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47/150: Margaret Whittemore, The birthplace of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad or Railway, Atchison, Kansas. Woodblock, c 1930s. This small brick building, having two rooms, was the private office of Luther C. Challis, a banker of Atchison, and a promoter of the A.T. & S. F. Railroad. The first meeting to plan the establishment of the railroad was held here, Sept. 15 and 17, 1860. Mr. Challis became one of the directors, and merely loaned his office for this and subsequent meetings. The building was torn down about 1892. 63.47
Kathleen Winters-Myers
Macomb IL
Tic-Tac-Toe to Go (2004)
Metalwork: sterling silver, 18k gold
Topeka Competition 28
Friends of the Library Purchase Award
2007.11
What a wonderful, whimsical piece of jewelry. I love the idea of a wearable game! The piece is so well thought-out and fun.
–Zan Popp
Christine Stankard Kressley
New Jersey
untitled floral paperweight (2006)
Glass
2008.4
Christine Stankard Kressley is Paul Stankard’s daughter, the famous glass paperweight maker. His kids helped him in the studio where he taught them the art of glass making. Paul was first a botanist, and it is clear that Christine inherited an interest in plants and flowers.
–Sherry Best
Sandals, Liberia (Loma)
Leather; 20th c.
Gift of Diana Hawks
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Permanent Collection, 2006.13.15ab
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6/150: Charles L. Marshall, “Old Settler’s Cabin, Gage Park”, lithograph, 1936. Swedish settler Adam Bauer, near Watson, hewed logs flat on the front and back when they built cabins. Harry C. Snyder, commissioner of parks, moved it to Gage Park in 1933, as part of the Old Settler’s Memorial Grounds. The heirs of Guilford Gage donated 80 acres of land to Topeka in 1899. The deed stated that the park was for the "benefit of the health, comfort and recreation of the citizens of Topeka and their friends...” Gage Park is now home to the Topeka Zoo and Helen Hocker Theater, and lovely rose parks. 75.1.21
Miniature tsarouhis, Greece
Leather, silk; 20th c.
Gift of Annie B. Sweet
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Permanent Collection, S-17
Alabama
Linsey-Woolsey (2008)
Handmade linen and wool paper,
etching, linen thread
Edition of 2
I love handmade paper and this paper is especially interesting to me. Amy has taken a plant-based fiber (linen from the flax plant) and an animal-based fiber (wool) and processed them together to create paper. This “linsey-woolsey” paper is not just beautiful, it also has a wonderful texture. The paper really embodies the message of the text.
–Brea Black
Catherine Richardson | United States
Untitled (lizard in landscape) (2007)
Glass, lampwork paperweight
2007.032
Jim D Onofrio
Oregon
Rainforest Frogs paperweight (2005
Glass
2006.11
Frogs—what can I say—love them! These two frogs are so lifelike that I find myself waiting for them to jump off the logs. Amazing what marvelous creations can be made out of glass.
–Zan Popp
Photo credit: Musee de l'Elysee
Got a notice in my email today that my favorite strobist self-portrait got shown in an exhibit in a Swiss museum. Yee haw!
I love the interweb.
Dear Photographer,
Your image was shown in the Musee de l'Elysee's exhibit ‘We are all photographers now!’ in the last few days. Enclosed you will find an installation view of your image that shows it in the wall.
The visitors to the exhibit are fascinated by all the different photographs that are being shown from participants like you from all over the world. Thank you again for participating and please feel free to upload more images to the site allphotographersnow.ch.
We also sincerely hope you will visit the museum. The dates of the exhibition ‘All photographers now!’ are from February 8th, 2007 to May 20th, 2007.
From the team at the Musee de l'Elysee
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Barbara Waterman-Peters
Topeka KS
MWS 282: The Root of All (1996)
Pastel and oil pastel on paper
Gift of the artist and Larry Peters in memory of Kendall Durst
2007.21
This piece is intense. It seems to evoke what happens in unhealthy relationships when people feel frightened and trapped. It is both terrifying and beautiful at the same time. The symbolism speaks of the “curse of Eve”—of woman as the source of sin, and the feeling that there is no escape from that curse.
Kendall Durst was a former library employee, and a collector of art and antiques.
–Sherry Best
There’s a frightening and mysterious quality in The Root of All which makes the diptych such a strong work. This work leaves me on edge. What’s going to happen next?
–Trish Nixon
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Pendleton OR
Diamondback (2008)
Flax paper, waxed linen thread
Unique book
2009.32
This book is so intriguing to me because of the centuries-old traditions it brings together—papermaking, bookbinding, and basket weaving. Roberta learned this twining technique from her brother-in-law, a master weaver. She adapted the technique to work with paper and then presented it at the Guild of Book Workers conference in 2007. This sharing of knowledge is also a time-honored tradition. The student becomes the teacher, and this transfer of knowledge keeps the art form alive.
–Brea Black
Sabots, Netherlands.
Wood, 20th c.
Gift of Annie B. Sweet
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Permanent Collection, S-15
Zan Popp and Brea Black worked hard to get the table set up with reference books, paperweights and step-by-step visual of the paperweight-making process.
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Larry W. Schwarm
Greensburg KS
Burning Grass, Lyon County, Kansas (1994-2004)
Color photograph
2004.49
I feel a pleasing identity with the wild freedom of nature seemingly untouched by man. I can almost smell the burning grass and fresh air far above it.
–Tim Elmer, Gallery volunteer
This photograph is all energy. Literally. I fell in love with it when I saw it – it felt like I was right there in the burn.
–Sherry Best