Artist couple has heavenly inspiration
Now, with the help of his wife Karen, Schlau’s fascination with saints takes on a different form as statues and medals he creates and sells for his business In the Company of Saints. Schlau, who grew up in a Presbyterian family, was always a little envious of the medals his Catholic friends carried and became increasingly more interested in saints as he studied and then taught medieval literature at the college level and... Six years ago, Hank Schlau tired of his work as a book editor and professor and wanted something that was less taxing and more therapeutic for his brain. Living at that time in Charleston, S. C. , Schlau said his statues were better received than he thought they would be. “Karen had a garden store there, and we began selling some statues there,” Hank said. But its not the football Saints that have his attention, it’s the ones of the holy variety that he prefers. Using clay and precision dental tools, he began sculpting and carving his first saint statue. Focusing on the details, Schlau said he used an image from a book to guide him.
Natchez Democrat on 13.06.10 | File Under Garden Tools | CommentsGarden Implements and their Proper Use | Weed Seeds For Sale
This is true of the small garden as certainly as of the large one: in fact, in proportion I am not sure but that it is more so–because of the second wonderful thing about modern garden tools, that is, the low prices at which they can be bought,... It may seem to the reader that it is all very well to make a garden with a pencil, but that the work of transferring it to the soil must be quite another problem and one entailing so much work that he will leave it to the professional market... There is nothing in the way of expense to prevent even the most modest gardener acquiring, during a few years, by the judicious expenditure of but a few dollars annually, a very complete outfit of tools that will handsomely repay their cost. While some garden tools have been improved and developed out of all resemblance to their original forms, others have changed little in generations, and in probability will remain ever with us. There is a thing or two to say about even the simplest......
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