400 MILES OF SPARKLING SHORELINE IS WHY RHODE ISLAND IS CALLED
THE OCEAN STATE LITTLE INLETS AND LARGE BAYS LAPPING THE COAST
HAVE ATTRACTED VISITORS AND SETTLERS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
TRAVEL TO THE TOWN OF TIVERTON ON A TANK AND TAKE IN THE
COLONIAL CHARM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT OF IN FOUR CORNERS IS A
TUCKED AWAY VILLAGE DATING BACK TO THE 18TH CENTURY THESE DAYS.
IT’S FEELING WITH MAKERS.
IT’S JUST SUCH AN UNSPOILED AREA STILL.
THERE’S REALLY NOT VERY MANY PLACES LIKE THIS ANYMORE.
IT’S NOT FULL OF LITTLE CHAINS, AND IT’S A SMALL STORES AND A
LITTLE BIT MORE LAID.
KIND OF FEEL TO IT.
TERESA MOWRY IS ONE OF MANY ARTISTS TO SET UP A STUDIO AMID
TASTEFUL GIFT SHOPS.
GOURMET MARKETS AND GRAYS ICE CREAM A LOCAL STAPLE EVERY
TUESDAY A STILL LIFE GROUP PAINTS AT THE INVITATION OF
BRENDA WRIGLEY SCOTT.
THE ARTIST WORKS IN THE SUNNY FRONT ROOM OF THIS SHARED SPACE
WITH STUDIO BY THE SEA PETER TERPAK IS A FULL-SERVICE JEWELER
WHO CAREFULLY CRAFTS CUSTOM DESIGNS.
HE DELICATELY REPAIRS OR TRANSFORMS FAMILY HEIRLOOMS
WHILE INVITING CUSTOMERS TO BROWSE THAT MAKER SHOPKEEPER
MODEL IS COMMON.
HERE THERESA, MOWRY’S PATINA STUDIO IS A COMBINATION GALLERY
AND WORKSPACE I START WITH COPPER THAT’S A CLEANED COPPER
FOR MOST OF MY WORK AND THEN I USE DIFFERENT SALTS AND ACIDS TO
CREATE PATINAS AND THAT’S WHERE THE COLOR AND ALL THE DESIGN
COME FROM.
DRIZZLES OF MUSTARD DOUSED IN AMMONIA GIVE ONE EFFECT TRADE
THE SPICE FOR HEAT.
SHE GETS ANOTHER FINISH OR PATINA WHEN?
REFERRING TO IT ON METAL.
IT’S REALLY A FILM.
THAT IS CREATED.
OVER TIME IF YOU THINK OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY OR THE GREEN
COLORING THAT’S ON A ROOF THAT’S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT’S A
PROTECTIVE FILM THAT DEVELOPS OVER MANY MANY YEARS.
WHAT I’M DOING IS JUST SPEEDING UP THAT PROCESS IN MY STUDIO
WHEN IT KIND OF PUT IT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE OVER THAT IN SOME
CASES STUNNING HUGHES APPEAR IN AN INSTANT MOLECULES ON THAT
CHANGE TO GET THAT COLOR OTHER.
REQUIRE MORE PATIENTS.
I JUST LOVE THAT COPPER HAS SUCH A WARMTH TO IT SO MANY DIFFERENT
COLORS THAT YOU CAN GET OUT OF IT.
I JUST THINK IT’S FASCINATING THAT THAT’S JUST A REACTION OF
CHEMISTRY.
MAORI SAYS NATURE SPECIFICALLY THIS PLACE INSPIRES HER.
DEFINITELY INSPIRED BY MY SURROUNDINGS.
I LOVE ALL THE STONE WALLS TOO IN THE COUNTRYSIDE YOU CAN DRIVE
AROUND AND THE BEACHES ARE CLOSE TO HERE.
ACRES OF FIELDS BROUGHT NORA HARRIS TO EVERTON A CHAMPION
EQUESTRIAN SHE STARTED HER BUSINESS ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF TRAINING RIDING LESSONS.
WE COACHED THE ROGER WILLIAMS EQUESTRIAN TEAM.
GOOD GIRL, BEAUTIFUL.
WE ALL HAVE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS THAT AS
WELL.
HER FARM ATTRACTS RIDERS FROM ALL OVER WE BRING IN UPPER
LEVEL.
TRAINERS GRAND PRIX RIDERS INTERNATIONAL RIDERS TO COME
HERE AND COACH NOT ONLY MY STUDENTS BUT ME AS WELL AND LEG
HERE.
VERY GOOD.
HARRIS IS INSTRUCTION HELPED THE ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY TEAM
REACHED NATIONALS FOR FIRST TIME EVER.
WHAT?
THEN JUST KEEP YOUR HAND A LITTLE LOWER.
YOU HAVE TO NAVIGATE THE COURSE OF JUMPS ACCURATELY IN THE
BIGGER THE JUMPS GET THE MORE ACCURATE.
YOU NEED TO BE.
THERE’S NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR ERROR.
IT’S A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE A LITTLE BIT OF SPEED A LITTLE
EXCITEMENT.
AND THEN JUST SITTING ON TOP OF A HORSE THAT HAS ITS OWN MIND
ALL AT THE SAME TIME GOOD STAND STRAIGHT UP.
UNDER HARRIS’S WATCHFUL EYE.
HOW COULD I RESIST A SLOW RIDE AROUND THE RING?
YOU WANT TO IMAGINE?
YOU HAVE A STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE YOUR HAND TO YOUR ELBOW AND
THEN WHEN YOU WANT TO STOP HIM YOU JUST PULL BACK ON BOTH REINS
UNTIL THEY STOPS AND YOU CAN PULL I WANT TO KEEP GOING YOU
MIGHT KEEP GOING.
OKAY?
AND BACK TO TIVERTON FOUR CORNERS THE BUSY SEASON THERE OF
COURSE IS SPRING AND SUMMER HOWEVER AT THIS TIME STUDIO BY
THE SEA IS OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY NEXT I HAVE ONE QUEST