ORIGINS OREGON LOCAL ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

 Fired Copper Jewelry by Stella Rose Powell
Oregon metal-smith and Jewelry Designer

The heat is on! With spring in the air and the anticipation of summer… the warm hues of copper remind me of sunny days and hot desert nights. The colors are created with a torch and the textures are roll printed from various materials. Each piece is one of a kind since the process is not science… just art. It is the inherent properties of the metal that bring out the beauty with some coaxing with heat, cold water and salts. A protective coating made especially for jewelry protects the patina from the air giving it lasting beauty and a finished look.

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ARBOR DAY...FOR THE LOVE OF TREES

Trees provide breathable air, timber, fuel, food, shelter, medicine and beauty. Without trees, we could not live. They can help us think better — Plato and Aristotle did their best thinking in the olive groves around Athens, Buddha found enlightenment beneath a Bo tree, and Isaac Newton realized his theory of gravity when an apple fell from the tree under which he was sitting — and they can help us feel better.

 Our pagan ancestors worshiped trees, but for many of us nature has been pushed out of our lives. ‘In the folk tradition of Europe trees were attributed magical healing powers,’ says Cassandra Eason, an expert on earth energies and author of ‘Encyclopaedia Of Magic & Ancient Wisdom’. ‘I’m a busy working mother and whenever I feel stressed, unwell or unloved, I sit against the trunk of a tree, making a connection with the ground and through the bark with the energy flowing upwards from the earth. I put my hands on the ground and press down with my feet, picturing negative feelings as dark light sinking into the earth.’

With Arbor Day here, lets all take a walk among the trees, feel the earth at our feet, feel the healing energy of a mighty tree and find our spirit once again.

For the love of trees ~ Holly

THE LITTLE THINGS

Origins Oregon

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"Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air." ♥

~ Georges Bernanos ~

Our Beautiful City By The Lake...Lake Oswego

Our beautiful city by the lake....Lake Oswego, Oregon

City of Lake Oswego Names Newest Park – Sundeleaf Plaza On December 14, Lake Oswego City Council named the new park at 120 State Street “Sundeleaf Plaza.” The park naming process for the former US Bank property was kicked off by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) in October. They received 47 different ideas and, after reviewing citizen’s suggestions, recommended the park be named after Richard Sundeleaf to recognize his contribution to the City’s architectural heritage.Richard Sundeleaf (1900-1987) was a prominent, local architect who did more than any other architect to influence the “village” atmosphere in Lake Oswego. He designed many homes and commercial buildings in Lake Oswego, nine of which are listed on the City’s Landmark Designation List - including his home on Phantom Bluff and the bridge and boathouse to Jantzen Island. He also designed some of the City’s oldest commercial buildings which line State Street. These buildings include the Lakewood Center, Oswego Lake House restaurant, Lake Theatre, Murphy Real Estate building currently leased to Starbucks, and the buildings housing Wan Fu and, previously, Hollywood Video. His design incorporated the Arts and Crafts and Tudor style that created the English Village atmosphere, which is today replicated in several designs in the community including Lakeview Village and Millennium Plaza Park.Richard Sundeleaf graduated from the University of Oregon’s School of Architecture in 1923. He was trained in the "Beaux Arts" style of design, and became well-known in the 1920s and 1930s for his imaginative work in industrial architecture. In the late 1940s, he was a leading local proponent of the "Streamline Moderne" style, in which the spirit of the machine age and the concepts of aerodynamics shaped the design of the building.

THE MUSEUM 510 Lake Oswego, Oregon

The Museum 510 will have open hours during the month of March, from Wednesday through Saturdays from 11 am–6 pm. Artists will be in the Museum providing demonstrations. At First and B, in Lake Oswego, Oregon