Year: 2008

Innovation in America… A gathering storm? @ The Economist

Innovation in America… A gathering storm? @ The Economist– LISTEN to the growing cries of despair coming from some leading business people, and you might imagine that corporate America’s competitiveness could be the next victim of the global financial crisis. But Jeffrey Immelt, the boss of GE, the world’s largest industrial firm, sees opportunity amid […]

Jenna Faden and Jess Horton are pickled

Jenna Faden and Jess Horton, recent Fine Arts graduates of Umass Amherst showed their recent work at the Duxbury Art Association Winter Craft Showcase. Together, they are pickled. They took a brief break from sales and knitting to show their work, saying “we’re really just grandmothers in disguise”, told some stories and returned to the […]

Raelinda’s Story Jewelry

Raelinda Woad is a storyteller and jewelry maker. She began in jewelry in the 1980’s working her way up from bead sorter to jewelry maker’s assistant. On New Years Eve of 1989 Raelinda had a chocolate induced vision: Become a storyteller! Two years later she was sharing her ‘true stories that haven’t quite happened yet’ […]