What's Held and Handed Down

These images paint a picture of a group of people -- one that with each chime of the clock grows ever smaller -- who are preserving a history that is rapidly fading away. These artists work in specific mediums, those that once held an essential and influential place in the world: clock smithing, book binding, rug-hooking. Over time the tapestry of artists practicing these art forms thinned and unraveled to the point where many of their legacies now hang by a thread. Made on black and white film with a large format camera, these images show the artists, the makers, the creators, who are keeping these art forms, and their history, alive.