This book tells the stories of Keepsake artists, their families, hobbies and the mystery of creativity itself…ordinary stories that reveal the extraordinary talent that’s made Keepsake the innovative leader in christmas ornaments for so many years.
An unauthorized history of Star Trek TV shows and films, celebrating its enduring popularity and devoted fans.
Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorized History is a loving and candid review of the fifty-year franchise, a story as full of plot twists as its hundreds of episodes and films. Greenberger, author of over a dozen Star Trek novels and short stories, tells this fascinating tale as only an expert and longtime fan could. He examines the behind-the-scenes saga–from the struggles of Star Trek’s enthusiastic creator, Gene Roddenberry, to realize his vision on the small screen, to the franchise’s latest cinematic reinvention from J. J. Abrams–as well as the devoted fans who support its continued growth.
Featuring sidebars by such Star Trek authorities as Michael and Denise Okuda, as well as contributions from well-known fans, including astronauts Thomas D. Jones and Mario Runco Jr., Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorized History captures the long and bumpy road to Star Trek becoming an international, groundbreaking phenomenon. Greenberger explores the many ways in which Star Trek has earned its enduring place in pop culture, evidenced by myriad comic books, audio dramas, software, board games, short stories, novels, Saturday Night Live sketches, elaborate fan productions, and well-known catch phrases. More than two hundred photographs illustrate the book.
Star Trek: The Official Guide to The Animated Series was released September 3, 2019 and with it was a small mention of last year’s Arek and M’Ress ornaments. If you are a fan of The Animated Series then The Official Guide is a “must-have”!
Lieutenant Arex and Lieutenant M’Ress (QMP4046) were sold as a set of two with a retail of $40.00 at 2018 conventions. They had a limited run of 2800.
Star Trek – Lynn Norton – U.S.S. Bellwether
Mixed Media Sculpture
18″ x 11″ x 8.5″
Literature: See Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years, Titan Books, London, p.77 (illus).
Fictional starship display model, U.S.S. BELLWETHER, NX-90866, INGRESS CLASS science vessel with experimental METAWARP propulsion by Lynn A. Norton.
Lynn A. Norton is an artist who, since 1991, has sculpted nearly all of the Star Trek starship ornaments that have been produced by Hallmark for their beloved and bestselling Keepsake Ornaments line. Norton sculpts and prototypes original patterns for ornaments and toys from his personal home studio. His process remains the same as always. He starts by making detailed drawings and then employs engraving tools to hand-carve the ornaments from synthetic wood. Though Norton technically retired back in 2006, he continues to sculpt Hallmark’s Star Trek Keepsake Ornaments. As he told author John Peterson for the book Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments: The Inside Stories from the Artists Who Create Them, “I’d like nothing better than to sculpt starship ornaments until my fingers fall off.” He lives in Leawood, Kansas.
Although the one-of-a-kind model has been auctioned off you can purchase a 13″ x 9″ print of the model for $14.95.
Exhibited:
Comic-Con International
San Diego, CA, United States
July 21 – July 24, 2016
at Michael J. Wolf Fine Arts
363 5th Avenue San Diego, CA
Star Trek Convention
Las Vegas, NV, United States
August 3 – August 7, 2016
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)
Toronto, Canada
August 19 – September 5, 2016
The Paley Center for Media
New York, NY, United States
September 16 – September 25, 2016
Destination Star Trek
Birmingham, United Kingdom
October 7 – October 9, 2016
Star Trek: The Exhibition
Blackpool, United Kingdom
October 14 – October 31, 2016
French Paper Gallery
Paris, France
November 10 – November 26, 2016
Star Trek: 50 Artists. 50 Years.
Shoreditch, London, United Kingdom
December 13 – December 18, 2016
Star Trek Cruise I
Miami, FL, United States (*Note – The cruise sailed the Caribbean to Cozumel, Mexico and the Bahamas returning to Miami)
January 9 – January 16, 2017
Chabot Space & Science Center
San Francisco, CA, United States
February 3 – March 12, 2017
Middle East Film & Comic Con
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
April 6 – April 8, 2017
Lynn Norton is a 3D artist who has sculpted nearly all of Hallmark’s “Star Trek” ornaments since 1991. “I imagine the ship I’ve designed to be a science vessel that is capable of exploring the galaxy beyond the range of existing Federation craft,”
Hallmark Star Trek Ornaments 