Ww1 Army Jacket find in Battle Ground, Indiana

Fall finally fell here in Indiana.  Very cool this weekend.  Spent a nice Indian summer day at the Tippecanoe Battle Ground Memorial Field, in Battle Ground Indiana, catching up on Military History.  Prompted by an awesome WW1 jacket find, along with helmet, campaign hat & Swiss Army bag!

I opted for the lawn, but Stan hates sitting on the ground so he found a shady spot up by the monument.  Yes, I made him put the helmet on, bless his heart.  He said it was very heavy.

 I love this shot of the WW1 helmet.   Looks so serene.

 

These WW1 helmets are very rare because they were discontinued at the beginning of WW2.  A more effective helmet was designed to to cover the back of the head and the flare that you see on this helmet was eliminated since they were no longer concerned about saber & bayonet strikes.

Some moth family fed about 4 generations off this one WW1 jacket, so it's pretty much useless, but the 84th Infantry Division (Lincoln Division) insignia (8/1917 – 11/1921) its the patch with the red bladed axe on white disc inside red ring with ‘Lincoln’ and ‘84’ spelled out, as well as the rare private first class chevron are in great condition.

WW1 was remembered by only one campaign medal in the US and it's on this jacket!  Ribbon is in good shape too.  Often times you'll find these medals with replacement ribbons attached - not the Original.

Haven't decided if I'll just put the army jacket in the store, or if I'll put it up for auction, but Ill try to decide before the end of the week.

If you like reading about campaign strategies and Military History this magazine has plethora of stories to keep you entertained.  Stan can't keep his nose out of them long enough to get the yard mowed.  Hint, hint.

Oh and by the way, Yes I do know it's Labor Day and Not Memorial Day.

Ciao!

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Round the Fountain Art Fair

Our Memorial Day festivities began with a ceremony translation into Spanish at the Holiday Inn Select for a wedding I’m performing in June.  Then we walked down by the courthouse lawn for the 37th Round the Fountain Art Fair in Lafayette, Indiana.  This fair helps to support local high school visual arts programs as well as to assist in ongoing restoration of the 1884 neo-classic Tippecanoe County Courthouse.

First we thought perhaps we had our days mixed up and it was a Grateful Dead reunion weekend – but no such luck.   I mean you just don't see Flower Power Vans parked downtown everyday, ya know?

Now if they had actually planned this as prop for the actual fair, and parked it on the bridge with a huge sign – “Welcome to the 37th annual Round the Fountain Art Fair” that would have been way cool.  Guess I should have gotten their plate number and turned it into Tippecanoe Arts Federation.

One of our 1st stops was at Anderson’s Metal Sculptures.
You just couldn’t help yourself from wanting to have your picture taken with this gigantic frog.  Just a mere $5,900.00 and he’ll come home and sit in your lawn.  He’s almost large enough to provide a bit of shade.  

 Steve, Chad, and Troy Anderson from Cedar Springs, Michigan, create these phenomenal three dimensional brass and copper sculptures.

 http://andersonsmetalsculpture.com/

Right next to them was Cliff Matyszczyk from Wales, WI., owner of  The Wrought Stuff
Metal sculptures.  He doesn’t have a website but this is his email address (wroughtstuff@hotmail.com)

Wonderful stone, iron, brass mixed designs displayed on Shepard hooks to be used in your lawn & garden.  The following is a wall display and a wine rack for the wall.  Or visa versa, depending on how the pictures fall into the blog.

Everyone who stopped by Folk artist,  Maria Pfropper’s booth had the exact same comment – “Oh I love that she painted the frame as part of the picture.”

For colorful, whimsical, mystical paintings email MariaPfropper@yahoo.com
Maria is from Dryden Michigan.

LeRoy Bayerl of Marshfield, WI., a true craftsman with his creation of hollow wooden vessels.  Each vessel is hand-turned on a lathe while still green then transformed into these beauties, aptly named TimberBlossom

Another Tall Tale

Turned hollow vessel of Desert Ironwood and Birdseye Maple.

 

Dont Expose me!
Hollow vessel of Walnut wood, carved, textured and bleached cutaway.

Oozin the Blues
Turned vessel of Box Elder burl with Walnut legs and lid and enameled parts.

Why Dance Alone?
Lathe-turned vessel of Chinese Fir root burl, carved legs, tail and lid of Rosewood.

Can you tell by the number of pictures that he was my favorite artist of the day?  You can view more of his beautiful wooden vessels at http://timberblossom.com/

Next is a three-dimensional fiberboard, acrylic paint, glass, wood and reed low relief wall display by  Heckler Designs.  http://www.heckerdesign.com  Patricia and her husband Jon also make and design Tattoo Dream Boxes.

Another husband and wife team out of Fort Wayne, Indiana, own Davis-Vachon Gallery.  You can purchase their beautiful ceramics on Etsy.  They alone – no assistants, handcraft all their work.  http://www.etsy.com/shop/davisvachon

I’m in love with this piece but I want it in yellow!

Fort Wayne seems to have the monopoly today on husband and wife partnerships.  Greg and BJ Jordan handcraft whimsical, spiritual and primitive jewelry pieces for their business Jordan Fine Art Jewelry 

Visit them online at:   http://jordanfineartjewelry.com/

Kenton Ridenour from Peru Indiana, is a digital artist using the Corel Painter Program to create his paintings.  Also an Etsy seller - Veggiemon Artworks you can purchase his work at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/veggiemon

 Stormwest

 Dressed in Fire

Metal and fused glass wall sculptures by Rothfuss Designs in Sylvania, Ohio. 

Stan really liked the wall art but I fell in love with the vase.

http://rothfussdesigns.blogspot.com/

Decided these would look great hanging on my kitchen wall.  From Brian A. Moore Ceramics in Indianapolis.  No website, but this is his email address: moorejnb@sbcglobal.net

Immediately drawn to Chris Klassen’s Acrylic mixed media paintings because of all the vibrant orange and reds she uses.  Chris’s studio is in Akron, Ohio 

 http://cklassendesigns.com/

Of course no day at the scorching hot art fair would be complete without grandpa giving you a dip in the water fountain

Hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day weekend.  We're heading to the lake to cool off.

Ciao!