Air-Cleaning plants

Plants are nature’s filters for absorbing gases through pores on the surface of their leaves. It’s this skill that facilitates photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert light energy and…

Cast Iron Skillet benefits

Sometimes technology doesn’t offer the best results. Take cast iron skillets, for instance. Made from pig iron, recycled cast iron and recycled scrap steel, one company in Tennessee has maintained…

Huether installation completed

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (AAPDN) – Inspired by the waterfalls dispersed among Utah’s canyon landscape, “The Falls” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eoD4bQoT5w&feature=youtu.be)   sculpture cascades down the escalator well at the entrance to the new…

Make your own fabric softener

Stop and think about what you are rinsing your clothes in. Here is the list of ingredients of most commercial brand liquid fabric softeners:      Benzyl acetate: linked to pancreatic…

Natural ways for a healthy pond

Ponds are becoming an alternative to lake water and pools that hold bacteria and other contaminants. Without getting into the gross details, both are prone to hold unhealthy levels of…

Give Interior Design a rest

New interior products are always hitting the market. Designers hope that the intrigue from buyers will begin a trend that will last through the next decade. Unfortunately, most products are…

IMA to be in full ‘bloom’

  Guests to the gardens at the Indianapolis Museum of Art will be among the first to discover more than 70,000 blooming bulbs, including 20,000 new tulips planted last fall…

Living show to ‘bloom’

  Set to opening on Friday, February 19, 2016 at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in the Madeline F. Elder Greenhouse, “Color Me Orchid” exhibition is noted to be a…

Symphony in a balloon

Artistic director, Michael Haefliger, of the Lucerne festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, is credited for the idea of creating a traveling balloon that could house a concert. The idea struck him…

OH: Dublin

WHERE: Lower plaza of Bridge and High Streets. WHEN: Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 5:30 pm. BRIEF ABOUT: Dedication of “Daily Chores”, a new public artwork by local artist Michael…

Art in the Box

The creative dynamics of corrugated cardboard   Most people give little thought to corrugated cardboard that in turn, makes cardboard boxes, providing a protective structure for everyday supplies or more…

Healing power of Art

Grief knows no stranger.  Whether young or old, strong or frail, it stabs like a knife, reaching into the inner depth of your heart. For some, the pain overshadows any…

A multi-cultural artistic gem

Her mother was French, Irish and Native American and her father was one hundred percent Chinese. Together they produced a multi-cultural beauty, Ruth KO, who in childhood was always interested…

Favorites in gardens and in art

     For hundreds of years the tulip has been a favorite subject for designers, artists and photographers. The Old Dutch masters painted huge, spectacular still lifes featuring many varieties of…