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Leu picks up trash alongside her troop of nomadic gnomes.
Leu picks up trash alongside her troop of nomadic gnomes. ( Photo provided)

Merrymaking in the face of catastrophe

Maxine Leu had a front-row seat to the effects of climate change growing up in Taiwan. She describes her native country,...

eARTh
29 Nov 2022 | 04:15
On baking bread

On baking bread

There are three things I could never understand: string theory, the rules of baseball, and why it is so hard to bake a decent...

eARTh
12 Apr 2021 | 02:52
Retired nurse Linda Mitchell, left, with partner Debra Hollinrake at The Tree of Health Center
Retired nurse Linda Mitchell, left, with partner Debra Hollinrake at The Tree of Health Center ( Tara Whitsitt)

Healing addiction naturally

“The term ‘functional family’ is elusive,” said Debra Hollinrake, a partner at The Tree of Health Center in Newton, NJ. How...

eARTh
13 Apr 2020 | 11:14
Chandler Alysia Mazzella holds 20 pounds of local beeswax in her studio in Newburgh, NY.
Chandler Alysia Mazzella holds 20 pounds of local beeswax in her studio in Newburgh, NY. ( Tara Whitsitt)

Rite of light

“I don’t believe you have to depend on things outside of yourself in order to create,” said Alysia Mazzella, as we sat in...

eARTh
23 Jan 2020 | 12:07
Can sculpture after self-portrait by Hieronymus Bosch
Can sculpture after self-portrait by Hieronymus Bosch ( Melissa Shaw-Smith)

Tinkering with the canon

Allan Rubin is never alone in his studio barn, perched on a hill with ”eight-mile-views” in Sullivan County. He is surrounded...

eARTh
08 Aug 2019 | 02:06
Holding the first scrap metal sculpture he made from discarded race car scraps
Holding the first scrap metal sculpture he made from discarded race car scraps

Junkyard arts and crafts

Tim Fields’ garage is crammed with buckets, filled to the brim with old machine parts. His scrap collection overflows into...

eARTh
07 Aug 2019 | 06:11
Holding the first scrap metal sculpture he made from discarded race car scraps
Holding the first scrap metal sculpture he made from discarded race car scraps

Junkyard arts and crafts

Tim Fields’ garage is crammed with buckets, filled to the brim with old machine parts. His scrap collection overflows...

eARTh
16 Jul 2019 | 11:46

Ashes to pendant

Mourning her dog, an artist opens his urnBy Melissa Shaw-SmithWhen Jennifern Hippely lost her beloved dog Dervish a few years...

eARTh
01 May 2019 | 01:00

Making heirlooms from the playroom

‘If we can buy groceries with it once a month that would be great.’By Melissa Shaw-Smith“My favorite...

eARTh
28 Feb 2019 | 03:19
Feeding his rabbits
Feeding his rabbits

Mission: the simple life

“I do it every morning,” says Richard Gniadek, returning his young rabbits’ furry nosed kisses as he...

eARTh
03 Jan 2019 | 12:31
Polishing the terra sigilatta
Polishing the terra sigilatta

Clay became her ‘one black crayon’

In ceramic vessels, capturing the quiet, detailed beauty of natureBy Melissa Shaw-SmithPaula Shalan’s strong fingers...

eARTh
13 Nov 2018 | 11:29
Ray compares the old and new piano hammers.
Ray compares the old and new piano hammers.

The piano hammer man

Ray Negron works alone in the Ronsen Piano Hammer Company on the banks of Esopus Creek, surrounded by the Catskill Mountains....

eARTh
29 Jun 2018 | 01:30
barrel making
barrel making

Barrel shortage? Woodworker jumps in.

“Four years ago I find out there’s a barrel crisis in America,” says John Cox, in his wood shop in High...

eARTh
30 Apr 2018 | 03:32
salting air dried cheese
salting air dried cheese

The nonchalant cheesemaker

“I love hard work, I love animals, I love dirt,” says Jesse Clark. Clark moved to Highland Lakes, New Jersey,...

eARTh
09 Mar 2018 | 11:20
Luck comes to the quick of brush

Luck comes to the quick of brush

‘You can’t chase the light or you end up with mish-mash’Melissa Shaw-SmithJanet Howard-Fatta stands...

eARTh
05 Jan 2018 | 03:12
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