| About the artist Michael was born & raised in Lancaster county, the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch country. With a love of the old timber framed covered bridges, a knowledge of construction, and inspiration from childhood visits to Roadside America, Michael began dabbling with model bridges in the late 1970s. And for the next 15 or so years built bridges for model railroads layouts. In 1992 Michael moved his family to Bedford county to get away from the rat race and be closer to Norman Rockwell. In 1994 they began building their own house, and for the next 8 years not many models were built. But as their house neared finished and workshop space became available, Michael began building bridges again. In 2005, Michaels craft took a new turn to preserving existing bridges and recreating lost bridges in three dimensional portrait. A master stone mason by trade, Michael also enjoys woodworking & leather crafts. His greatest love by far is building covered bridges, recreating and preserving in three dimensional portrait these ever fewer pieces of our rapidly disapearing history. |
Mike & Jackies - 2009 - All Rights Reserved
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