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Finished and gone!
Wow, 2 solid weeks of work! the pieces put together are 3' x 10' they will stand vertically I have yet to see them that way as my ceiling is not that high. Hopefully I will get a picture one day... If...
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Quiet
I have a little break between projects I have been wanting to combining my fusing, mosaic and my little cutouts.There is a story in here somewhere...
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Save yourself
I am not certain about the title of this piece... It's been brewing in my head for a few months and I had about a week to work on it. It's been a month of paperwork for me and little else. Tomorrow I...
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Thinking and drawing
I am doing a lot of sketching right now of a piece I am going to do with children for the Saint Paul library which got me looking at some older work. This one is about my daughters, I was never very...
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Draw your veggies!
Frantically finishing one project whilst designing 2 more. Drawing feels like a relaxing break from mosaic.
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Texture and quietude
These 10 pieces were finished and shipped to Boston on Wednesday! The spiral is made of coral and turquoise, it's 4 x 2 the white is a mixture of very old plates with lots of crazing.
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Big bell!
My son likes this one but he is a lover of the red, yellow and orange peppers and he loves his mom!
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The waiting place...
...for people just waiting.Waiting for a train to goor a bus to come, or a plane to goor the mail to come, or the rain to goor the phone to ring, or the snow to snowor waiting around for a Yes or a...
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kids and community
I had the pleasure of spending most of this perfect day outdoors installing a mosaic at Maxfield Elementary school. It was sponsored by my new friend Nettie and her non profit Nettie and Friends. It...
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Kids and community again!!
tis the season...I worked with approximately 400 kids and their parents at the flint hills international children's arts festival to create 3 mosaics for the St. Paul public library this past...
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And it begins!
It's been an incredibly busy and HOT summer so much to talk about I am only going to talk about the project of this week. I am so lucky to be working with 10 young artist apprentices they are...
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Day 1 installation
It's been a very intense three weeks and we finished the mosaic! So now it's installation time, of course I had no time to shoot pictures while we were working so you are not seeing photos of the 10...
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Day 2, mosaic installation
The between the heat and the weight of the tiles.... We are all very tired. Things are going well some mistakes have been made and tile was pulled repositioned but all is well tomorrow the last layers,...
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Days 3 and 4
Yesterday was my last day with the kids I will truly miss them, they were inspiring! hats off to them! I've a little more grouting to do and some scrubbing too. I was glad to be there to witness the...
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In the meanwhile...
I have been working on a series of five pieces for a restaurant in S.F. Each piece is 4 x 3... I think ...they left the studio yesterday!On to to the next thing....
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A brief and unplanned rest
I had just begun the next commission when it was deemed necessary to wait due to some conflicts...Which means catching up on much needed paper work (blah!) and a little play time (yay!) I am a little...
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self portrait
I was looking at the paintings of Barkley Hendricks from his exhibitionBirth of the Cool. I love the power that these figures hold. I wanted to make a piece about power real or imagined.I have always...
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Contemplating white
Before this year, I was known for color, my work is generally filled with patterns and multiples of bright colors but this year most of my commissions have been for white. So I am thinking...
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