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123456 SECTION 15 SUNDAY NRW DISPOSING DISPOSABLES Godsend or curse? Throw-away cleaning products beckon us with convenience. But you hear the landfills groaning? PAGE2 THE EDIBLE GARDEN Berry, berry good Growing raspberries end-runs what makes them expensive at the fragility.And their intense flavor adds a delightful blast to a trio ofdishes. See and WEEKEND INSIDE HOME GARDEN GREAT FINDS You want have a fortune to you certainly have outgrown that framed Monet poster.What’s a wannabe collector to do? We have several ideas Klages Hang time Modular art Novo Arts came up with the idea of making and selling Masonite tiles embellished with handmade art.The online catalog contains some 2,000 artful images.But as Novo president and owner Marlaina Deppe points designs can be made.Standard tiles measure 1 foot sizes are available.Wall- works tiles run $50 to $250 apiece.Visit www.novoarts.com or call 212-674-3093. Lens happy Try focusing on modern photography.At www.wallkandy.com,there are more than 80 photographs taken by co-founders Julie Chytrowsky and Leslie Rosenthal of Los Angeles in their travels around the world.You can search for images by place (architecture, beaches) or decor Prices start around $90 for an 11-by-14- inch framed comes with a hoto ra stor about the ima e. Lens happy II For a beautiful collection of American landscape out Franklin B.Way‘s Web way.com.The site offers 700 color photos, taken over three decades of traveling to record moments in our landscape.

Starting price for an 11-by-14-inch framed photograph is $18 shipping.All photos are signed and numbered in limited editions. Canvas the joint Former fashion designer David Diskin saw a need for really pieces of modern art that also happen to be affordable.Thus the birth of collection of about 300 or representational images born of freehand computer manipulation and then digitally printed onto canvas.Most can be printed in a choice of colors.Cost:$250 to $600 at Space W.Webster 773-388-0500. make myselfa peaceful place who Janeil Peace Plates By Pamela Sherrod Tribune staff reporter At particularly stressful times in a family or table may be set especially nicely with fine table linens pulled from drawers and the best plates taken from the top shelves ofchina cabinets.At these who are at odds with one another are invited for dinner.The unspoken part ofthe invitation: get real.Let’s Whether or not folks clear the air by the time they clear the is here talking begins. table offers a landscape in front ofthose coming together to Chris professor ofhuman-centered product design at Illinois Institute of Institute fairly is also neutral and a space across which we can negotiate and offer proposals to each It was with the role in the peace process in mind that media artist Janeil Engelstad brought together art and social concerns in the form ofPeace artistic dining installation that combines words and images. on display at I.D.,a contemporary home-furnishings and eyewear store in the Wrigleyville neighborhood until the end ofthis month.

At the heart ofPeace Plates are porcelain china dishes set on a round Shaker-style table.Seven sets ofsalad and dinner plates designed by Engelstad seem to float up in the air with their serene images and chose seven as the number ofindividual place settings as opposed to the traditional six or eight because the number seven spiritual significance in many and sacred Each salad plate has a different photograph by Engelstad that conveys the message ofpeace an image of open with calming sand and woman standing in prayer.On the border ofthe seven dinner With a little bit of soul and a whole lot of soul-searching, a Texas artist sets the table for bringing harmony into our world note: We want to know what your Peace Plate would look like ifyou were the artist.Look inside for a blank bring out your crayons or scrapbooking gear or get to work on your computer.Send us your vision ofa Peace Plate using the blank provided Sherrod and Juana Conrad, president and founder of Women for International Peace and Arbitration will pick their favorite plate set- ting.Deadline:Entry must be postmarked by Sept.22.The winning will be announced Oct.12,will be produced as one salad plate and one dinner plate for the winner. 12 34 Tribune photos by Bonnie Trafelet For Janeil Peace Plates etched a little blessing onto the bowl of each wineglass.Her dinnerware (above) features the photography and musings about peace. PLEASE SEE PEACE 9 1. 2. 3.

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