What's Held and Handed Down - Cara Taylor's Portfolio

Donny, the head clock repairer, in his workshop above The Clock Shoppe in Vienna, VA.

Clock pieces awaiting repair at the Clock Shoppe in Vienna, VA.

Daniel Wolkoff of Adams Morgan Stained Glass poses for a portrait in front of one of his projects in his home in Washington, DC.

A wall in the studio of Adams Morgan Stained Glass.

Larry Novak sits at his loom in his home in Arlington, VA.

A pendulum swinging in the workshop of The Clock Shoppe.

Donny repairing a clock at the Clock Shoppe in Vienna, VA.

Two clock faces awaiting repair at The Clock Shoppe in Vienna, VA.

The inner gears of a clock sit on a desk in the workshop of the Clock Shoppe in Vienna, VA.

Ryan, the apprentice turned associate of Donny stands for a portrait in the workshop of the Clock Shoppe in Vienna VA.

The repaired parts of a clock hang on the wall in the workshop of the Clock Shoppe in Vienna, VA.

Larry Novak sits for a portrait in front of his loom.

Larry Novak weaving a scarf on his loom.

A box filled with stained glass designs in the workshop of Adams Morgan Stained Glass in Washington, DC.

Hannah (left) and Maria (right) are the apprentices of Daniel Wolkoff at Adams Morgan Stained Glass.

Susan Feller displaying her rug hooking tools in her home in West Virginia.

Susan Feller an Appalachian artist practicing rug hooking sits in her studio in West Virginia.

Hannah, an apprentice studying stained glass poses for a portrait in the workshop of Adams Morgan Stained Glass.

Daniel Wolkoff poses for a portrait in front of one of his longest running personal projects.

Hannah, reflected in a piece of glass in the workshop of Adams Morgan Stained Glass.

Used only for parts, old clocks sit stacked on the back shelves of the Clock Shoppe in Vienna, VA.

These images paint a picture of a group of people -- one that with each chime of the clock grows ever smaller -- who are preserving a history that is rapidly fading away. These artists work in specific mediums, those that once held an essential and influential place in the world: clock smithing, book binding, rug-hooking. Over time the tapestry of artists practicing these art forms thinned and unraveled to the point where many of their legacies now hang by a thread. Made on black and white film with a large format camera, these images show the artists, the makers, the creators, who are keeping these art forms, and their history, alive.