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1970’s Painting by Hank Whitethorn in Antique Wood Fame

• Navajo artist Hank Whitethorne comes from a very remote part of the Navajo Nation. Close to the Four Corners he is inspired by many different landscapes. The high peaks of the Rocky Mountains, deep reds of the Monument Valley mesas and the striking blue of Lake Powell. His art is as diverse as his home’s landscape.

• Hank is one of the most famous artists of our time and his pieces are simply incredible.

W. Lima, as he signs his work, was born in Salvador in 1934. He went to Rio de Janeiro at a young age, where he studied at the School of Visual Arts. He was a student of Bustamante Sá.

Lima's work is inspired by different elements of Brazilian culture, especially that of his own hometown, where the main activity is fishing. The region is also recognized for its music and its Afro-Brazilian religion.

Hearing impaired from birth, he uses his beautiful canvases to communicate.

He said, "Painting is my mode of expression par excellence, for I suffer an auditory deficiency since I was 16 years old. In this sense, all my canvases are my vehicle for communicating. I can spend hours in my studio painting themes that are deeply rooted to childhood memories and adolescent experiences. What also inspires me are the things and smells that originate in my imagination, which I try to convey through my paintings."

Rocking Chairs

A rocking chair or rocker is a type of chair with two curved bands (also known as rockers) attached to the bottom of the legs, connecting the legs on each side to each other. The rockers contact the floor at only two points, giving the occupant the ability to rock back and forth by shifting their weight or pushing lightly with their feet.[1][2] Rocking chairs are most commonly made of wood. Some rocking chairs can fold.

President John F. Kennedy made the P & P Chair Company's rocking chair famous. In 1955, Kennedy, who suffered with chronic back problems, was prescribed swimming and the use of a rocking chair by his physician. The President so enjoyed the rocker that, after he was inaugurated in 1961, he took the chair on Air Force One when he traveled around the country and the world. He bought additional rockers for Camp David and for the Kennedy estates; and he gave them as gifts to friends, family, and heads of state. Kennedy's rocking chair from the White House is on permanent display at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum.

Per the manufacturing design, the Kennedy Rocking Chair is shaped, steam-bent, and assembled while the wood is still green.[9][10] via Wikipedia

Insulators were originally designed to keep the wires linking telegraphs and telephones insulated from the wooden poles that held them aloft. In conjunction with the expansion of rural electrification in the early 20th century, there was a major boom in the manufacturing of insulators, with production peaking from the 1920s through the 1940s, when millions of Hemingray, Dominion, and Brookfield insulators were produced every year. Commonly made from glass or porcelain in a dazzling array of shapes and colors, including amber, cobalt blue, olive green (one shade is known among insulator collectors as “Seven-Up”), and royal purple, antique insulators are prized for their rarity and physical beauty. In collector’s circles, clear and aqua shades are considered generic because they result from the natural iron content present in most glassmaking materials. Some insulators were embossed with a manufacturer’s name and style number using engraved molds, yet many antique and vintage insulators were produced without any markings whatsoever. The earliest insulators were non-threaded “ram’s horn” and “glass block” designs, developed simultaneously for the growing network of telegraph lines in the United States. That effort was initiated in 1844, when inventor Samuel F. B. Morse connected Baltimore with Washington D.C. via a telegraph line that ran parallel to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s tracks. Reportedly, the inspiration for the glass insulator came to an employee of Morse’s, Ezra Cornell, who was impressed by the design of a glass drawer pull he had encountered at a local inn. While there is no direct proof that this creation myth is true, some of the earliest insulators were known as bureau knobs or doorknobs. Soon the pinhole or pintype style was established, allowing a glass insulator to be attached to the top of a wood or metal pin using cloth coated in a tar-like substance. Threaded insulators were first patented by Louis Cauvet in 1865 as a more secure means of fastening the glass objects to the tops of wooden pins. This design is still considered standard for electrical insulators today. Use of porcelain and ceramic insulators spread during the late 19th century alongside higher-voltage electrical wires, like those required for home power lines, because the protective properties of porcelain proved superior to glass. Porcelain insulators were produced in a variety of colors to imitate their glass counterparts, ranging from deep blues and chocolate browns to bright yellows and greens. In addition, the shapes of these insulators were often dictated by the climate they would have to endure. For example, in the 1930s, two types of porcelain insulators were introduced for insulators used in foggy areas. The first featured multiple rings beneath the groove where the electrical wire rested, allowing moisture to drip away from the insulator's supporting pin. “Fog bowl” insulators, which resembled the stones used in curling, were designed to do the same thing. Antique insulators are typically identified by manufacturer, including H.G. Co., Pyrex, Brookfield, and Hemingray, as well as the Consolidated Design (CD) coding system. CD numbers describe the production location and shape of pintype glass insulators, with 10 – 99 representing battery rest insulators, 100 – 375 for North American threaded insulators, 376 – 699 for all foreign insulators, 700 – 799 for North American unthreaded insulators, and 1000 – 1199 for all other miscellaneous styles, including glass blocks, spools, and dead-end insulators. Within these broad categories, the shapes of vintage insulators are broken into many different variations describing the number of petticoats, drip points, skirt styles, wire grooves, and other features. Favored North American designs include the “Mickey Mouse” shape with two protruding glass ears and a saddle-groove form, as well as those made in lustrous carnival glass. The French created a distinctive “Gingerbread Man” form, with a rounded top and two pointed, upturned arms. The “T-Bar” design was also popular in Europe, and features outstretched, grooved arms, sometimes made with a square top, giving it a robot-like resemblance. Glass insulators were designed in a few basic forms depending on their specific electrical application. “Pony” insulators, often no more than 3 1/2 inches in height, were used for lower voltage lines, while “Power” insulators for high-voltage purposes were much larger, sometimes weighing more than 30 pounds. The most common style is the “Signal” variety, used for communication and secondary power lines. High-voltage “Cable” insulators are distinguished by their U-shape, which accommodated thick cable placement, while “Exchange” insulators were designed with multiple grooves to allow a primary line to pass through it and secondary branches to direct wire toward other locations. One of the most prolific insulator manufacturers in Canada was Dominon Glass Co., whereas Hemingray Glass Co. owned much of the market for insulators in the United States. Incorporated in 1870, Hemingray operated factories in Kentucky and Indiana, where it also produced other glass items, like bottles, fruit jars, kerosene lamps, and glassware. Hemingray created the largest stylistic variety of any manufacturer and purposefully designed colorful insulators, as opposed to the typical practice of recycling leftover batches of colored glass. The company's famous Hemingray No. 42 remains the best selling insulator of all time. via Collector’s Weekly