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Elements of Style For many years, Therese Bahl carried with her to every miniature show, color copies of pages from Three Centuries of American Antiques, an American Heritage publication. These pages depicted vignettes of authentic examples of furniture, fabrics, and accessories from the Puritan Century, 1607-1685, William and Mary style, 1685-1720, Queen Anne style, 1720-1750, the Chippendale period, 1750-1785, and "From the Rhine to the Susquehanna, the Pennsylvania Germans." She had a vision of some day creating similar vignettes in miniature. In 1991 Therese was serving on the Guild Board of Trustees, and one of the Board's discussions centered on creating another traveling exhibit showcasing IGMA Artisan and Fellow work. Here was an opportunity to see her dream come true! Guild Fellows, Frank Hanley and Jeffrey Gueno volunteered to oversee the design and coordination of each scene. They decided to present each vignette in a hand-made clock case. With the help of Marge Adams, Sarah Salisbury, Barbara Marshall and Therese Bahl, they created the "time-capsules" known as the Elements of Style. Therese coordinated the Pennsylvania German scene. For her it was a joy to see her dream realized. For all of us and the thousands who have seen the Elements on display all over America and Canada, this exhibit truly meets the Guild's objectives of promoting miniatures as an art form and increasing awareness and appreciation of high-quality workmanship through public education. The Elements were exhibited for the first time in April 1992 at the IGMA show in New York. From there they went on display at museums and galleries in Indiana, Wisconsin, Colorado, North Carolina, Michigan, Louisiana, Texas and Connecticut. A second series of eight Elements was organized by Jill Zimmerman and Murray Scrimgeour and travelled on display throughout 1995 and 1996. The themes of the clock cases included Shaker Style, The Colonial Home At Work, The Age of Sail, Queen Anne and Chippendale, New England Decorative Arts, Our Canadian Heritage, and a Guild School Sampler that highlighted prototype pieces of class projects taught in Castine by Guild instructor Artisans and Fellows. This second series made its debut at the Glenbow Musuem in Calgary, Canada and travelled from there to the Denver Museum of Toys and Minatures, Colonial Williamsburg, The Argenteuil Museum in Quebec and the Nepean Museum in Ottawa. A Third series of Elements of Style was designed by Lee Lefkowitz assisted by her daughter, Amy Krupin Pedolsky and Mary Lou Nancken. This series of seven clock cases made its debut at the Guild Show in April 1998. From there it was on exhibit at the Tee Ridder Museum of Miniatures on Long Island, Colonial Williamsburg, the Pabst Museum in Milwaukee, and the Museum of Miniature Houses in Carmel, Indiana. A Fourth Series was coordinated by Ina Lyon and included boxes by Peter Kendall, Jim Van Vliet, Lynda Bauer, Shirley Whitworth, Bill & Carol Kubesch, Annelle Ferguson, Dorothy Haw, Anne Caesar and Ina Lyon. For more information, contact coordinator, Peter Kendall at pkendall@aol.com |
