I celebrated the 4th by having a long day in the studio working on things for the upcoming Open Studio sale at Jan Longfellow’s house. Mostly, I worked on face shard magnetic pins in frames, and here they are. They are such fun to make. I have a couple of real favorites – will be hard to sell them.
Information on my first three fall workshops is now available on my website. I just finished uploading it and the descriptions are complete (except for the book workshop which will be described in greater detail later.)
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I took a trip to old San Fernando Cemetery yesterday morning to visit faces from the past. Besides the wonderful sculptures, there are always families, mostly in pickup trucks, driving slowly along the narrow paths in the cemetery, stopping at ancestors’ graves and getting out for a few minutes to look, talk and sometimes put fresh (plastic) flowers near the headstones. Here is one of yesterday’s favorite faces:
Yesterday was pickup day at La Vida Gallery – I brought home a couple of large pieces that were not sold at my show and six pieces that were. Friends had asked if I would pick up their purchases. They’re wrapped and ready to go – sigh, it’s harder than I thought now that they are back in my hands. But at least I can visit them!
I went by Ann’s shop today and saw some of the new work she’s done with the faces – she just keeps getting better and better. Here are a few of the new ones – they look spectacular “in person.”
This should be fun and different – I’ve never had an open studio somewhere else, but I’m looking forward to it. I’m planning to offer a free gift! Stay tuned.
That’s the name and theme I’ve decided on for a workshop I’m giving to a group of teachers in August – we will uses transparent media and discuss transcendent ideas take the ordinary object to the extraordinary by juxtaposing it with the creative and unexpected.
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These workshop have been so much fun – yesterday was the last one until August 19th when I’ll offer a two-part workshop with Ann Pearce – I’ll post the brochure here in a few days, but other classes will include Collage on Canvas and and Card and Votive workshop – stay tuned!
From Sunday, June 24th
From Sunday, June 17th
I was making some face shards for Ann Pearce’s jewelry designs yesterday and decided to try some little flat clay pendants. They remind me of game tiles or little ancient book covers. Here are three of them, just out of the kiln this morning – I’m still experimenting, but so far I like them and can also see them as part of my mixed media paper and earthenware collages. The one on the far right has gold leaf added. The others are finished with walnut ink and iridescent mica powder.
I stopped by Ann Pearce’s jewelry shop to deliver some little shard faces and I was wowed by what she had done with the shard face in this necklace. I didn’t have the iridescent leather, the beads or any of the other things that (besides the face I had made) gave it such special appeal. So I bought it! Actually, I traded it for more faces. When I wear it, I get tons of compliments and questions. Malcolm, the trainer at the gym next door to Ann’s, saw it and said “That brother has a lot on his soul.” Ann gets the credit for the design, but the face with the soul started out in my studio. Thanks, Ann, for elevating these little guys to such a fine status!
