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Kate Lewis is adding to a big plastic bag of clay balls before she begins work at her pottery wheel.“It’s easier to get them centered on the wheel. You…
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Dennis Potter is still doing what he discovered he loved in 1977. He ties flies for fly fishing. He says he still remembers tying his first one.“To take…
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This week, Artisans of Michigan stops in southwest Detroit, at the Diseños Ornamental Iron company.In the shop, people are welding fences, bending,…
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The next stop in our Artisans of Michigan series is on a residential street in Highland Park, a city that’s within the City of Detroit.Celeste Smith is…
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Scott Smith Pipe Organs in Lansing repairs, restores, installs, and builds pipe organs. However, Scott Smith says his profession causes confusion for some…
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For several months now, we’ve been traveling around the state, talking to people who make useful things with their hands. We’re calling the series…
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Fritz Swanson is a writer. But he says even when he was little, writing alone just wasn’t the end of it. It had to be printed. It had to be a…
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We headed to the city of Monroe in the southeast corner of the state for our latest Artisans of Michigan. We visited Michigan Musical Instrument Service.…
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We live in a throw-away society. Things are made cheaply and when we’re finished with them, we toss them out. That goes for furniture too. People put…
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World War II vintage planes are big attractions at air shows across the nation, but keeping them in the air means repairs and new parts.That’s where Dave…