Armatured and ready

I put together a couple of quick armatures for a sculpting session last night at Litmus Gallery and Studio with the Raleigh Sculpture Group. I use this type of armature to build my clay figurative sculptures on. Jock Gault taught me the basic principle for this simple form during a class at NC State Craft [...]

I get to be there

The most fantastic thing about my work as a pre-school art instructor is I get to be there to see so many incredible things. I had a student who was so stressed out when he came to my class the first time, I could tell I wasn’t seeing the real him.
On his first day, this [...]

Devaluation of artists

” If a work can be called “art” simply because its author claims it to be such, then there is no such thing as art. If anything can be art, then nothing is. And this principle has a broader application: If anything can be true (or moral, good, right, etc.), then nothing is. Rather than [...]

Really good guacamole

I knew the guacamole would be incredible today. My daughter sliced open the avocado and twisted to release the seed. She found…

I hab a code

These earthenware sculpted Techno Bugs were fun to make. All are slab construction, even though I know experienced potters will look at them and go, “Whatttt???” because they’re so round and smooth. -But again, I say slab construction, hand carved and glazed designs.

Dark day

It was raining last night.  I had to go alone to this charity art auction because my husband is sick and I promised I’d be there. My piece was in the auction and earned second place in the prior event.  There I was in the middle of a crowd of people I didn’t know. It [...]

Belgian beer and an umbrella

Artist, Scott Renk, has generously offered to buy me a Belgian beer and an umbrella. Do not assume I take bomb threats lightly! I would love to link to his site on my sidebar, but the link is invisible. Perhaps there is some silent war being waged between mac and wordpress? I am naive. I [...]

New Leaf

Sometimes you just have to do it no matter how many people attempt to hold you back by trying to make you feel guilty, undeserving, afraid or inadequate. You just have to get in there and do what is good for your life and for your family. So…here’s the warning label I wrote up [...]

Modern Nature

Here is a piece I felt compelled to make after a bronze casting session with the incredible Kevin Eichner, who’s work echoes the shapes and fragile looking fronds of plants.
This piece is still in the drying process and I will probably finish it with enamels. Glazes would be too thick. – I’d lose texture [...]

No bugs were harmed in the making of this collection

Some people (my husband) actually claim my bug collection isn’t a real collection because it only contains one bug. I say it *is* a collection because I found the bug, I “collected” it *and* it’s here in my display case. Hello! display case! That makes it an official collection! So, it’s a collection of one. [...]