For this Mainer, the best job is not having a ‘real’ one
Beads or food? It’s an easy choice for this Maine woman
Frankenstein Fish: How one Mainer tries to bring your trophy catch ‘back to life’
A Maine forester’s burning passion for the woods
A cat, a map and 25 weeks of Maine made goodness
25 weeks of Maine makers. It’s been bliss, honestly. Absolute bliss. As of right now, Made in Maine features posts on 22 artists across the state. It includes woodworkers of all kinds (guitars, fishing lures, realistic flowers, rainbow pepper mills), people who pour concrete, paint, felt little gnomes, design and code video games, and much, […]
‘Magic’ of silk painting illuminates Maine man’s life
Stuart Loten had never been one for art. The woods, yes. Science? Sure. But art? Art wasn’t his thing. Except it was. “For all those people out there who say they’re sure they have no artistic talent: you should listen to this story,” Stuart says matter-of-factly into my audio recorder while seated at his kitchen table in […]
Maine man hooks fishermen with 1900s reproductions
The scene is set in Bartow, Florida, in the early 1930s. A man named William Eger designs something he likes to call the “Florida Special.” But with recent events on the brain, the locals start calling it the “Dillinger” because the patented, prison-stripe-patterned beauty’s main purpose is to kill its prey so the user can […]
A different way to rock: Artist helps you take Maine beaches home
Everything in life is a balancing act — relationships, work, hobbies, pets, kids. No matter what it is, keeping it all together is like a man on a tightrope. Or a rock on…. well, another rock. This is the philosophy of Mark Guido, a stoneworker who’s spent over 30 years as a mason, over 20 years as a […]