I’ve been sick for two days! In May! This should not be allowed. There is simply too much to do and too much beauty in which to partake. Hopefully tomorrow I will be feeling better. Yesterday I did not really leave the bed, but today I did manage to trudge up to the studio for just a little bit.
Sunday night J and I hung out in the studio (my clubhouse, he called it) listening to Anoushka Shankar and doing freestyle yoga. It was a rather lovely way to celebrate that at least one part of my studio is completed enough to enjoy. The rug is laid out again, the wifi hooked back up, and new shelves are in the corner holding my assorted technological equipment. Here’s a look at my technology corner:
Next on my studio agenda is to finish a large piece that has been set aside for quite awhile. Here’s a detail shot:
That’s a pink ladyslipper, in case you’re wondering. I’m inspired to finish this piece by my new goddess statue that I purchased off Etsy. I really love this woman’s work, and hope to have more of her figures! Here’s a shot of the White Crackle Raku Goddess in her temporary location in my studio:
You’ll see why she’s inspiring me to finish the pink ladyslipper piece soon!
“What Lives in the Crowns of Trees”
You know the story of the Tortoise and the Hare, right? In fifth grade I played the Tortoise in the school play, and either I was exceptionally well-cast or the role stuck. I work slowly and carefully. So finishing a piece has always been a bit of a big deal for me!
I will be posting the deluxe image of this piece soon, and plan to offer only five prints of it, so let me know if you are interested and I’ll reserve one for you.
In other studio news, the remodel of my studio continues. I have a hand-crafted woodstove to install. She was made by the illustrious sculptor C. Andree Davidt, a good friend of mine, and you can see the love he put into her. She’s called “Hot Mama” and I can’t wait to put her in my studio! Here’s a simple photo of her:
“Hot Mama!”
The center of the apple is a solid sheet of Mica from our beloved mountains.
It will glow red when there’s a fire.
I also have a brand new white floor in my studio, and built-in shelves! Look for photos soon, plus pics of the beginning of some new pieces of Appalachian Ephemerals.
Dinner tonight was, well, hardly. We ate a lot of cookies first. Then Renee did do a bang up job on some devilled eggs (twenty-four to be precise). And we had all eaten some of Alex’s cabbage potato stew earlier, for a perfect late-afternoon-early-dinner. So there was plenty to eat, but we didn’t all [...]
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Two weeks ago I was scheduled to attend an art market, but my plans were thwarted by a minor emergency. It’s quite true that, emergency or not, my creative endeavors are often thwarted–by sick children or a busy husband or my own lack of energy–and that this has been a source of ongoing conflict in [...]
I’ve been painting lots this week. Walls. Studio walls. Making them white.
I’ve been wanting to do this since my studio was built, some four years ago. A purchasing error left me with beadboard that was glossy, and thus virtually unpaintable. I should have sent it back straight away, but it [...]
So I’ve finally gotten a moment to write about my experience with the Paint Out, the plein air competition held in Burnsville, NC every May. This is how the Paint Out works: all the artists arrive between 8 and 10 in the morning at the Burnsville Toe River Arts Council Gallery to have [...]
