Featured here is an exquisite example of a brand new, personal monogram created from scratch by Nancy Sharon Collins. The initial Rough Sketch Design was then hand engraved on imported, pale blue, Alpha Cellulose card stock. The cards have been hand bordered and edged in white complimenting the engraving. There are matching envelopes hand lined…
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Premiering New Years’ Eve 2022, LEMONS TO LEMONADE. Finishing up the Lady Louisiana Artist series for 2022 is a true lemons to lemonade story. Magen Raine Gladden. Commercial artist. Born into a hippy dirt road collective along River Road in South Louisiana with a lifetime of health challenges. Now a leader through the lens of…
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Happy holidays and great, good cheer while gathering around your favorite celebration icons. Such as decorated ferns and trees. Vintage train sets, spinning tops, and, of course, elves. When you need a little break from the eggnog, the roasting of turkeys and yams, and all those brussel sprouts, take a moment to read Mrs. Collins’s…
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What is the difference between a monogram and a cipher? Or, is the later “cypher”? To the initial question, ciphers are a design comprising a person’s initials. Arranged in a decorative yet illegible tangle. Or spaced out neatly for maximum readability. On the other hand, a monogram is a design in which the initials depend…
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A virtual event co-hosted by Neal Auction Company. Click HERE to listen. Letters Read’s second lady Louisiana artist, Angela Gregory, is a true Louisiana hero of women in the arts in the 20th century. Busting traditional boundaries and forging her own way. She was born in New Orleans in 1903. Became a successful sculptor garnering…
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