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Volume 1 Issue 3
September 2009
Welcome
Issue three of the MAE newsletter and I am thinking of renaming it what doyou think? Any ideas would Magazine or Journal work better? I havereceived some great articles for this month’s publication and want tothank all of you who have contributed.There are a few pieces of news for you all, I was delighted to receive abrilliant review on the Beehive blog on the Freemasoninformation.comsite and they have contacted me to do a follow up. For those of youwho haven’t read it I have included it in the newsletter.I have also been contacted by an internet based Lodge of Researchabout presenting a paper online on some aspect of the Masonic Art Exchange. SoI have a busy time ahead of me as first I decide what to present and second actually write it!As always we have articles from many people from different walks of life who offer up to usvarious different aspects of Masonic Art. Now the reason for the fetching photo of me! Inthis issue we have not one but two great articles relating to the period of the forming of theUSA one about a beautiful rifle and the other about hand painted aprons. Of course ourcover art depicts the familiar image of a Templar Knight and this issue we see the first of aseries of articles on Templars in art, when I decided to write the article I really did imagine itbeing just a few pictures accompanied by a little text and already it has the makings of anongoing part of the MAE Newsletter.Last month in my introduction I said that after this issue we would be bi-monthly during thenew ‘Masonic Season’ (September-June) but this is under review as I think we may be ableto make it every six weeks or maybe even keep it monthly.(keep an eye on your inbox formore information!)As always I am in constant need of
contributions
to the newsletter and leave it up to you todefine Art (I wouldn’t be so presumptuous). I am also very happy to let you all know theMasonic Art Exchange webpage
http://masonic-ae.com
(which most if not all of would havepassed through on your way here) has been put on steroids and has increased in size now we just need to fill it.Finally, thank you all for taking the time to support this project and am going to ask you totake careful consideration of the donate button on the webpage a donation as little as €2 eachcould make this project continue to run and expand. I look forward to hearing from many of you soon.Yours Fraternally
David Naughton-Shires
Ormonde Lodge #201 (IC)MAE President & Founder
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The opinions expressed in this newsletter representthose of the individual authors and, unless clearlylabelled as such, do not represent the opinions orpolicies of The Masonic Art Exchange, any MasonicLodge, Grand Lodge or recognized Masonic body.
This
months
contents:Cover
image:
‘Fear’
by
Ignacio
Bazan
Lazcano
Introduction
to
Volume
1
Issue
3
Page
3:
‘Darkstar.’
Page
7:
Adam’s
Art:
The
art
of
Adam
G
Kendall
P.M.
Page
13:
The
Art
of
The
Knights
Templar
Page
16:
Philosophy
and
the
Seven
liberal
Arts.
Page
17:
Paperweight?
Page
19:
From
Rite
To
Ritual
Page
23:
Phoenixmasonry
an
anniversary
Page
25:
The
Regains
Masonic
Rifle.
Page
27:
Shot
from
the
cannon
Page
29:
‘The
Word,
Never
Lost’
Page
30:
The
faithful
Few
Page
31:
A
Badge
created
with
Paint.
Page
34:
Art
samples.
Page
35:
Recommendations
and
end
note.
I
first
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
B:.
Derek
Stevens
through
the
MAE
Facebook
group
and
have
formed
a
great
friendship
with
him
since,
he
is
one
of
the
most
talented
carpenters
I
have
ever
seen
producing
great
masterpieces
but
his
talents
doesn’t
stop
here
as
he
is
also
an
accomplished
painter
choosing
canvases
which
may
differ
from
the
norm,
an
active
member
of
his
Lodge
and
community
at
large
and
can
sketch
a
mean
illustration.
He
is
a
Master
Mason
from
Bend
Lodge
#
139
Bend
Oregon.
He
in
his
own
words
is
married
to
an
‘amazingly
patient
and
beautiful
woman’
by
the
name
of
Joanne
(herself
of
Balderstone
Blackburn).
Derek
has
two
‘amazingly
brilliant
and
beautiful’
children;
Mitchell,
12
and
Devon
5
months;
one
dog,
two
guinea
pigs,
and
a
drafty
historic
stone
house.
He
paints,
works
with
wood,
draws,
design
and
hopes
to
someday
write.
He
has
been
a
member
of
the
DesChutes
Historic
Landmarks
Commission
for
9
years,
and
has
been
the
Chairman
for
the
last
3
and
a
carpenter
of
all
sorts
since
1979.
He
says
he
was
never
able
to
achieve
any
higher
education
beyond
High
School,
and
so
is
self
taught
in
his
craft.
He
has
a
thirst
for
knowledge
and
has
made
extensive
studies
of
the
works
of
Asher
Benjamin,
Jefferson,
Da
Vinci,
the
classical
colonial
furniture
makers
of
the
American
North
East,
and
any
other
creative
mind's
work
since
the
dawn
of
recorded
history,
and
openly
admits
to
pinching
concepts
from
them
when
needed.
I
am
delighted
to
have
this
opportunity
to
present
to
all
just
a
small
sample
of
his
work
and
would
recommend
if
you
are
intending
to
update
or
replace
your
Lodge
or
home
furnishings
and
want
something
a
bit
special
to
have
a
word
with
B:.
Derek.
Brother
David
was
kind
enough,
or
as
this
narrative
may
prove,
silly
enough,
to
offer
me
a
chance
to
tell
you
a
bit
about
what
I
do.
I
am
the
owner
of
Dark
Star
LTD,
a
woodworking
and
furniture
company
that
creates
hand
made
(
as
opposed
to
mass
produced)
furniture,
carvings,
wooden
rings
as
well
as
restoration
of
all
sorts
of
antiques,
a
great
deal
of
which
is
Masonic
in
nature.
I
started
my
Masonic
journey
relatively
recently,
only
having
been
raised
since
March
of
this
year.
I
am
a
member
of
Bend
Lodge
#139
in
sunny
Central
Oregon,
and
I
had
the
privilege
of
been
a
member
as
our
Lodge
turned
100
years
old.
Though
young
in
Freemasonry,
I
am
already
active
in
the
degree
teams,
and
hold
my
basic
proficiency
card
in
the
ritual
work
of
the
Grand
Lodge
of
Oregon.
Upon
entering
Masonry,
I
was
surprised
to
see
how
few
understood
the
symbology
of
the
craft,
and
was
also
shocked
that
the
majority
of
supply
houses
carried
nothing
that
exemplified
the
rich
history
and
design
alluded
to
throughout
our
collective
bodies
of
written
and
oral
past.
Being
an
historic
restoration
specialist,
and
the
fact
that
which
I
had
done
for
over
30
years
had
in
the
last
year
dried
up,
died,
disappeared,
and
vanished,
I
was
faced
with
reinventing
myself,
or
practicing
a
new
ritual
of
asking
“
would
you
like
fries
with
that”.
With
my
self
taught
background
in
traditional
joinery
and
furniture
making,
and
my
newly
found
understanding
of
the
more
esoteric
elements
of
Masonry,
I
began
to
create
items
for
Blue
lodges,
using
the
math
as
described
in
the
second
degree
for
Wardens
columns,
using
Cedar
of
Lebanon
for
the
connection
to
the
Lecture
in
the
first,
and
building
in
significant
symbols
on
each
and
every
surface
I
could.
As
an
out
of
work
carpenter,
I
was
in
no
position
to
purchase
a
ring
after
I
was
raised
and
proficient,
and
as
my
attempts
at
silver
smelting
only
resulted
in
a
need
for
my
fire
extinguisher
to
be
recharged,
I
started
carving
rings
out
of
wood,
with
inlays,
exotic
species
and
interesting
shapes.
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