A poster featuring colorful quilt squares announced the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen's annual spring fair May 16-18 in Berea. Six guild members, including Donna Glenn, contributed quilt patterns to the poster's design. The Glenns, both guild members, are busily preparing for the fair, but Donna Glenn will not take quilts there. I'm juried to take my woven veneer baskets. The decorative baskets are made of wood veneer, the extremely thin sheets of high-quality wood that furniture makers glue atop inferior grades of wood to make a beautiful surface.
Newels are the large sturdy posts at the bottom of stairways that anchor the banisters.
Balusters are the smaller upright posts that run the length of the stairs and hold up the banister. When old houses, particularly those of the Victorian era, are torn down, Glenn buys the often ornate pieces, takes them apart and painstakingly repairs and refinishes them. Sometimes he has to replace damaged or missing parts. David Glenn delights in finding painted, weathered or damaged pieces that appear worthless and working with them until the rich walnut, oak, mahogany, maple or cherry wood grain and color appear. This year at Berea he will demonstrate his craft, as well as sell his plant stands, cutting boards, rolling pins and stools with woven leather seats.