Artisan: Peter Leue sculptures and furniture
The Fun of the Craft Peter Leue gets punny and funny with his playful sculptures and furniture By Wendy Page/Life@Home Award-winning craftsman Peter Leue takes everyday things — ballet, dripping...
View ArticleArtisan: Bianca Dupuis at The Broken Mold
Breaking the Mold Bianca Dupuis traded a career in psychology for one in pottery By Cari Scribner/Life@Home Potter Bianca Dupuis is so immersed in her craft that she talks about building a...
View ArticleArtisan: Warren “Roy” Melby’s love affair with stones
Rock On! By Molly Belmont/Life@Home Stonemason Warren Melby suffers from cobbler’s children syndrome; he is so busy building other people’s stone walls, he has no time to finish his own. And yet, he...
View ArticleArtisan: Woodworker Ben Rauch makes his magic from fallen trees
Repo Man By Wendy Page/Life@Home Where some see a mess after a storm takes down trees and branches, woodworker/sculptor Ben Rauch sees opportunity. A woodworker since he began restoring furniture in...
View ArticleArtisan: Rae Rau delights the eye with murals and faux finishes
How Faux Can She Go? By Laurie Lynn Fischer/Life@Home Theater for the home. That’s how Guilderland artist Rae Rau describes her work. Instead of producing paintings that hang on walls, the former stage...
View ArticleArtisan: Embossed clay patterns from nature mark potter Doug Klein’s work
Making An Impression By Laurie Lynn Fischer/Life@Home Doug Klein leads a double life. By day, he creates and teaches pottery at Doug Klein Pottery Studio and Gallery. “It’s the closest thing I can...
View ArticleArtisan: Custom-furniture-maker Greg Pattison tells his tale following a...
Tree Pictures By Laurie Lynn Fischer/Life@Home Scandinavian-trained furniture craftsman Greg Pattison runs his hand along the spare contours of one of his originals. “I love what they call it in...
View ArticleArtisan: Linda Van Alstyne’s whimsical felt creations
A Woolen Playground By Cari Scribner/Life@Home From ordinary merino wool, felt artisan Linda Van Alstyne quietly creates everything from vases, wall hangings and vessels to hats, slippers and purses —...
View ArticleArtisan: Giving tired furniture new life
Recycled Fun By Cari Scribner/Life@Home Sarah Trop sees treasures in other people’s trash. Gathered from tag and yard sales, and even friends ready to send items to the junk lot, Trop recycles older...
View ArticleOnline Exculsive: Glass Artist Larry Rutland
By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home It’s mesmerizing to watch Larry Rutland manipulating beads of glass in a shop behind the National Bottle Museum of Glassworks in Ballston Spa. When life@home visited him on...
View ArticleArtisan: The functional, textured earthenware of Polly Hunt
Pointers from the Potting Shed by Laurie Lynn Fisher/Life@Home A beautiful pot, like a great hairstyle, can be admired from every angle. Polly Hunt has devoted her life to both. “I have two studios...
View ArticleAn Arts and Crafts home in Ballston Spa
In the Craftsman Tradition By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Simplicity. That’s the defining principle behind the Arts and Crafts design movement. And John Olenik fell in love with it about 10 years ago. “I...
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