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Ongoing. Imazighen! Beauty and Artisanship in Berber Life. The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 a.m.-noon...
Ongoing. “Imazighen! Beauty and Artisanship in Berber Life.” The Peabody Museum. Open daily 9 A.M.-5 P.M. $7.50; $6 students and seniors; free with Harvard ID. Free Sun. 9 A.M.-noon...
...have a vocation means to have patience. "It took me 15 years to build a bear," says George of one of his arboreal sculptures. "I won't live long enough to build another bear like that one." Like carpenters and shoemakers, George represents a dying breed of quiet artisanship. And Dave represents the veteran worker who, having devoted himself to perfection on the job, must eventually give way, training his young, flashier female replacement...
...Holl does not compulsively reject history. His basic forms are familiar. He makes roofs that are variously hipped, pyramidal and barrel-vaulted. He is drawn to earthen materials -- stucco, concrete, sandblasted glass, stone -- and virtuoso artisanship. Holl is either a modern architect with recherche tastes or an old-fashioned architect with modern instincts...
Usually, the vessel has a secret siphon or straw in the handle (a remarkable feat of ceramic artisanship) with which the patron can imbibe...