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Funky Furniture by Diana Brown
After a life-changing event, Diana Brown’s art took on a new purpose. The Cottage Grove artist moved her painting skills from canvas to furniture. And instead of showing in galleries, she uses her creations to bring a unique healing power to very ill patients in hospitals across the country.
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Bluesman Michael “Hawkeye” Herman
Michael "Hawkeye" Herman is a professional musician who's played all kinds of music, but his love of the blues is profound. He performs and educates the public about the roots of blues music, and he collects old posters, too.
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Western Designer Anne Beard
Clothing designer Anne Beard dreams up and sews together unique western wear. She uses silk from Thailand and India as well as the more traditional gaberdine, and embroiders or appliques patterns of stars, horseshoes, cowgirls and buffalo herself. Beard grew up on a ranch and her husband's family supplies bulls to rodeos, and she says ideas come to her easily. But one of her creations can take weeks or even months to put together.
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