Nahcotta photo Michael Winters / Portsmouth photo courtesy of Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce.
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“People are creating fhings. I t’s not about people
working to make money to pay tide bills; it’s more
‘W hat are you working on?’”-—Sara DulongApsey
Left:
The beauty of
Portsmouth’s Atlantic
coastline draws many
artists to the city.
Opposite top:
Jewelry maker Kristina
Logan, who created
this 2008 flame-worked
Persian Doughnut Brooch,
finds inspiration for her
glass beads in the city’s
seacoast.
Opposite bottom:
Jeweler Wendolyn
Hammer moved into
other genres, such as
Urchin Candlestick,
2009,
when she began experi-
menting with beach
stones.
Left:
Sara Dulong Apscy,
who integrates custom-
colored epoxy resin into
her silver jewelry such as
Trapezoid Bracelet,
finds
Portsmouth an inspiring
place to be an artist.
Bottom:
Nahcotta Gallery in
downtown Portsmouth
displays work from local
artists, including
Hammer.
custom-colored epoxy resin into her silver
work. She creates her own colors without
a specific formula or chart so that no two
pieces of her work are ever the same.
As craftspeople from Portsmouth travel
around the country, teaching workshops
and showing their pieces at craft shows,
they’re often asked about how they survive
the long, cold New Hampshire winters.
“It’s a love-hate thing,” Apsey says, “I have
those days [when] I’m at the beach and it’s
winter, and I’m with the dog and it’s so frigid
and biting. But I see the color of the water
and the sky, and I think ‘Oh my God, I have
to get to my studio.’ You take a few deep
breaths and you’re energized. It’s a good
way to start the day.” ♦
Meganne Fabrega has written about craft,
culture and books for
Craft: Transforming
Traditional Crafts,
the
San Francisco
Chronicle, Publisher’s Weekly
and other
periodicals.
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