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The Hollander Sailors

It was my father, the Dutch sailor in the middle of the picture, who gave me the idea for the Hollander.

The Hollander started late in 1986 after I saw a segment on the Today show about people building kaleidoscopes. I decided to put all my years of precision metalworking experience to work developing several designs of my own.

I learned the use of line and form from my mother, a fashion design teacher. My appreciation of color and light was further developed by a course in floral design I took while at the University of Massachusetts.

 


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