Newsboy goes to Canada!

The best part of the newsboy sculpture is that it consistently becomes an added part of the celebration of history. The Newsgroup in Canada purchased the sculpture to honor those involved in the celebration of the 100th birhday. Here is the copy that they sent, just in case anyone else is interested in the history.
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Monday is our 100th Birthday!
The story of the O’Brien family is a great one, as the first pioneer in our business in Canada.

E.H. O’Brien was born in 1886, and left school in Grade 6 to support his family.

Ed O’Brien started his business on the 26th of November, 1907, with the Toronto Daily Star as a part time operation with ten dealers. At the same time, he was working in a cigar factory making cigars. The business resided in a small office on King Street East in Hamilton, with about 150 square feet of floor space which contained a desk and a telephone. Deliveries were made on a child’s wagon.

In 1909 the business had grown to the point that Ed went into it on a full time basis. He rented a horse and bought a wagon for deliveries. The “Hearst” franchise was acquired at this time. In 1914, the “Curtis” franchise was acquired, and in 1916 the first truck was purchased at a cost of about $600.

By 1918 the business had grown with acquisitions of Muncey, Macleans, Consolidated Press and others. In 1921 Ed purchased the F.J. Roy News Company. At this point, Ed was an earlier consolidator, as all independent franchises in existence at that time were acquired.

In 1923, publishers supplied E.H. O’Brien for the Brantford, Ontario market as the former operator had gone out of business. A new company was formed, General News and Novelty Company, which supplied over 150 dealers in Western Ontario.

In 1934, Ed started the National News Company in Ottawa, Ontario, and subsequently purchased the other independent news companies in Ottawa.

Close behind E.H. O’Brien, was H.H. Marshall, who founded a newspaper and magazine distribution business in Halifax in 1908. Harry Marshall was born in 1883 and started his career as a newspaper boy. By the turn of the century Harry had several routes in Halifax, and had opened a men’s apparel store, along with his newspaper business in 1906.

As they say, “The Rest is History!”

Today we are proud to continue in the traditions of E.H. O’Brien, H.H. Marshall and family to supply over 45,000 customers in Canada and the United States. We continue to serve our fine publishers of magazines and books, delivering knowledge daily to millions of Canadians and Americans.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have made my turkey and eaten what I could. Now I am in my office playing on my new computer. I am thrilled to have the new mac pro. It offers me the opportunity to do more than I have been able to do with just my lap top. Here is the rundown of the new computer plans.

* Radio
Next year I hope to start an online radio podcast. I recently bought the url spotonradio.com. Yes, I will have to have one more website. Oh my! For those of you who don't know, spot on is a term from the uk that means.

1. correct: absolutely correct or perfectly accurate
2. ideal: exactly what is needed

I'll let you know when I'm live. This will be a downloadable podcast. For any that are interested. There is still much to put together. I am learning much about mixers, microphones etc. and just filled out my amazon wish list.

The radio show will have two different formats.
Art
I want to share what I have learned about the research for the book that I am finishing titled, "Bringing to life the spirit of the deceased- A Sculptor's Journey" I will also be interview those doing research in the areas that I am interested, as well as authors and artists. I hope also to put together programs that will help artists promote their work.

Inspirational
This part of the radio show is directly related to the Giftware pieces that I sculpt. (www.godsword.net) I am thrilled to be creating part of this format as something I call generations this is a show that will consist of myself and two woman that I respect. My mom and daughter. Some of the topics- generational faith, forgiveness, changes, even difficult subjects like sex and death. I am thrilled to have this opportunity.

* Video
First video is for the godsword.net website. Others I hope will follow.

Well enough of this playing around. I suppose I need to get back to the downstairs studio and all of the work that is backing up down there. I'm trying to get many jobs out of the studio before the end of the year.

Happy turkey day. There are many things to be thankful for!

blessings and blossoms,
Bridgette

A wonderful opportunity! Some new press, and a new article

My recent article for Best of Artists has just been released. I loved interviewing Gary Staab. His work is incredible! Check out the article.

I have just seen the article for Sculptural Pursuit. The layout is great. They did a wonderful job.

I'm in Oklahoma right now doing some research on an article for Sculpture Review on technology. I am thrilled to be a part of this article and this magazine. I'll be writing about Synappsys, and the technology involved with the creating of The American. The editor suggested I write the article in first person, which gives me the opportunity to have my own work in this very prestigious magazine.