Black River Buckle by Vogt Silversmiths From one of the West’s most distinguished silversmiths comes this stylish solution for securing your jeans. Founded in California in 1970, Chet Vogt has been creating handsome belt buckles, handmade sterling silver women’s jewelry, and men’s accessories ever since. Each...
For the vast majority of architecture firms, landscape architecture is considered a complementary but separate practice, even in the event they have a landscape designer on staff. It’s the building that’s primary, and landscape is secondary, providing a view, color, or perhaps warmth to orthogonal,...
In 1944, Frank Mechau’s painting, Tom Kenney Comes Home, was part of an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago and included in a catalogue for the show. When Mechau received the catalogue, he got on his horse and carried it six miles down the...
Livingston, Montana, is a place of contrasts. It’s a railroad town with a hint of grit, a crossroads where the road from Yellowstone meets the interstate, and the closest sizable town from Bozeman on the other side of a pass just high enough to cause...
Jennifer Ghormley found printmaking by chance. She wanted to take a class in fine art photography at a local college, to expand her commercial photography skills, but those classes filled quickly and she never could get in. Printmaking, however, had some openings, so, why not?...
When Cynthia Downs was 45, she had an epiphany that changed the course of her life. Just days before she was scheduled to take the GMAT and apply to MBA programs, a sensation electrified her body like she was a passenger in a speeding, out-of-control...
In art, the term “negative space” refers to the area around the subject. In a still life featuring a bouquet of flowers, for example, the flowers and vase are the positive space and what surrounds it, the negative space. Woodworker Jerome Fleischman was intrigued by...
If Marilyn Evans is being honest, she was none too happy when her husband, Bill, asked if he could help her with her weaving projects, just, you know, to give it a try. “That rubbed me wrong,” she says. “This was my territory, and I...
As spring gives way to summer, all we can think about here at WA&A is getting out into nature. This issue is filled with homes that not only embrace nature but call it into living spaces and flow seemingly without burden or barriers. Two homes...
Jaime Rummerfield’s passion for preserving California’s signature architecture informs her award-winning interior design. A revered tastemaker, best known for her work on iconic properties and landmark projects, including the Standard Hotel on Sunset Boulevard, Greystone Mansion, and The Beverly Hills Women’s Club, Rummerfield, the principal...