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Art
Above: A storytelling video about family block printing.
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In addition to collecting art, both Jack and Lydia created it, blending their artistic talents with their work on the family farm and their careers in medicine. Lydia was a talented seamstress, creating many of the clothes her children wore. She also hand-stenciled beautiful designs on old farm tools, and practiced the fine culinary art of Southern cooking (Louisiana gumbo is one of her specialties!). Jack began drawing and doing photography when he was a very young child, and often worked with his five children to teach them how to make creative works, including beautiful prints from carved linoleum blocks, such as those featured in this video.
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