Mouse House Inc.

   (Above: Susan holding two pieces in one of her new series:  LAUNDRY DAY.) 2020 started off really well. Susan was in Springfield, Illinois for a month enjoying an art residency with the...

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The Mouse House business phone went dead on Tuesday April 2 with a repair not guaranteed until Saturday the 6TH. On Wednesday it miraculously started working again and worked all day Thursday. Th...

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I have not posted anything in the blog for over two years. I really need to do this more frequently. That being said, I must report that the Mouse House business line is down again for the final ...

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(Above:  Original copper-plate engravings by Nicholas Tindal Rapin's History of England, 1745.  Previously, $100 each. During Open Studios , 50% off ... just $50 each for mid-18th century en...

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Susan returns from paradise, aka, her artist residency in Oregon at Playa , on the red-eye this Friday night.  She arrives at 6:10 AM on Saturday in Charlotte.  I have decided to stay overnight...

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Susan is now in Wisconsin to the Wormfarm Institute for the next three weeks.  She is sleeping in the barn where the temperature was 37 degrees yesterday.  Today she is gardening.  Hopefully ...

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Susan begins the second week of her art residency at the Anderson Center in Red Wing, MN.  Her creative juices are flowing, and I encourage everyone to visit her blog to see her new creations.Â...

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Greetings.  Susan, the head mouse, is out of the office until mid-July!  Why?  She is attending three artist residencies in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Pickens, SC with a two-day teaching worksh...

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Twenty years ago during the Thanksgiving weekend of 1994, we moved our business from Confederate Avenue to our present location.  We were open for business without a hitch (except for phone issu...

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September 2, 1994. 3 1/2 months after the City of Columbia Zoning Commission told us we had to move or close.  Here are a few of the many highlights of our lives and circumstances during this pe...

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 One of Susan's stain-glass fiber pieces.  More images can be found on her website . The summer season has arrived at The Mouse House.  Historically this tends to be a slower time for c...

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Elmwood Avenue looking toward Interstate 126 at 8:45 AM Way back in February, 1988 (our second year living in Columbia, SC), we had a sleet storm.  We had 4 inches of sleet which shut do...

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The summer monsoon has returned to Columbia.  At least it is cool today.  It is mid-August and we still have not had a temperature of 100 this summer.  We have had more rain this summer than I...

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My plans are now confirmed and I will be driving to Washington, DC on Thursday.  I will be bringing another car load of antiquarian prints to the local auction gallery in Falls Church for consig...

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The end of July was to bring some interesting changes at Mouse House.  They have been temporarily postponed by the Head Mouse because of her recent purchase (Thank you Henry and Linda!). Su...

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Our English antique butterfly cabinet that doubles as an antiquarian print drawer (click to enlarge) Yesterday I spent about an hour looking at the hundreds of 19TH century engravings that...

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Today is the opening day of the Buyers Market of American Craft in Philadelphia.  Susan is one of hundreds of exhibitors at this three-day event.  She has already posted about this on her blog....

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Self-portrait of me at Stonehenge, UK, late June, 2012 No, the above picture has nothing to do with parasites!  I just like to take self-portraits of myself when I travel.  The incident ...

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Last night (Saturday, January 26), I attended the annual Columbia Classical Ballet's Lifechance Gala at the Koger Center with Dolly Patton, her daughter Sims and her friend.  They were all "dres...

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One of the other things on my 2013 agenda is to publish more pictures at The Mouse House and from my travel adventures. Here is a photo of our front gallery filled with Susan's artwork and h...

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2013 will bring on some interesting changes at The Mouse House.  I will have consistent Saturday hours (10AM-2PM) whenever I am in town.  There will be more of Susan's artwork on display and (o...

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We have no travel plans for the Thanksgiving weekend.  Therefore, I decided to be open on "Black Friday", November 23, from 9:30-5PM and Saturday, November 24 from 10AM-4PM.  All framed mirrors...

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Today is Halloween Day and the head mouse is off to Houston, Texas for the International Quilt Show at the George M. Brown Convention Center from October 31-November 4.   She is proud to have a...

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Susan has been away on an artist residency in Illinois this month, and Mathias returned to SC for a visit.  He is safely back in the UK and he returns to work on the 13TH.  He actually drove Su...

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Mouse House, Inc. will have its doors open for two artistic events during the months of April. Susan has recently transformed one of the downstairs back rooms into her new home studio. She has b...

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