The wondrous thing about art is that it lifts the mundane out of the realm of the ordinary. In the hands of the right person, rock can become sculpture; clay, a fine bowl; found objects, an ...

BALTIMORE — The women each took home a square of fabric, sewed other pieces of fabric on top of it to suit their fancy sometimes a simple floral design, sometimes an intricate image of a ship or ...

Baskets of fruit and flowers, wreaths, and cornucopias, all typical motifs of the period, complete the quilt. Some of the most extravagantly decorated blocks appear on a distinctive group of ...