I just read here that Rocco Landesman was confirmed yesterday as chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts.  This Obama nominated change coming into the art world makes me hopeful (even on a very early morning after a not long enough night).   And I like Landesman’s simple and to the point new slogan for […]

It is the same almost every summer….I must force myself to be in the studio.  With the sunny skies, warm air, and just plain preciousness of it all, I would so much rather be swimming, going to outdoor concerts, playing in the garden, preparing fresh foods that are finally coming from  close by, and quite […]

 
My week in the Badlands was a whole lot of everything.  I think it is that way when one who is used to spending lots of time by herself is all of the sudden one of sixteen!  We were a wonderful group of makers and seers and some amazing collaborations took place. 
 But for me personally, […]

I would like to go here. 
 Santa Maria Church
 
 
 And then swim here.  
 Sport Facilities ‘Ribera-Serrallo’

Photographs of Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza’s works were taken by Duccio Malgamba, curtosy of Dezeen. 
 
Instead, I’ll be visiting the Badlands.  I”m heading to the Wild West tomorrow, and will return with new inspirations, good stories and some images of my own!
 

Pompeii, Campania
2006
Archival Inkjet Print
   
Last night I went to an artist talk in conjunction with a photography exhibition by Brett Kallusky.  The images he captured while spending time in  southern Italy on a  Fulbright grant a few years ago had a stark dreaminess to them and were quite lovely to see.  But my favorite part […]

 
 
Last week I received a most wonderful and unexpected package in the mail.  It was a copy of 500 Ceramic Sculptures from Lark Books. 
 
These are the two pieces of mine that are featured in the book.  
 
 
Vessel #160, 7×4.5×4.5                                       Vessel #163, 6×8.5×8.5    

            
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Last month when I was in Los Angeles, my dear sister friend Clare was just beginning the preparations for an event that was held last week.  The lovely Heather, of Taylor de Cordoba Gallery, offered up her space for a trunk show.  Since the space is too small for pedestals and people at the same […]

    
The Iditarod began last week on March 7 while I was coincidentally reading Winterdance, The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulson.  The book kept me up way too late a few nights and only encouraged my mild obsession with the light and sound and great expanses of wilderness in Alaska and Greenland. […]

  
A few friends were recently up at their cabin in Canada.  They didn’t see any other people the whole time they were there.  The blue light from the almost full moon sounded enchanting, and the quiet they described must have made the paw prints of wolf feel fresher, and their owner closer.
 But what marked me […]

In her holiday book list, my friend Martha recommended The Sculpture of Ruth Asawa, and I have been enjoying it tremendously.  There are images of her wire sculptures that I could look at for hours. 
 
 
 

I love the transparency, the directness of the material, and maybe most of all, the simplicity.
 

What I am finding to […]

Last year my studio partner and I moved (me, for the fourth time!) into a new space at the Northern Clay Center.  The corner studio that we share is really one of the best, and I often must remind myself to be very very grateful for having such a wonderful […]

being a perfectionist, beginning is sometimes a challenge for me.  for some time, i have been thinking about starting this blog.  lately, i have tired of simply “thinking” about doing it, and i have realized that while i do not love this trait in myself, it may very well be a part of my […]