Retro photos of Baltimore’s Thanksgiving Toytown Parade
Baltimore had its own Thanksgiving Day parade sponsored by local department store Hochschild, Kohn & Co.
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Baltimore had its own Thanksgiving Day parade sponsored by local department store Hochschild, Kohn & Co.
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Like ancient striated canyons shaped from water pulsing through the earth, David Knopp’s wood sculptures form flowing layers that evoke the essence of the natural world. The veneered pieces suggest movement, like wind rustling a branch, or waves swirling in a stormy ocean. Both artistic and practical, the sculptures serve as tables, chairs and lamps. “I just like the idea of functionality in art. I always have,” Knopp says. Only one of the 20 or so wood items is purely aesthetic: “Metamorphosis,” a thirteen-foot colossus, took about six months to complete