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residency day 3

After some deliberation, I decided to put waxed book pages into the elongated seed pod shape I had begun working on yesterday.  I curled them, dipped them in wax and then set them into place.  This piece was hard to photograph in full, but hopefully the images give some indication on the size of the [...]

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in the studio

I have been coming back to this series “By Its Cover” and as it stands now, the end is definitely not in sight.  Too much inspiration and experimenting in this series to stop just yet!   I am reworking some earlier pieces and will show progress on those in a later post, but for now [...]

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augenschmaus

As part of my weekly schedule, I spend at least a couple of hours researching contemporary artists and engaging with their work and letting their creativity fuel my own.  For me, (currently knee deep in grad school papers and projects) I rely on this time of augenschmaus to not only keep me inspired, but to [...]

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playing catch up

I was away for 6 days at a conference / traveling last week and feel like I’m playing catch up!
2 biggest updates:
1) I helped my friend Phaedra, teach an encaustic workshop at the conference.  I absolutely love teaching others about encaustics and this was a real treat to be a part of!  People came into the [...]

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Art of Being Together

My work “Rootedness” (pictured above) has been chosen as a finalist for the L’Arche juried show “The Art of Being Together.”  If you are in the Vancouver area, the opening will be next Saturday, March 6th from 1-5 pm.  More details can be found here.  The piece is also eligible for Judges Choice and People’s [...]

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in the studio today

I went back at it today to wrap up this piece by adding a dried hydrangea and a few extra layers of wax.   (The images aren’t the best, so I’ll take more later, but I wanted to get these up right away!)  Here’s the result of “By Its Cover” #4:

And I managed to crank [...]

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in the studio today

For the last two days, I’ve been fighting a cold.  It’s the first time since coming to Vancouver that I’ve gotten a cold– I blame it on the weather going from see-my-own-breath cold to I-can-wear-flip-flops warm.
Regardless, I knew if I wanted to make the most of my break from classes, I had better get in [...]

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in the studio today

This is new piece I worked on all day today in the studio.  I attempted to create a pseudo-landscape by using book covers and threaded spines as the land, and a dried hydrangea (resembling a tree) growing out from it.
While I’m content with this piece for now, I hope to push this concept further in [...]

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some augenschmaus

Here are some pieces of art that I can’t take my eyes off.
I am stewing on these – both conceptually and visually – as I prepare to get back into the studio this weekend and begin some new pieces.  Nothing like some augenschmaus to inspire and motivate!

Inside Out
Jacqueline Rush Lee

Breathing Into
Daniella Woolf

Tenderness Held
Cari [...]

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January 23

If you’re in the Vancouver, BC area – come out and join us at Mainly Sweet Cafe!