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FIELD TRIP- Wary Meyers- Jan/Feb 2010
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
Fireplace Artistry
ELEMENTS- Jan/Feb 2010
by Debra Spark
Photography Irvin Serrano
New ways of constructing the home’s hearth
VIineyard Bash
TURNOUT-Vinfest-Jan/Feb 2010
Photography Sarah Szwajkos
A festival of food, wine, and cheer in Lincolnville
Self-Contained Living
Jan/Feb 2010
by Elena Sarni
Photography Trent Bell
From cargo ship to container house
Free Rider
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
The Spatial Experience
AIA Design Theory- Jan/Feb 2010
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Trent Bell
Architect Dominic Mercadante
and the building as a spatial journey
Impossible Infinity
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
Family Friendly
THE DRAWING BOARD-Nov/Dec 2009
A renovation offers both a teen haven and a parent retreat
Cafe Crossroads
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.
The World Down Under
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
Reviving the “Black Art” of Letterpress
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
Shop Talk
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.
New on Mere Point
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.
Cabin Fever
Nov/Dec 2009
by Bruce Irving
Photography Irvin Serrano
An authentic log home that’s big on style and comfort
Bountiful Harvest of Creativity
PROFILE- Susan & Rufus Williams-Nov/Dec 2009
by Suzette McAvoy
Photography Irvin Serrano
A Rockport couple share an artful life
Design Face-Off
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
The Heart of the Home
SPACES-Nov/Dec 2009
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano
Putting historic elements to work in a remodeled kitchen
Reflection
ESSAY-October 2009
by Rebecca Falzano
“For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), it’s always ourselves we find in the sea.” -e.e. cummings
Influenced by Industry
THE DRAWING BOARD-October 2009
A modern house in Rockland draws materials from its surroundings
Recipe for Success
FEAST-Robinhood Free meetinghouse- October 2009
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography François Gagné
A journey to find the perfect biscuit
Autumn’s Coat of Colors
THE CANVAS-October 2009 | by Suzette McAvoy
George Bayliss, Jennifer Whiting & Henry Isaacs
“Color is the key. The eye is the hammer. The soul is the piano with its many chords. The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
Sedgwick, Autumn, 2007, oil on canvas, 30” x 40” George Bayliss
Wood Works
CRAFT OF MAINE-October 2009
by Rebecca Falzano
Three Maine artists who bring wood to life
This month, our Functional Art series focuses on artists who use wood as their canvas. Each of the pieces on the following pages is a marriage of aesthetic beauty and practical purpose. From trees to teapots. Driftwood found washed ashore. Furniture inspired by rural landscapes. Each piece has its own story to tell. And as artist Jacques Vesery says, “we just need to look and listen.”
Field Trip- Worth His Salt
FIELD TRIP- Alex Carleton- October 2009
by Veronique McAree
Photography Liz Atterbury
Rogue’s Gallery, the internationally recognized fashion label is inspired by Alex Carleton’s life right here on the coast of Maine.
The Charge of the Right Brigade
October 2009
by Bruce Irving
Photography Irvin Serrano
A small army works to give a classic Portland home new life
Apart from Civil War buffs, the name Holman S. Melcher doesn’t ring a bell for many folks in Portland anymore. That’s too bad. Besides having a they-don’t-name-kids-like-they-used-to first name, he was also a fine upstanding citizen: a two-term mayor (1889–1890), a successful wholesale grocer, and the man responsible for changing the name of Market Square to Monument Square. He was also the homeowner who hired architect John Calvin Stevens in 1893 to expand his home on Pine Street—most likely so that his daughter and her family could live in one side of the renovated structure, while he and wife lived in the other (fancier) half.
Textile Treasures
PROFILE- Yosi Barzilai-October 2009
by Rebecca Falzano
Photography Irvin Serrano
What SoHo’s Sarajo is doing on Congress Street
Once, many years ago, Yosi Barzilai shopped until he dropped.
It was during one of his semi-annual trips to the Far East—this time, Thailand. As he was combing the region for antique textiles, he stepped into a hole that had unwisely been covered with cardboard and fell right through the floor. He broke two vertebrae and an elbow, but that didn’t keep him from shopping. “I got some really great things on that trip,” Barzilai recalls from inside his gleaming antiques gallery, Sarajo, in Portland’s Arts District. “The thrill of the hunt is one of the most adrenaline-producing things in my life,” he says with a smile.
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