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Show Wednesday, December 21, 1977 Page 13 They 're Into Leather lVuii: Uillespu' and "Blaze." familiar faces a-Ihhii a-Ihhii lowu. have embarked upon ;i leather venture B-G leather shop opened its doors last week at :uxi Main Street, next door to the Motherlode. Both leather workers have been pursuing hides as a hohby for over eight years. Gillespie had the only leath er booth at the '77 Arts Festival. (Leather had been barred from the festival in past years for being "craft-sy" "craft-sy" rather than "artsy.") Blaze explained his turning to leather simply: "I got started in leather when I saw a belt I liked. It cost too much so I made it myself!" The B-G shop serves a Come in and be taken to the cleaners Metropolitan Laundry & Dry Cleaners Mt. Air Mall 649-7272 WW MAC'S DONUTS Two Donuts and Coffee, $.50 Afternoon Special Open 4 am. to 6 p.m. Behind the Kindersport 580 Main Street "Operations and hospital roomscost a lot more than you think? TOM LIGARE MOUNT AIR MALL 649-9161 II! See me for State Farm hospital surgical insurance. neighbor, State Farm is there. l .1 ire a rntn e I STATI F A I M INSUIANCI State Farm Mutuai Automobile Insurance Company Home Office: Bloommgton, Illinois . variety ot functions. Leather goods including wallets, checkbooks, key chains, belts (Western tooled, figured figur-ed and mystery braided), beer can holders, pictures, coin purses, etc. are for sale and a large selection of brass and pewter belt buckles, as well as elkhorn fondue forks and can openers, are also available. but we have different styles and complement each other well." commented Doug. Both craftsmen have worked work-ed in snakeskin, calf, deer, horse and elk. The majority of their work is done with cow. Doug believes leather is getting scarcer. For a period of time, according to the craftsman, hides were being Everclear Tuesday m L i ) 1 I'.l.i, B-G will offer repair services. servic-es. "I'm willing to repair just about everything," said Blaze Bla-ze as he sat patiently sewing leather patches on a hand bag. In most cases, repair work can be completed in less than two days. Custom-made items are another specialty of B-G. According to the new shop owners, the majority of existing shops are run by retailers who deal in bulk orders and custom leather shops are now scarce. Again, the leather ..workers are willing to craft just about anything in a matter of days. Doug admits he is not fond of the concept of wholesaling. wholesal-ing. "But a shop has its advantages," he commented. comment-ed. "You can work on something and if people don't like it, fine, they don't have to buy it and, in the meantime, you can continue your work." Blaze specializes in a figure-cutting style of tooling while Doug puts many hours into Western carving. "We work in the same medium. sent to Japan for tanning due to the low cost of labor. The Japanese kept the best hides and sent those with flaws back to the U.S. Leather costs range from $2.40 to $2. (it) per square loot. On a 23-square-foot hide it is not uncommon to have only 18 inches of usable feet, accounting for up to $10 to $15 in loss. A lot of scrap leather, however, can be utilized by the craftsmen as backing for their tool work. The leather workers tan with vegetable oil and, thus, the leather requires occasional occas-ional care. "It's almost a pleasure to work in a humid state," noted Doug. "Because "Be-cause Utah's so dry, leather begins to crack in time, so we tell everyone to oil with N'eatsfoot." At the present time, garment gar-ment production at B-G is slow. An old treadle machine currently is used in the shop but by the first of the year B-G hopes to boast a new industrial machine. B-G hours are from 11:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. daily. Is there anyone here who remembers the Everclear Demo Team? .Named for 190 proof grain alcohol and known as perpetrators of unprintable pranks, they celebrated their heyday on King Con ridge in the year 1973. Their memory rides again! Cliff Bergman and Randy Tate are reinstituting the old Everclear Tuesday escape to where ever there is sun. snow, wine and cheese. Everyone who dares is invited. Captain Video, Den nis White, will turn the ensuing escapades as new and old Parkites search for the perfect altitude. They say that the 22-minute ride to the office is always enlightn-ing. enlightn-ing. The video tapes will be part of the previously unreleased underground series shown nightly at Potato John's. The video team may also be hired by private groups Film Group Formed Our movie mentor, Quicksilver, is doing more than chomping stale popcorn in between features. He has organized the Park City Film Coalition, a group of people dedicated to promoting and producing quality films in Park City. Their long-range goals include in-clude plans for a film festival with workshops on sound, shooting, graphics and acting. ' The Coalition's first public meeting was held Thursday evening at the Club and was followed by four movies "The Cure" with Charlie Chaplin; "The Golf Specialist" starring W.C. Fields; "Vicious Cycles;" and, "A History of Film." Membership to the Coalition is open to all interested in-terested persons. For more information contact one of the officers: President Charlie Snyder; Vice President Arthur FitzSimmons ; Secretary Steve Phillips; or Treasurer Michael Phillips. Check The Newspaper for upcoming films. DURDY ANNIE'S RESTAURANT " ; II Resort Center in Pork City OPEN: 12 noon to -10 p.m. doily ski clubs, etc. -to record special events. The video cassette cartridges may be purchased in increments of 10 minutes. Bergman of Cliff Bergman Photography says "participation "partici-pation is the thing." He hopes that the Tuesday Escapes will provide an opportunity for new and old friends to find the best powder and to kick back and enjoy it. "Things are getting too serious out there." While everyone else is kicking back Cliff will be shooting 35mm slides and super-8 films to be shown at Potato John's. His shop offers fast inexpensive photo finishing and personal on-lo-cation shooting. Steve Hendricks Hend-ricks works with Bergman when he is not part of the scenery at Ernie's Rodeo. He was trained to photograph photo-graph 'anything afloat' a-board a-board the U.S. Enterprise in 1971 and now photographs skiers floating down Jupiter. The original Everclear Demo Team has skied into the sunset but Cliff and Randy are right behind them. Their adventures, and yours, too, will be living history, to be envied, relived and shared at Potato John's. Rumor has it that by January there will be color videos and more entertainment. entertain-ment. ( Randy would like to host local musicians ). See ya in the movies! County Reps. Hit The Road Continued From Page 1 almost around the clock over the weekend." The extra efforts of Wallin, Dearden and Leavitt did not go unnoticed, they were shown on a Salt Lake City television newscast. When interviewed, Leavitt said the work as "not too bad," while Dearden remarked that he and his fellow commissioners were either good public servants or "fools." to?-, E5-. seasoned firewood Cut to Length and Delivered 649-8280 Evenings W W COMPANY. MOUNTAIN FISHERY RESTAURANT Merry Christmas 368 Main Street 649-8981 6 to 11 p.m. LIVE MUSIC 7 Nights a week Live Band Wed.,Fri.and Sat. Closed Christmas Day M FIRRY CHRISTMAS delicatessen restaurant From the folks who brought you the BLTTA We hope you have the merriest of Christmases! Carolyn Maggie Kim Lesley Jamie Jayne Susan Rupert Tom Tom Bonnie Dixie Walt Jere Our cheese has arrived! Call us for Christmas baskets Or rus, lO del lcatessen rest a.ut rant We have the spirit! 649-8600 |