E-MUSEUM OF PYROGRAPHIC ART - Key Persons
Andrew Ager is the great nephew of Alice Mary Cannon. He has just finished compiling a book of the complete history of his illustrious family from the 1700's until the 1970's. Their fascinating and wonderful story has taken him ten years to research and write. We look forward to the announcement of its publication.
Job Titles:
- Archivist of Both Magdalen College and University College at Oxford
Job Titles:
- Physician, Professor and Artist
Kathleen M. Garvey Menéndez learned her pyrography techniques in Guatemala. Her sister, Artist Sharon H. Garvey later joined her there to collaborate on a pyrography project designed to promote this art form in the United States. Sharon designed and later photographed many of the pieces in their collection, and Kathleen executed most of them. They worked together planning each piece in the collection, usually three at different levels of difficulty, to exemplify each technique. Their goal was not to sell their art work, but to promote the art of pyrography in the United States, with the sample pieces, a didactic book, and the Navarro Pyrocarver.
Sharon H. Garvey, like her sister, grew up in Falls Church, Virginia. She graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from Notre Dame and a Master's from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She seemed the perfect choice to be the one to illustrate the versatility of the pyrographic art form and the wide variety of decorative techniques for it, since she has distinguished herself in so many unusual art forms and media, such as exquisitely painted eggs, innovative cake sculpture, and the remarkable jack-o'-lanterns and art photographs for which she has become famous as the Pumpkin Lady of Harpers Ferry, where she resides with her husband, Tim Wisecarver. She recently did the pen&ink illustrations for a book, The New Appalachian Trail by their father, the renowned hiker and author Ed Garvey.