Making time for art

From: The Patriot Ledger  Quincy, MA | Date: March 19, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Sharon women combine talents to create a place for creativity

Susan DanielsFor The Patriot Ledger

A kind of magic happens when you walk up the path to Kathy Dickens' craft studio in Sharon. "It looks like a little cottage in the woods, with a mural of trees and leaves painted on the front side of the building, and that makes me feel peaceful," says Dickens. "It's a place where I can go and create, and it's a really fun place to be."

Dickens is a fiber artist and dollmaker, and once inside we might be in Hansel and Gretel's cabin in the forest. There are pieces of fabric everywhere, in ...

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