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Lori’s Notebook

A Legacy of Art and the Old Country

February 9, 2015

Following the death of my 100 year old grandfather, I find myself, a few months later, helping my mother and my aunt packing up my grandparents’ house. A hundred years of stored memories, papers, photographs, furniture, and most of my grandmother’s life work as an artist. It has been an amazing process of unearthing a century of my legacy.

Among the items packed away in the basement was this beautiful zither and this leather-bound set of Goethe’s works in German.

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Categories: Everyday Life, Inspiration Tagged: art, bronze sculpture, clay sculpture, Eva Reichl, family life

From Lori’s Notebook

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    Back in 2021, I felt exhilarated to have been featured in the glossy pages of Women Create Magazine, a leading source of inspiration and information for artists and makers around the world.

  • Judith’s Seasons – Spring

    This is the second of four posts showcasing a series of quilts I’m making for Judith and her family in Cologne, Germany. The series is based on the four seasons, with each season consisting of one wall hanging and one large bed quilt.

  • Ellie’s Spirals

    Fun fact about the amazing Ellie Clarkson: not only was she an unrelenting Scrabble shark, but she also had a thing for spirals.

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  • Judith’s Seasons:Winter

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