My View of Life on the Dock
Here is just one of an enormous amount of beautiful pieces Downtown Gloucester for the Gloucester Public Schools Art Festival going on. Look for my video interview with Joe Rosa at 8:00AM from the gallery.
Gloucester Public School Art Festival, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
There are creative minds. There are talented hands. You put them together and you get Bob Viau. Bob created this incredible sign for David Harrison dentistry. The picture doesn’t do it justice. In person the oyster shell and tooth are three dimensional and litterally pop off the sign board. It’s amazing some of the stuff Bob has created at Studio VO on East Main St. To see more of Bob’s work and videos click this text.
David Harrison Dentistry Sign Built By Bob Viau, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Happy Day!- That’s the standard Brenda Malloy greeting.
Click this text to check out Brenda’s Gloucester Video
I took these two carved wooden stripers home from the Menage Gallery to see if they would work in the house. The Mrs loves them and actually found about 4 or five different spots that she wanted to place them. I say that’s a little overkill so we may settle on just getting two. One for the kitchen and one for the deck. Pictured is “Goody” who was working yesterday when I picked these two up. Video at 2PM
Menage Gallery Striper, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Cape Ann Copper Works, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
There are many copper fish for sale at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.
Readers from the past may remember my feelings about the fish that people buy to display in their local home.
If you have an attachment to tropical fish or have sentimental feelings about a place you visited far away with exotic or tropical fish then that would be a reason to buy and display one. But if you are buying fish art for your Northeast home, thinking that any fish is local , please do just a tiny bit of research and discover what fish are caught around these waters- like cod, haddock, tuna, stripers and such.
I find it funny when folks put up a huge mahi mahi on their wall thinking they are decorating with a North East theme.
The fish in the picture is tagged as a haddock but from the spots on it I’d say it looks more like a codfish.
It is the work of Dana and Jeremy Hatch from Cape Ann Copper Works. Their workshop is just around the corner at 34 Mt Pleasant Ave in East Gloucester.
For More From The Artists At Local Colors In Gloucester Click This Text
Virginia Townsend Hand Painted Pottery At Local Colors, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
How Walker Creek furniture is made
We use mortise-and-tenon joinery instead of dowels, and smooth our boards with a hand plane rather than a belt sander. We use only solid wood, no chip-board or veneer. While most furniture is finished with a sprayed-on polyurethane or colored lacquer, we finish every piece by hand using linseed oil, shellac and milk paint, just like 18th century furniture, so the surface feels as good as it looks. And … Click the text to be transported to the Walker Creek Furniture Website, read how they build furniture and where teh name comes from.
Walker Creek Furniture Table With Milk Wash Finish, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Robert Hanlon puts many of his paintings on wood and uses the textures and natural colors of the wood in the paintings. Here is one of many fine pieces by Robert At Walker Creek Furniture. You can see more from his collection by clicking this text
Robert Hanlon Painting, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Custom Table At Walker Creek Furniture In Essex, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Walker Creek Custom Headboard, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
There are several of these custom headboards to choose from at Walker Creek Furniture.
Walker Creek Furniture Custom Headboard, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Click this text to check out the American Marine Model Website
American Marine Model Gallery- 20 Pleasant St Gloucester Ma, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here is another example of one of the custom built and finished tables at Walker Creek Furniture (and ART).
Walker Creek Furniture, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Katherine Shows Us Whats Going On In The Yellow Joint On 133
The name on the building is Walker Creek Furniture, but as far as I’m concerned it ought to be Walker Creek Art because all of the furniture in there to me is more than just furniture, they are individual pieces of beauty and style-Art if you will.
Look for the first part of the two part video at 10:00AM
Walker Creek Furniture Custom Furniture And Art, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
At Walker Creek Furniture, the team creates unique or custom tables and furniture using wood that comes from old houses, floorboards and other places. Each piece has it’s own history and beauty. The thing that is really cool is that you can go in there for inspiration, see something you like and then tell them that you like it but might want a different finish, size or dimension and they can custom build it to the specs that fit the needs of your particular room. Video number one from Walker Creek comes tomorrow morning at 10:00AM
Antique Pine Table From Walker Creek Furniture In essex, Ma, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
By looking at the large sign on the building you might think that it’s just a furniture shop. Nope. It’s so much more with some fantastic art including some work by The Mrs’ favorite artist. You’ll see in the second part of the video interview later this week.
Walker Creek Furniture (and art), originally uploaded by captjoe06.
How many times have you driven past this building in Essex and wondered what’s inside? The building is in Essex, on the left hand side just before you get to downtown Essex when coming from Gloucester on 133. Look for the two part interview and video tour inside later this week. It’s a local treasure you won’t want to miss.
Walker Creek Furniture, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester Doors- American Marine Model Gallery, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 