Idle Minutes

About two hours north of Atlanta, in the mountains, is a nice resort called the Brasstown Valley Resort. It’s a beautiful place for conferences, golf, company meetings…or just to get away for a long weeknd.

We go there for special occasions, usually for one reason…the Friday night seafood buffet.

Ever since I first visited the place, I loved the decor. It’s elegantly rustic. It reminds me of the upscale lodges the really wealthy people of the early 20th century used to retire to in the summers.

Throughout the lobby and grand dining room, they have wonderful rustic furniture made by Old Hickory Furniture. They also have a lot of unique, one-of-a-kind furniture pieces and picture frames.

I set about to document these picture frames. I try to get one down on paper each time I visit. I even made one a couple of years ago. I’ll write it up soon with some instructions on making it.

They are really beautiful in the right setting. The thing I like is that they are made by hand.

I purchased a 75 year old steelprint out of an old book on eBay. It’s an image of a family of beavers busily chewing twigs, downing trees, and building their lodge. That’s the image that resides in the twig frame I made. It hangs in my studio.

I couldn’t think of a more appropriate scene for framing with a twig frame.