Masterworks – Bridget and Opal
The Carolina Designer Craftsmen show is coming up Thanksgiving weekend (Nov. 26-28, see http://www.carolinadesignercraftsmen.com/buytickets.php) at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh. I won’t have my own booth this year, but will be participating in their Masterworks Program. A Masterwork is defined by the Guild as “a piece that is superior in design, quality, originality, price and/or size to what you would normally make and display in your booth. This piece should be the same style of work that you are making now, but more elaborate and more wonderful. It could be...
Read MoreTHE FIRST Annual Alamance Studio Tour!
So far, I have not found a way to make art and keep up with things that need doing in the house, like laundry (cooking has been fairly regular), and keeping up with the social media to network and market my art. So thank you, readers, for checking in and know that if it seems I’ve quit writing, it probably means I’m in the studio. I have several new pieces–even have some pics. Pathos, the first in my newest body of work. Clay, slip, terra sigillata, underglazes. Don’t worry, they’re not all sad! I will post more soon. These days, I’ve been preparing for...
Read MoreThe Bascom and Craft in America
Sorry I haven’t posted in a while–lots going on. Unfortunately, some our our dogs have had serious health issues and that has kept me very busy. We have our hands full. Being an expert worrier, I have to confess I haven’t been eating and sleeping as I should. But I have been making as much art as I can. Anyway, this just in–a real day brightener! Max and Gizmo was accepted into the American Craft Today exhibition at The Bascom, in Highlands, NC. Carol Sauvion, executive director of the Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated Craft in America television series, was...
Read MoreShoulder Cats, in color
Finally! Shoulder Cat 1: Shoulder Cat 2: Both are sculpted in clay, hand built using coils and slabs. The color comes from underglazes. Each man is wearing a titanium...
Read MoreBig Flowers, Part II (Stems) and “Little Flowers” That Aren’t So Little
Segments of flower stems that will be stacked. Third graders made the leaves, Special Programs students made the lady bugs, and I extruded the stems, which are hollow. Right now, my plan is that these flowers will be 3 1/2 to 5 feet tall. Special Programs students also made other masterpieces, including six “small flowers,” 9 inches to a foot in diameter. Aren’t they adorable? After glazing, we’ll mount them on rods and...
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