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ARTISANS CRAFTERS By Julie Engelhardt Photos Trina Whalin
The desire to create, build, decorate, or design comes from our imagination, and we express ourselves by taking the ideas we dream of and truly making them into a reality. For centuries artisans and crafters have taken raw materials and designed jewelry, clothing, housewares, and paintings for their own pleasure and for the pleasure of others. We introduce you to seven Kentuckiana artisans who have dared to dream, dared to walk away from careers and traditional paths to take that leap of faith to pursue their passion and present it to the world. PAGE 7 >>
“Sometimes I paint very expressionistically and sometimes very realistically. The female human body, or any human body, is very challenging to draw or paint.�
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March 2019 / TodaysWomanNow.com