Old Jail Art Center
Blog URL http://www.oldjailarts.blogspot.com
Tags arts, tatting, crochet, knitting, travel, Indiana, old jail, historic preservation
The Old Jail Artist reflects on her creative life in a 1904 limestone "castle" that once served as the county jail and is in the process of being turned into an art center with family quarters attached. She is neither a prisoner nor particularly
Latest Blog Posts
- What happened to the train? on Nov 4, 2009
The picture above hangs in the entrance hall of the Lawrence County Museum; I see it just about every day and it reminds me of why historic preservation is so important. It is of J Street in downtown Bedford, the same street our castle faces, at a t...
- Behind Closed (Pocket) Doors on Oct 23, 2009
You may remember that earlier this year we traveled to Detroit over a weekend to buy pocket doors to replace a set that was removed from our house who knows how long ago. I even included a picture of my handsome DH posing in front of the salvaged do...
- No Time for Fun on Oct 13, 2009
I've been volunteering a lot of time at our local museum and haven't had much left over for my needlework (or blogging). I did manage, one sleepless night, to rip out a lot of the teal Blue Sky Bulky sweater I started late last winter and re-think th...
- Tomatoes, tomatoes, tomatoes on Sep 19, 2009 in tomatoes gardening
When the days were still short and it was cold outside early this past spring, our son planted tomato seeds in egg cartons and placed them on his windowsill. He tended the plants like children, transplanting them into pots as they outgrew the egg ca...
- World's oldest known fibers found! on Sep 11, 2009 in Georgian textile art
Check this out: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090910142352.htmThe thing I love about this story is not that people have been working with fiber for 34,000 years, it's that even way back then, we dyed them. It wasn't enough that the fl...
- Blue and White China on Sep 3, 2009 in ironstone blue and white china
I love blue and white china. Here are a couple of pictures from my dining room, just to prove it. It seems I'm not the only one--I discovered this wonderful painting of a woman with a blue and white china ruff and bonnet at an exhibition at Vascoeu...
- Yes, I visited the Alamo! on Aug 27, 2009 in Runcible Spoon Hard Rock Cafe Indiana University Alamo
And here it is, with the two-person universe of happiness posing nearby. It was a quick visit to San Antonio, and a hot one, but I not only got to see where Davy Crockett drew his last breaths, I also got to visit the River Walk twice. The last eve...
