Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN), June 14th, 2002
Byline: Trudi Hahn; Staff Writer
Magic was Margaret Midland's favorite word.
Her idea always was to add a little magic to whatever creative endeavor was taking place, said Alfred Nott, a creative collaborator with Midland for 30 years.
Midland, owner and artisan of the Court of the Gargoyles Shop at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival from 1981 to 1992, died Tuesday after a stroke in Cherokee, Iowa, said her son, Tom, of LeMars, Iowa. She was 74.
Her festival booth overflowed with her kiln-baked clay sculptures of dragons, gargoyles, angels, children, knights and birds, said her daughter,...
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