Hobbies - The Gillman's

Yes, we do have some hobbies. Of course computers are probably at the top of the list, but we do enjoy some other things. This page will contain links to pages that relate to our hobbies and some original material. It will change often so stay in touch.

Contents
	Native American Culture
	Celtic Culture
	Bead Work
	Cross Stitch
	Astronomy
	Photography
	Gardening

Native American Culture

Both of us have an interest in Native American Culture, particularly of the Southeast region which is where we live. Mike has a degree in Anthropology with a specialization in Creek Indians, and I have done some research in Cherokee culture. I wrote a paper on Cherokee Kinship Systems and Marriage Customs if your interested, I've converted it to HTML and posted it here.

Original Material
	Abstract	The abstract for my paper
	Paper	Kinship Systems in Relation to the Courtship and Marriage Ceremonies of the Cherokee.

Links to Other Sites
	Native American Indian Resources	Morning Star Gallery
	Native Languages Page	Cherokee Alphabet

Celtic Culture

What started as designing a logo for a school, became an obsession with Celtic art work. So....I had to learn how to do it. Many books later, many trips to the local Art store and I sort of have a new hobby.

Resource List
	Celtic Design Series by Aidan Meehan
	A Beginner's Manual	Knotwork: the Secret Method of Scribes
	Spiral Patterns	Animal Patterns
	Maze Patterns	The Dragon and the Griffin
	Illuminated Letters	The Tree of Life

Art Supplies
	Rotring International	Koh-I-Noor
	Liquitex	Staedtler
	Art Express	710 Book Store

Links to Other Sites
	Celtic Corner	Dandalf the Dragon
	Paul's Celtic Art Web Site	Draw Your Own Celtic Knots
	Celtic-Art.Com	Steve Abbott's Computer Drawn Celtic Knots

Bead Work

Along with our interests in Native American Culture, I have learned how to do seed bead work. It started out as an interest in reproducing Native work and techniques, but has grown to include some Victorian type work and jewlery.

Links to Other Sites
	Mish's Bead-O-Rama	The Bead Garden
	BeadNet	Bead Fairy
	OCB Trading Post	Shipwreck Beads
	Copper Coyote Beads, Ltd.	Caravan Beads
	House of Orange	General Bead
	Bead Street	Bama Beads

Cross Stitch

Both of us enjoy curling up on the couch with a project. The latest craze is cross stitch. Some of our work can be found in the Art Gallery.

How To

Supplies

Links to Other Sites

Astronomy

About a year and a half ago, we both got interested in Astronomy. After many cold hours in the backyard with binoculars, we finally bought a small telescope. When comet Hyakutake made such an impressive site last winter, we tried our hand at astrophotography. Check out the Picture Gallery page for some of the results.

Links to Other Sites
	SKY Online	Astronomy Magazine Online
	Star Map	Charles Boley's Astronomy Page
	Astronomy (Science)	The Galaxy Page: Astronomy
	The WWW Virtual Library: Astronomy and Astrophysics	Yahoo - Science:Astronomy:Institutes
	Astronomie / Astronomy	Astronomy & Astrophysics on the Web
	Astronomy Home Pages	Astro Mall
	AstroNet	Orion Telescope Center

Astronomical Images
	CCD Images of Galaxies	Hubble Images
	JPL Planetary Photojournal	USGS Planetary Photojournal
	Galaxy Photography

Observatories
	Lick Observatory		Mt. Wilson Observatory

Photography

Photography is mainly a by product of the Astronomy hobby. Check out the Picture Gallery for some of my better work.

Equipment
	Olympus OM2N, Zukio 50mm f1.8 lens, Vivitar 70-210mm f4 lens
	Cannon EOS Elan II, Cannon 28-80mm f3.5 Macro lens, Sigma 28-105mm f2.8 lens
	Orion Makutzov 500mm f5.6 lens
	Sony Cybershot DSC-F505 Digital Camera

Sources
	B&H Photo, Video		Canon U.S.A.

Gardening

Gardening has been a hobbie for many years (money permitting). Check out the Picture Gallery for pictures of this years (1998) garden. Since we now live in an apartment, this hobby is on hold.

Sources
	Garden Escape		Home and Garden TV

Last Updated: March 14, 2000