This is one of my favorite stories to date. Very, very proud of this one.
The moment I saw that my friend Matt Hinton made these unique lighting fixtures from old musical instruments, I knew there was a story in it. The world just had to know about his amazing work!
I pitched the story to the Times Leader for their At Home section, which runs each Saturday. The story ran today and it’s beautiful! There’s nothing like seeing the layout and photos in the paper. Good stuff. What I think was also cool, and that I am very proud of, is that this feature story got the teaser in the front page of the paper! The upper right, above the masthead, gives a peek at the story and a great closeup shot of the saxophone lamp.
We talked about how his hobby started, the types of lamps he has made already, and what he’d like to make in the future. We talked a little about his play The Quiet Cowboy and his other domestic, artistic creations like a pot rack made from a shopping cart.
Matt, of course, was a great interview. This was a fun story to write. And, if anyone has any old brass or woodwind instruments they’d like to part with, Matt can turn them into something really cool…
The Times Leader unfortunately archives their stories after seven days, but here is the link anyway.