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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 19. 2009 — PAGE 3A
Coulter, other artists’ works, to be
featured at Habitat auction Sat.
By Margie Richards
margie@mainstreetnews.com
L ocal artist Patty
Coulter is just one
of a number of
artisans who have donated
pieces of their work for this
weekend’s seventh annual
Habitat for Humanity Home
and Garden Art Auction.
Coulter’s offerings include
two samples of her reduc
tion linoleum block print
making, a form of relief
printmaking. The colorful
prints are of a screech owl
and a swallowtail butterfly.
(Photos of all items to be
offered at the auction can
be viewed at www.pich-
erealtvauction.com/auc-
tion list.php)
“Relief printmaking is
the oldest form of print
making," Coulter said.
Using a block of linoleum
(wood can also be used),
she carves an image out
of the block, leaving the
areas to be printed raised.
The raised areas are then
inked with special inks
and pressed onto a piece
of paper. A smooth object,
such as a baren or wooden
spoon is used to rub the
back of the paper. In this
way the inked image is
transferred.
“A very simple form of
relief printmaking is to cut
sections out of the end of
a potato, apply paint and
press onto paper," Coulter
said. "Many people may
remember doing an art
project like this in elemen
tary school.”
One method for adding
several colors to a print is
called reduction linoleum
printmaking and this is the
method Coulter uses. “This
technique is an adaptation
of the Japanese form of
What: Habitat Art
Auction
When: Sat., Nov. 21,
5 p.m., silent auction;
7:30 p.m., live auction
Where: Boutier Winery
printmaking or ‘hanga’
method,” she said. “Multi
color prints were the main
art form in Japan for cen
turies.”
In the reduction method
one block is carved and
then printed in a series of
stages.
“One must visual
ize and be able to plan
all stages before the first
color is printed," Coulter
emphasized. "The block is
carved away and ‘reduced’
throughout the procedure,
therefore its name.”
Coulter, a former Madison
County High School art
teacher, also serves on the
Madison County Habitat
for Humanity board and
points out that the annu
al auction is a significant
fundraiser for the group,
which is a small rural affili
ate of Habitat for Humanity
International and is run by
an all-volunteer crew.
In the past five years,
Habitat has purchased ten
acres, installed infrastruc
ture and built four houses
in their Habitat village,
located in Comer. Since
it began in 1998, Madison
County Habitat has built a
total of six houses, accord
ing to their website.
The Home and Garden
Art Auction will be held
this Saturday, Nov. 21, at
Boutier Winery, beginning
with a silent auction from
5 to 7 p.m.
During the silent auc
tion, attendees can enjoy
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Patty Coulter explains the process of reduction lino
leum printmaking to visitors at the Madison County
Artist Market last weekend in Danielsville. Coulter has
donated several pieces of her artwork for Saturday’s
Seventh Annual Madison County Habitat for Humanity
Home and Garden Art Auction to be held at Boutier
Winery. Margie Richards/staff
food, wine and smooth jazz
performed by the Athens
A-Train band. A live auc
tion with auctioneer Phil
Piche’ will begin at 7:30
p.m. featuring art work and
homemade and handmade
goods by local artisans and
vendors.
Habitat board members
say this is a great oppor
tunity to find special one-
of-a-kind gifts, while help
ing the local Habitat for
Humanity build and pro
vide affordable housing for
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CHAMPIONS...ACS’ boys and
girls cross-country teams had an
outstanding season. Both teams won
Region 8-A championships. This
was the fifth straight for the boys
and the second for the girls. ACS
sophomore, Will Hayes, won the
boys title and sophomore, Destiny
Jenkins (running on a taped/
sprained ankle) won the girls title.
At the state meet in Carrollton,
senior, Colin Bishoff, finishing
second, led the ACS boys to a
second place finish (out of 81 Class
A schools in the state). Destiny,
slowed by the ankle, and the girls
finished tenth.
The teams have worked hard
under coaches Tim Cummings,
Mike Fowler, and Cayla Redish.
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the door.
Boutier Winery is located
4506 Hudson River Church
Road. For directions, call
706-789-0059 or visit their
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IDA addresses
dirty water in Hull
By Margie Richards
margie@mainstreetnews.com
County industrial authority officials hope to have dirty
water problems in the Hull area cleaned up in the next
week.
IDA utility director Steve Shaw told the IDA Monday
night that workers are cleaning water tanks, adding iron
filters and replacing softeners on the water system in
response to complaints from a number of residents in a
section of the Glenn Carrie Road area saying that their
water is dirty.
“We should be good to go in a week or so,” Shaw
said.
In other business, the authority voted to allow engineer
ing firm Peeples and Quigley to obtain EPD approval,
bids and re-work plans as needed for the Hull-Sanford
sewer system.
Shaw reported that the water department billed 657
water customers last month and that customers used a
total of 3.1 million gallons of water, approximately one
million gallons less than the previous month. Shaw said
this can be attributed to the cooler weather.
Shaw also reported the sewer system is finally “com
ing together” and that the wastewater pond is 80 percent
complete and that tanks for the sewer plant should be
delivered this week.
Ar ea road to be repaved
with stimulus funds
A Madison County road has been certified by Gov. Sonny
Perdue to receive federal stimulus funds.
Lexington Road — from Ga. Hwy. 72 to the Oglethorpe
County line — will be resurfaced at the cost of $200,120 of
funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA) of 2009.
The project is one $65.8 million in transportation projects
under the “1511 Certification” that will be funded by the
ARRA.
Correction
An article in last week’s Madison County Journal
about the Madison County Artist Market included a
byline for Margie Richards. That byline was mistak
enly added during production. The piece was actu
ally submitted by Laura Bowen.
SANDY SAMS
BOOK SIGNING
Borders
Beechwood Shopping Center
Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 • 2:00 p.m.
and
The Madison County Library
Danielsville, Ga.
Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 • 12:00 p.m.
Sandy Sams originates from Madison
County, Georgia. She is a graduate of
Madison County High School and the
University of Georgia. She received her
master’s degree and counselor’s license
from Georgia State. Sandy lives in
Orlando, Florida, where she is a licensed
Mental Health Counselor.
She works with adolescent girls at a
behavioral health facility. The
experience of the characters in
“Celestial Desire” reflect the deep
longings of most women searching for
divine connection in their relationships.
The paths that both Celeste and
Desiree take will leave readers
breathless in anticipation for the
unexpected climax of their journey
together.
This book can be purchased on
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or celestial desire and
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A generous peppering of French
(sometimes translated and sometimes not)
transport the reader to France and locks
them in step with two main characters - a
woman of the night and a woman of the
light.
A waif plucked from the street status
and tutored to most prized courtesan at
Madam Simonet’s. Celeste is acquainted
with the touristy streets of the French
cities and the world of the rich, cultured,
and powerful. In Paris on solitary walks,
she seeks the quiet grace of Sainte-
Chapelle. Here she meets Gilles, a
promising artist who first saw her and
painted her bathed in the light and looking
like an angel.
In time, love blooms, hearts are given
and the confession comes as it must; she is
no angel - she is putain. When her
exquisite honesty and intuition and his
poor business sense and tattered self
esteem mix with mutual love, pain and
trouble erupts. Through the most
unexpected circumstances each woman
embarks upon a personal pilgrimage of
huge proportion that will surprise and
satisfy you until the book’s last phrase.