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The Heyworth Public Library has local artist, Steve Brown’s, work in our front entry display.  We asked Steve how he began his interest in leather carving.  He stated, “I really started to get interested in leather carving after teaching art for several years.  It seems most people think of tooled leather in the form of belts, saddles, and wallets/purses.  Why not put this tooled leather in a picture frame and hang it on a wall? I think the tooled leather brings to mind a rich warmth and the textures are really unique.  Currently I am mostly doing custom work from photos of houses, cars, and nature scenes.”  Stop by and view his latest portraits.

Martha Brown also has a jewelry display on the adult side of the library.

“I began making jewelry, or stringing beads, around 10 years ago. I was working with my husband in his Leather art business, and painting landscapes and wildlife. I’ve been craft and art- minded all my life, encouraged by my parents, but not to the point, to my great dismay, to let me attend an actual Art School. Instead I became a Nurse, and practiced the art of healing. One thing led to another, and I fell in love with rocks and stones and their evolvement into beads, and using those beads to create jewelry. Not having the means to take a course in Silversmithing, I heard about the new Silver clay that would fire into pure silver pieces. One local course later, I plunged in and taught myself the rest.”  To read more, click here.

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