"Do your hats do things? Mine do. Who said fine art can't be fun?"

~ Jonathan James, making fine art fun since the 90's.

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Newspaper Newsiness:

• The Sun Journal, central Maine's daily, did an interview for their B-Section feature which appears is no longer online.

• The Advertiser Democrat, his hometown paper, in Norway Maine, did an earlier interview feature, on him as a fiber artist having just published in a hardcover crochet book:

Gallery Gallavants:

• "Art 2 Wear: Accoutrements," LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT). A group show by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

• Visit the Western Maine Art Group here. I did a few shows there on my stay in Maine. For the virtual tour, choose gallery 3 to see my hat tree.

• Bluebird Artworks: featured and sold my hats in a multimedia gallery based in Woodstock, New York, with my ex-wife.

• Rock City Yarn: had my first show there, in Woodstock, New York, USA.

Photo by Scott Maddix. Jonathan James gets ready to crochet on a beautiful fall day in Bethel, Maine, on a casual laundry day.The Book Appearance:

Lark Books chose three of my designs for their hardcover compendium:

Cool Crocheted Hats, 40 Contemporary Designs, edited by Linda Kopp.

A special "Thank You" is in order for Linda Kopp. She is a wonderful editor and one of the easiest-to-deal with people I have had the pleasure of working with. I hope she enjoyed working with my hats.

Also a HUGE thank you to Deborah Fairfield of Texas. She is the genius who reverse engineers my hats and makes patterns of them for my hookers and, of course, for the book!

Places I like to hook / crochet (you may have seen me there):

• Bread Alone Bakery, Woodstock, New York, USA.

• Mouse & Bean, Bethel, Maine, USA.

• Cafe Nomad, Norway, Maine, USA.

• Moody's Organic Coffee Bar, Mendocino, California, USA.

• Sack's Coffee House, Berekely, California, USA.

• Red Rock Coffee, Mountain View, California, USA.

• Berea Coffee & Tea Co., Berea, Kentucky, USA.

Web Sites I've hooked up: