Art History

May 5, 2009

  • Hard Facts about Craft Shows

    At the start of our craft career we started just by doing something we love and one of our friends who saw the product decided to buy our craft. For most of us we started by selling to our families and friends. Then from the positive responses we got from our friends and family it encouraged us to start a small business.

January 13, 2009

  • Silver Certificates: Is A 1957 Silver Certificate Worth Anything?

    The 1957 Silver Certificate is a type of paper money that was once printed in the United States, equal and redeemable for an equivalent quantity of silver bullion. This $1 certificate was part of what was recognized as the small-note series. Starting with the 1928 series, all U.S. paper currency was decreased in size to bring down costs and to accelerate the rate of transactions.

March 12, 2008

  • Is Photography Art?

    When you see videos of the early developers of photography, it's pretty funny especially in light of photography today. In those old movies, to get a picture, the camera was as big as a computer is today. The photographer had to put his head under a sheet and hold up a huge tripod which exploded with smoke and fumes to make the flash. Today photography could not be more different. In the movies, we used to be astonished when spies had cameras in their watches or the soles of their shoes. But now it is common for almost everyone to have a camera in their phone and to be able to pull it out and snap a photo virtually anywhere.