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Photography
Title
Steps in Making a Snow Shoe - Part II Photographs
Year
1975
From his workshop in Caratunk, Walter York creates snowshoes. Anne Gorham covers the steps of making the bows for snowshoes.
Type
Photography
Title
Arthur's Wooden World Photographs
Year
1974
For about 17 years, Arthur Fretwell has been crafting all sorts of works of art, from boats to lighthouses. Herb Baum visits Fretwell to speak about him coming to the United States from England and his crafting hobby.
Type
Photography
Title
Snowshoe Making - Part I Photographs
Year
1974
From his workshop in Caratunk, Walter York creates snowshoes. Anne Gorham covers the steps of making the bows for snowshoes.
Type
Photography
Title
Porcelain Figures Photographs
Year
1976
Spending countless hours a week creating porcelain figures, Muriel Reimer can create figures of various sizes. Jeffrey Bonney and others visited Reimer to learn the work and detail that goes into the hobby.
Type
Photography
Title
Boat Building Photographs
Year
1976
As a master boat builder, Herb Baum, Sr. understands the intricacies of building a boat. Anne Gorham, Herb Baum III and others document the work that goes into designing and building a boat.
Type
published content
Title
Boats That Come Naturally
Year
1979
Building boats since 1951, the artform comes naturally to Ralph Stanley. Dorothy O'Keefe speaks to Stanley about his work building boats.
Type
published content
Title
Bait Bags
Year
1977
Knitting bait bags since the age of ten, Ada Foss has been creating them ever since. Anne Pierter visits Foss to learn how to create the bags and the work that goes into each piece.
Type
published content
Title
Lofting and Making Molds
Year
1980
As an experienced boatbuilder, Tim Dowling understands the importance of being accurate in lofting. Dorothy O'Keefe documents the work Dowling does as a boatbuilder.
Type
published content
Title
Somewhere Inside This Piece of Wood is a Paddle'
Year
1978
Crafting canoe paddles from his own design, Monty Washburn creates lightweight paddles of varying materials. Douglas Lamont highlights Washburn work as a paddle maker.
Type
Writing
Title
Smithing in Maine
Year
1994
Kate Raley explores the subject of blacksmithing with local area blacksmiths, who discuss their relationship to the trade and the current trends.
Type
Photography
Title
Metal Spinning Photographs
Year
1978
In Kittery, Freddie Cooper practices the dying art of spinning pewter. Julien LeSieur and Janice Coyne visit Cooper to learn about his craft of metal spinning.
Type
Photography
Title
Energy in a Boatyard Photographs
Year
1978
On the mud flats of the Kennebunk River lies a building that has come to represent the tides and fortunes of Salt. Lynn Kippax, Jr. and Pamela Wood document the active learning that Salt students do and the energy of the craftsmen who train the students.
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