Is He the Next Martha Stewart? âNot So Fast,â Says Martha.
With a new book about a year at his stylish upstate farm, the ceramist Christopher Spitzmiller tries on the mantle of the lifestyle pundit.
Christopher Spitzmiller, ceramist and author, surveys the vista at his Clove Hill Farm in the Hudson River Valley under the watchful eyes of his Sebastopol geeseCredit.Karsten Moran for The New York Times
May 13, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET
Joan Rivers was honking her head off. Pat Altschul was pecking at grubs. Carolyne Roehm sat in a brooding shed, downy feathers fluffed about her, hatching an egg. Any time a visitor strayed near this small flock of Sebastopol geese, Bill Blass, the resident gander, stuck his neck out and hissed.
Art & Design|A 140-Year-Old Hemlock Was Lost. Now It Has New Life as Art.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/arts/design/frederic-church-olana-jean-shin.html
In memory of the millions of hemlocks that fell in the 19th century to the local leather-tanning industry, Jean Shin used antique bark-peeling tools to remove the tree’s outer layer before giving it a protective new coat.Credit.Amanda Picotte for The New York Times
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A 140-Year-Old Hemlock Was Lost. Now It Has New Life as Art.
The sculptor Jean Shin gravitates to castoff objects, including a threatened tree at Olana, the former estate of Frederic Church.