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Filed under: Traveling the American Road Momentum is building around the Traveling the American Road series, and as our blogger Paul Brady and his trusty videographer Steve work their way around the country the dispatches are filtering in. Did you see the stop they made at the WBEZ studios in Chicago to interview the senior producer of the popular NPR series Changing Gears? How about their journey through the food culture of Detroit or their urban farms? So much is going on in this American… Read more

Lois Hill is a jewelry designer who travels the world to unearth native and ancient methods of jewelry-making. From granulation (tiny silver dots) dating back to King Tut’s Tomb to metal weaves spotted in museum artifacts, Hill’s natural curiosity and love of travel has taken her all over the globe to learn, create and teach. “I think of it as ‘working to preserve lost arts,’” says Hill. Her fascination with ancient techniques began with Scandinavian filigree. Born to a Norwegian mother in… Read more