Display Cases
- By Betty McCreary -
Members of La Costa Glen's Photography Club will display their favorite photographs in Lakeside's display cases in September.
This latest club at LCG meets twice a month in the Fairway Conference room to discuss their latest photos, learn more about their cameras and get answers to any current picture problems. At their last
meeting, they took a walking photo-tour of the gorgeous tropical Fairway courtyard, waterfall and koi pond. These photos will be on display.
It has been proven that photography helps with memory loss. All residents are welcome to join this club. All levels of skill are...
- By Betty McCreary -
Don Condon of Parkside will show his wood carvings in the Lakeside display cases. Twenty-five years ago he took wood carving lessons and has been carving ever since. He specializes in waterfowl. While living in Arizona, his roadrunner carving took second prize in the National Wood Carving Contest. At one time he was the president of Wood Carvers of America.
He has carved over 300 pieces. His largest one is a Canada goose and the smallest is a hummingbird. Right now he is working on two half-size ducks. He will also show his carved Kachina dolls....
- By Betty McCreary -
Fairway display cases will feature the daughter of Barbara Harris of Oak Grove, who has designed jewelry for Sax Fifth Avenue customers. Barbara’s daughter, Nancy Casper of San Marcos, has been designing all her life. She is also a retired
dentist, school teacher, real estate broker and decorator. Nancy has just returned from Tahiti where she purchased pearls for her jewelry creations. We are very fortunate to have this fine jewelry on display.
For the first time, Lakeside will display Joan Scales’ (of Canyonview) most unusual collection of fairies, elves, pixies and leprechauns. Also, she will show...
- By Betty McCreary -
Fairway cases will feature Evelyn Zivetz’s Japanese art collection acquired while living in Japan from 1981-1984, when her husband Hank served as a United States Japanese Cultural attache.
On display is a stunning white wedding kimono with a red lining, two decorated wooden sports paddles, daruma and kakeshi dolls and an obi sash.
The Lakeside cases will feature Shirley Steele’s popular beaded pieces displayed in October in Fairway. Shirley handmade each of her jewelry creations. She specializes in necklaces, bracelets, purses and pieces done on a loom.
- by Betty McCreary -
Jack Iskin’s photography that was on display in Fairway is coming down to Lakeside this month, featuring photographs he has taken throughout his many travels.
Some of his outstanding photographs were taken with a Polaroid camera. When a photo would come out of the camera, Jack would use sculpture tools and even dentist tools to create an oil painting effect before the emulsion was dried. He would then have the picture enlarged and printed on canvas.
Jack studied theater arts at the University of Michigan and 20 years of creative photography at Palomar College in San Marcos....
- By Betty McCreary -
Pat Spencer is showing her favorite paper weights from her 80-piece collection in the Fairway display cases in May.
She started collecting when she was a little girl. These weights are all made of glass. One is a 40-year old green glass globe with a cameo of Jack Kennedy in the center.
Four years ago she took a glass making course at the University of Oregon. When making the globes she had to wear 100% cotton because of the fire hazard. The molten glass was fired in a 2,200-degree oven. After shaping the glass, the last step...
- By Ben Widmer -
Eleanor Seidenglanz, one of our own Tidings reporters, has offered to show some of her treasures in the Lakeside display cases for January. This reporter went to see some of these needlepoint and cross stitch creations and was surprised to learn they were all done by her late husband Edward.
He graduated from Villanova University as a mechanical engineer. In his work, he was instrumental in changing aircraft catapults from hydraulic to steam which proved very beneficial to operations aboard a carrier. This busy engineer in his spare time was interested in music, art, photography and...
- By Ben Widmer -
The display cases in Lakeside will feature Charlene Willeman’s special collection of Santas. Charlene says at one time, she had collected about 300 Santas, but gifts to friends and relatives have reduced this number considerably.
The Santas are from all over the world. One of her favorites is from Scotland. This Santa has kilts and bagpipes.
Charlene hasn’t unpacked her Santas in several years, and she says she’ll have a few surprises for us to see.
At the Fairway clubhouse, a “Community Holiday Display” will be featured with treasures from north campus residents, such as nativity sets, menorahs,...