{"id":644,"date":"2006-12-04T04:13:53","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T09:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/the_end_of_a_ve"},"modified":"2006-12-04T04:13:53","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T09:13:53","slug":"the_end_of_a_ve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=644","title":{"rendered":"The end of a very long weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=470,height=353,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/winterfest06terrillrockerweb_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/winterfest06terrillrockerweb_1.jpg\" title=\"Winterfest06terrillrockerweb_1\" alt=\"Winterfest06terrillrockerweb_1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>We&#8217;ve just concluded a two day Winterfest Arts and Crafts fair at the<a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonvillecenter.info\">&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonvillecenter.info\">Jacksonville Center<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/jacksonvillecenter.info\">&nbsp;<\/a>in Floyd, VA.<\/p>\n<p>Just before closing, I finally had time to enjoy a moment in one of Douglas Alan Terrill&#8217;s elegant Appalachian rockers which were the talk of the show. They are based on the work of <a href=\"http:\/\/azar.yvod.com\/mej\/Sam.Maloof.html\">Sam Maloof<\/a>, America&#8217;s most widely admired contemporary furniture craftsman. <\/p>\n<p>These rockers are more than furniture. They are sculptures that bring out the spirit of the wood. This rocker looks like motion captured in flight and it&nbsp; is every bit as comfortable as it is beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=600,height=681,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Maloof\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"113\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.making-ripples.com\/images\/img1440_xl.jpg\" title=\"Img1440_xl\" alt=\"Img1440_xl\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;\" \/><\/a>This is a $3800 rocker and for the discriminating customer it is well worth it when you consider that a Sam Maloof original costs more than <del>$12000<\/del> $25000! The image to the right is a Sam Maloof rocker.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Douglas, for a most enjoyable few minutes.<\/p>\n<p>I will have more about this artist in a future article. He has no website yet, but you can contact him by <a href=\"mailto:idterrill@swva.net\">email<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve just concluded a two day Winterfest Arts and Crafts fair at the&nbsp;Jacksonville Center&nbsp;in Floyd, VA. Just before closing, I finally had time to enjoy a moment in one of Douglas Alan Terrill&#8217;s elegant Appalachian rockers which were the talk &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=644\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1810],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-ao","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}