Salt Story Archive
Advanced search
About us
Publications
Projects
Story Explorer
×
Advanced search
Projects
Publications
Everything
Story type
Writing
Photography
Radio
Multimedia
All
Year
People
County
Town
Keyword
Exact Match
Search Transcripts
Quick Search
Artisans
144 results
Sort by:
type
title
year
description
Type
Multimedia
Title
Just Right
Year
2015
From a shop in Portland, Jonathan Cooper crafts violins. Cooper discusses the craft of making violins, his entry into the art, and his love for the instrument.
Type
Multimedia
Title
A Dream and A Craft
Year
2012
From a shop in Portland, Jonathan Cooper crafts violins. Kimberlee Poole profiles Cooper's work on violins, his entry into the art, and his love for the instrument.
Type
Book
Title
Salt 2
Year
1980
Salt 2 features stories related to artisans and their crafts.
Type
published content
Title
Chair Caning
Year
1976
Over the course of four interviews, Launa Cable and other Salt students learned how to cane chairs from Avon Wilcox. Cable documents the work Wilcox does on chairs and the caning process.
Type
published content
Title
Jack of All Trades
Year
1987
As someone who has held many different jobs in his life, Al Buzzell is a jack of all trades. Mark Childs documents how Buzzell got involved with a number of different trades.
Type
published content
Title
Blacksmithing
Year
1995
Kate Raley explores the subject of blacksmithing with local area blacksmiths, who discuss their relationship to the trade and the current trends.
Type
published content
Title
Apprenticeships
Year
1978
Within the Salt building at the mouth of the Kennebec River, a variety of youth training programs are held. Sheryl Lane highlights the work that the Salt Coast Youth Program does with boat building, farming, and media arts.
Type
published content
Title
Stone Walls Part II
Year
1977
Continuing the story of stone walls, Mark Serreze speaks to Harvey Bixby about the mortared wall. Bixby discusses his work as a mason and creating stone walls.
Type
published content
Title
Porcelain Figures
Year
1977
Spending countless hours a week creating porcelain figures, Muriel Reimer can create figures of various sizes. Lorraine Kingsbury visited Reimer to learn the work and detail that goes into the hobby.
Type
published content
Title
Pounding Ash
Year
2000
Sally Steindorf speaks with members of varying Indian tribes to learn about basketmaking and the brown ash.
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
Snowshoe Making
Year
1977
From his workshop in Caratunk, Walter York creates snowshoes. Anne Gorham covers the steps of making and filling the bows for snowshoes.
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12