A Fresh Vision
PROFILE- George Kinghorn-May 2010
by Suzette McAvoy
Photography Sean Alonzo Harris
George Kinghorn brings new vitality to the University of Maine Museum of Art.
Gardens Gone Wild
TURNOUT-Portland Flower Show-May 2010
Photography Bryan BruchmanA long Portland’s eastern waterfront, buildings normally filled with boats were transformed into lush garden spaces for the annual Portland Flower Show.
Five-O 2.0
FEAST-Five-O 2.0- May 2010
by Smith Galtney
Photography François Gagné
With a new chef and a new attitude, Five-O gears up for summer in Ogunquit
It’s an unseasonably glorious mid-March afternoon in Ogunquit, one of those premature spring afternoons that makes you want to pull a Ferris Bueller and bask in the sunlight. But Jeff Porter and Gary Pucciarelli—two of the men behind Five-O, one of the area’s few restaurants that stays open year-round—don’t need to call in sick. Both are on mid-winter break, technically, with Five-O’s doors not scheduled to reopen until the end of March. Yet here they are, tucked inside the bistro’s upstairs offices, talking shop and thinking ahead.
Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Katahdin Cedar Log Homes
MIDCOAST SHOW SPONSOR-2010
What is your business all about? How did you get started?
Katahdin Cedar Log Homes was founded in 1973 with a single vision in mind: produce the highest quality log homes in the most efficient way possible. In those days we did much of the hard work of turning Northern White Cedar logs into homes by hand. Two or three homes per year was the norm. These days we’re a lot bigger than we use to be. We have a staff of close to 100 skilled men and women working in manufacturing, design, sales and service, and more than 70 dealers throughout the US, Europe, Japan and Israel. Today, we are the largest cedar log home manufacturer in North America.
Read more: Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Katahdin Cedar Log Homes
Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Solaris
MIDCOAST SHOW SPONSOR-2010
Our business helps Maine businesses and families cut their fuel bills and reduce their impact on the environment.
Western Maine’s Ambassador of Art
PROFILE- John Day-May 2010
by Suzette McAvoy
Photography Irvin Serrano
John Day leads the new Pace Galleries at Fryeburg Academy
Standing Grand
May 2010
by Debra Spark
Photography Trent Bell
The transformation of an English manor house in Cape Elizabeth
Q+A with Midcoast Sponsor Camden National Bank
MIDCOAST SHOW SPONSOR-2010
What is your business all about? How did you get started?
Camden National Bank is an independent community bank, headquartered in Camden. What this means to our customers and communities is that all of our decision-making is done locally since we firmly believe that Maine people make better decisions for Maine people. This is the same philosophy introduced by our founding fathers when they established Camden National Bank in 1875. We now serve Maine residents through 37 branch locations, and employ over 425 people.
Best-Laid Plans
OUTTAKE- July 2010
Photography Trent Bell
These blueprints were found hidden behind a secret door in Chris Lynch’s wood-paneled library. “It’s always so exciting to find the original blueprints on a job,” says architect Rob Whitten. “It’s like gold. Sometimes you find the blueprints up in the attic and nailed to the crosspiece by some builder for a future builder to find.”
Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Marc Herrick of Landmarcs
MIDCOAST SHOW SPONSOR-2010
1) What is your business all about?
Landmarcs is an award winning, Maine-based landscaping company seeking to break the common trends of the northeastern garden. We incorporate the informal and formal elements of soft and hardscape to transform homes into a functional, beautiful and unique setting. We try to meet the needs of homeowners, while offering new ideas to reach the property’s true potential.
Our goal is to combine texture, space, color and scale to create balance and comfort.
Read more: Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Marc Herrick of Landmarcs
Utopia, Found
FIELD TRIP- Utopia DESIGNS- May 2010
by Veronique McAree Photography Amanda Kowalski
Reclaimed materials, an innovative design sense, and a paired-down palette at Portland’s Utopia
The Sun and the Site
AIA Design Theory- May 2010
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Trent Bell
Robert Knight designs a house that follows the sun
Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Jula Sampson of AE Sampson & Son
MIDCOAST SHOW SPONSOR-2010
Photography by Trent Bell
Custom millwork and flooring. Working with wood. Paul and I are the second generation.
Read more: Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Jula Sampson of AE Sampson & Son
Grotto Gathering
THE DRAWING BOARD-May 2010
Bringing the living room outdoors
Concept: Knickerbocker Group
Kitchen Design: Elaine Murdoch, CMKBD
Mason: Daniel Ucci
Stone Supplier: J. C. Stone
Landscaping: Back Meadow Farm
Electrical: Oberuch Electric
Outdoor Appliances: Delia Inc.
Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Bettina Doulton of Cellardoor Winery
MIDCOAST SHOW SPONSOR-2010
Photography by Irvin Serrano
A confluence of events brought me to Maine and to learning of the Winery being for sale. A visit to the property in Lincolnville on a cold over cast day in December 2006 changed my life. I honestly didn’t know what I was getting myself into on many fronts, but in hindsight don’t think I would have been inspired to do this anywhere else.
The entrepreneurial spirit and the passion for the unique charms and challenges which encapsulate Maine life inspire us to evolve every day. The tightness of the community and ability to get instant feedback crate a great backdrop for trying new things at the winery.
Read more: Q+A with Midcoast Show Sponsor Bettina Doulton of Cellardoor Winery
High Up, Upside Down
May 2010
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano
Modern meets traditional—and gets turned upside down—on Portland’s East End
From the top of long-time Portland residents Cyrus and Patty Hagge’s East End home (their “tree house,” as they call it), summers out on Little Diamond Island (“Little,” as they call it) are never far; from their deck they can catch a glimpse of the islands in Casco Bay over the treetops.
Letter From the Editor
I just had the pleasure of meeting a young photo assistant named Chloe Brown while she was working on a photo shoot for MH+D. In conversation, I came to learn that Chloe has one month to choose from the several art schools that have accepted her for admission this fall.
Fresh from the Farm
FEAST-Chase’s Daily- April 2010
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano
At Chase’s Daily in Belfast, farm-to-plate with a side of art
Cape to Cape Collection
April 2010
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Scott Dorrance
One couple, two homes, twenty-five years of art
Anatomy of an Artist
PROFILE- Jesse Salisbury-April 2010
by Carl Little
Photography Sean Alonzo Harris
From Steuben, Maine, to Japan and Egypt, this sculptor has learned the ways of stone
On a frigid morning this past December, the sculptor Jesse Salisbury welcomed a visitor to his humble abode off Joe Leighton Road in the woods of Steuben, a small coastal town in Washington County. Seated in the warm kitchen of the house he grew up in, the 37-year-old Salisbury was coming down off a kind of artistic high. The day before, in equally brutal cold, he had successfully installed his Anatomy of a Boulder sculpture at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland. With a little less than nine hours of daylight to work with, he and his assistants had moved fifty pieces of heavy granite over a hedge and into the museum’s sculpture garden.
Close to Their Hearth
April 2010
by Deborah Weisgall
Photography Irvin Serrano
Karin and Dave Thomas have designed their art-filled house to embrace their wanderlust—and their love of home
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