after too long of a hiatus i’m back and in my own studio. actually i’ve been working for awhile (my kiln is not due to arrive till late february) but i’ve found that i’m just not a constant updater or poster on things, esp. when those things are ideas and its those ideas you’d rather … [Read more…]
A little earlier in the week I was contacted by an independent blogger who found my work through Saatchi and wanted to write about it. Of course I said yes, I spent the week looking at the blog because work was slow and my mind is always hungry. Anyway the results can be found here: … [Read more…]
Soon rabbit they’ll be updates on the set up of the studio and the start of new work. But for now, literally everything has been boxed up and awaiting the sale of one home and purchase of another. I’m amazed at how much has been accumulated and how much is left out for just the … [Read more…]
Its been ages since a post and I’ve missed being able to work in clay. But adulting or whatever the kids my age are calling it these days has kept me away (first their is prepping your and closing up shop for the sale)- well the house sold, and the next logical step of purchasing … [Read more…]
Not long ago David Bowie died, folks took it to hear and then just a little bit farther. fb was flooded with those saddened and in stunned disbelief, my feed was a parade of videos, images and stories. There were memorials, tributes, bowie specific art shows and the town i live in (which has no … [Read more…]
this past spring i had work accepted into the san angelo 21st national ceramic competition, a biennial i’ve had the good fortune of being included in many years in the past. its driving distance from home the selection of work is always superb so i would be lying to say its not one of my … [Read more…]
actually, i know all to well what i was waiting for. the web page to fix itself or better yet a backup of the day before it died to show up in my inbox like i requested and was instructed, but i digress. it was broke, it is now fixed. so i managed without the … [Read more…]
a friend sent me this article today and it resonated in so many ways. i’ve applied the old addage, “a journey of a thousand steps begins with the first” since about age 9 and quite enjoy the pleasure of putting my feet to the pavement (ground, sand, et al) and just going – regardless of destination. … [Read more…]
a little anxious with the studio plans on hold, i easily got over it with the past couple of monsoon weekends where in we discovered: that the contractors who dug up the yard did not put all the dirt back (no, instead of packing it down they tossed what did not fit under the deck causing a … [Read more…]
between throwing and firing wedding pots and a dry salt firing of functional ware, which was more an experiment to see what residual salt would get me (the results were not too bad, and i admit the nice orange of reduction is growing on me) there wasn’t as much time this summer to get work made, … [Read more…]