well, i cant even think what i wrote about the last 2 times so i will try to recap...
i have been busy trying to get healthy- not really working yet.
i still do not have a job outside the house....still working on that- have applied yet again to UMA for several positions
mike, lee and alanna live with us and that is a whole other ball of wax-many ups and downs with blended family issues and all but we are all still alive so that about says it all....
the holiday pottery shoppe with the central maine clay artists went really well this year, i should be getting a return check back for the sales tax return and i have a valentines show coming up....
did i mention my health still bites!
studio has been closed up. i got done witht the flea market for financial reasons as well as inventory- or lack there of of new inventory... also the heater we bought for the studio was not sufficiaent enough and the clay froze...been working on prints, and boxes, and am assisting bob katz in the sculpture studio this semester. I will be creating a series of sculptures using balloons and plaster, cement, ice, wax all sorts of possiblilities....stay tuned!
survived 2 accidents- the 2nd totalling the jeep and leaving me hanging by the seatbelt for almost 45 minutes, the water pump dying, the water heater dying, and then the new wipers on the new car breaking and the new water heater breaking and so on and so on and on andon and on....
BREATHE...THIS TOO SOON SHAL PASS- (thanx sarah walton for those great words of wisdom)
SO CONTINUES THE LIFE AND TIMES OF....
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
yikes!
i guess its been a while huh?! Well a lot has transpired since last year and i have been busy procrastinating a lot of things. we bought a heater for the studio and i had high hopes that it would work...it helped but the studio is now closed for the winter and all my glazes, clays etc will need to be reclaimed in the spring.
I was again part of the Central Maine Clay Artists Holiday Shoppe this last Dec. I did better this year than last but given the issues facing me since my last post, i am excited i did this well. Overall, the group did exceeding well- $3000. over last year! I have been playing with the molds I acquired a while back, very hard work these molds, but WOW! what an interesting journey seeing them clay pieces emerge in tack and the eclecticism (is that a word?) and variety of the peices...i have since found something of everything from the '50's to early 1990's- strwberry shortcke, r2d2, pac man, dinosours, nativity sets, naked female mugs, the Monk (this was quite controversal in the late '60's-early '70's ), and soooo many more that i cant even contemplate at this time as to the extent of them all!
but...with my health issues i had to draw the line and take a break. that and the caring of the lalabug...welll sometimes you need to take a break and look at your other priorities. This is not to say that there havent been times when I have severely resented the fact that i cant be in my studio, i have many times, but this is life, we all have choices that we make and I will never regret that i tool the time to take care of my family, i regret that my body will not allow me to do everything i could have done even 10 years ago.
so as for the art...i am currently making s temporary studio again in the house, most of my clay and glazes froze but i have been able to save 150 lbs and some of the glazes. my work over the summer is fine and is/has been ready for bisquing and glazing. I have also been busy making boxes out of the old prints i have in storage,making new art forms out of old sort of thing. Liz and I are having our Valentimes Pottery/Art sale for the week before Valentines Day at UMA. look for more info-
will post pics of the hps and the vds soon.
I was again part of the Central Maine Clay Artists Holiday Shoppe this last Dec. I did better this year than last but given the issues facing me since my last post, i am excited i did this well. Overall, the group did exceeding well- $3000. over last year! I have been playing with the molds I acquired a while back, very hard work these molds, but WOW! what an interesting journey seeing them clay pieces emerge in tack and the eclecticism (is that a word?) and variety of the peices...i have since found something of everything from the '50's to early 1990's- strwberry shortcke, r2d2, pac man, dinosours, nativity sets, naked female mugs, the Monk (this was quite controversal in the late '60's-early '70's ), and soooo many more that i cant even contemplate at this time as to the extent of them all!
but...with my health issues i had to draw the line and take a break. that and the caring of the lalabug...welll sometimes you need to take a break and look at your other priorities. This is not to say that there havent been times when I have severely resented the fact that i cant be in my studio, i have many times, but this is life, we all have choices that we make and I will never regret that i tool the time to take care of my family, i regret that my body will not allow me to do everything i could have done even 10 years ago.
so as for the art...i am currently making s temporary studio again in the house, most of my clay and glazes froze but i have been able to save 150 lbs and some of the glazes. my work over the summer is fine and is/has been ready for bisquing and glazing. I have also been busy making boxes out of the old prints i have in storage,making new art forms out of old sort of thing. Liz and I are having our Valentimes Pottery/Art sale for the week before Valentines Day at UMA. look for more info-
will post pics of the hps and the vds soon.
Monday, November 1, 2010
halloween has come and gone...
and we woke up to a blizzard of great big huge snowflakes- what is up with that, I'd like to know!?!
The kiln is still down and we are wating to hear back from the bank on our loan. it is pretty much a done deal, but we have to wait for the semantics to fall into place and then onward and upward as the saying goes.
the studio is heated now and looking good. It is full of molds that I have been busy working with to see what they hold for treasurable pottery pieces. Have found a lot of vintage mugs...hmm interesting stuff to look forward too!
health is still not looking up...maybe soon by february anyway...they will be sending me to boston fo more opinions...hmmm so sick and tired of being sick and tired if you knw what i mean. and I have a reall bad case of bronchitus to boot!
but anyway I am still plugging and making clay!
God Bless
k;o)
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Mile Of Art 2010
What a Beautiful day! thank you everyone who came out and enjoyed the day with us. It was good to see returning art enthusiasts and newcomers as well. As always there were a few bumps but the overall turnout was great!
The new kiln had a bad day...a ix up in clays resulted in a melt down down the side of the kiln and covering the thermal coupler, elements and brick---so NOT good!
But we will move past this and continue on!
I will be taking more photos of the studio this afternoon and hopefully have them posted either here or on my facebook page so keep your eyes open, the changes are happening really fast!
Happy Summer Day!
k;o)
The new kiln had a bad day...a ix up in clays resulted in a melt down down the side of the kiln and covering the thermal coupler, elements and brick---so NOT good!
But we will move past this and continue on!
I will be taking more photos of the studio this afternoon and hopefully have them posted either here or on my facebook page so keep your eyes open, the changes are happening really fast!
Happy Summer Day!
k;o)
Monday, July 26, 2010
news about studio/gazebo-July 26 2010
check out my new photos of the gazebo going up and the studio's progress through my facebook link! it is coming along!!!!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
जुलाई १५, 2010
Hello all, It has been a whiule, I have been soooo busy with life that I havent had time to come in and say hi!
The baby-Alanna is one month old today, her and mom and daddy have moved in and LeeLee is excited over being the BIGGER BIGGER sister!
My hand is finally back to working condition although it is rough with haviung not bee working it.
the barn is coming along- I hope to have sold some of the wood from it soon- lot of people saying wow but so far not alot of $$ from it.
So I am back to making pottery and the things I am currently working on are mugs, cups and birdbaths. I am hoping to fire the kiln soon! other artworks are being finished in this long interim of healing! My new gazebo is up and we made the shelving units inside from the barn board and it looks great. Now that I am back in the swing of things and the cpu is up and running again I will be taking picts and letting you all see the process!
God Bless!
The baby-Alanna is one month old today, her and mom and daddy have moved in and LeeLee is excited over being the BIGGER BIGGER sister!
My hand is finally back to working condition although it is rough with haviung not bee working it.
the barn is coming along- I hope to have sold some of the wood from it soon- lot of people saying wow but so far not alot of $$ from it.
So I am back to making pottery and the things I am currently working on are mugs, cups and birdbaths. I am hoping to fire the kiln soon! other artworks are being finished in this long interim of healing! My new gazebo is up and we made the shelving units inside from the barn board and it looks great. Now that I am back in the swing of things and the cpu is up and running again I will be taking picts and letting you all see the process!
God Bless!
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