{"id":342,"date":"2009-02-19T12:43:28","date_gmt":"2009-02-19T17:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2009-02-19T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2009-02-19T17:43:28","slug":"the-wisdom-of-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2009\/02\/the-wisdom-of-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wisdom of Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alma Boghosian<\/a>, who turned 100 this past July, continues to make lace collars, doilies, and handkerchiefs without the use of patterns.<\/div>\n

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Qianshen Bai<\/a> practices the ancient art of Chinese calligraphy. “The art really demands someone in a very peaceful state of mind. Second, you try to reach a state in which your mind and your hand are in a very harmonious relationship.”<\/p>\n

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Retired fisherman Marco Randazzo <\/a>discovered that his facility in tying nautical knots lent itself to making sculptural objects out of rope.<\/p>\n

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The Irish “button box” in the hands of Joe Derrane <\/a>is a powerful thing. Considered one of the best Irish accordion players on either side of the Atlantic, Derrane’s playing packs a punch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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