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Address Plaque Workshop, Upcoming Shows, and Classes

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A great time was had by all as we toiled away in the heat this July weekend just prior to the wildfire season start up. Although we had one emergency cancellation just before class began, we still had plenty of good energy to make this a great creative gathering. A few newbies joined in with some old hands (literally and figuratively) and we had a wonderful class overall. Some folks already had address plaques they liked at home, and so opted for “plain-ol'” mosaics.

HA! As if there’s such a thing!
Here are some pics of the process and the final outcome of some of the work. Plus BELOW, some info. about upcoming classes and shows!

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I have a beginners mosaic class coming up this October 1st and 2nd during the Contemporary Mosaic Art Summit in Ashland, OR at Southern Oregon University.

We’d love to see you there for the workshops, but don’t forget the lectures by international mosaic artists. There’s also an Invitational Exhibit at the Thorndike Gallery at SOU, where I will have the 2 pieces shown here for sale:imag.landscape.lgViewfrom9F.lg

and don’t forget the wonderful Mosaic Exhibit and Silent Auction at Belle Fiore Winery on Thursday Oct.1st from noon until 6pm. There will be so many wonderful smaller treasures as well as larger works for purchase- and it’s a ONE DAY ONLY event.  Here’s the piece I’ll have there for sale:

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Clayfolk is coming!

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Well it’s that time of the year again- The 38th Annual Clayfolk Show and Sale is on the horizon. I’ve been spending days and nights non-stop creating new work for this year’s show so I hope to see a lot of folks there.

The platters I wrote about in my last post came out beautifully and I’m excited to get them out in the public view.

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The last batch of small bowls also came out great. I hope folks like these as much as I do!

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I’m getting some professional photos taken this week and looking forward to seeing what she does to make these look more appealing. I’ve never been the greatest photographer which seems ironic, but I guess we all have our weak spots!

In addition to prepping for Clayfolk, I was busy making and wearing my best Halloween costume to date- and it was all free! Gotta love that 🙂 I went as Sacajawea- Lewis and Clark’s guide to the west. She had a newborn infant strapped in her papoose the whole journey! What an amazing strong woman she had to have been to deal with all those white guys and a little baby to boot. Anyway, here’s the costume:

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Yep- that’s Raggedy Ann standing in for the infant! And my friend Sara hanging onto my boat for dear life! It was a fun party- and dancing in a boat is way fun. Really rockin’.

I also made some new “furniture” for my booth yesterday- plate holders from scratch. I got bamboo off-cuts from a friend and purchased dowel rods that I cut and sanded, and borrowed a drill press from another friend to make all the evenly deep holes for them. Only took an hour or so- and they turned out perfectly. I love when stuff works the way you want it to! I’m also creating a pedestal out of cardboard and putting a wooden top on it for sculptural pieces. I never seem to have enough surfaces for all the work I want to show!SAMSUNG

 

In addition, I created 8 “busts” to display scarves for our next show over at Talent City Hall, “Celebrating Textiles and Fashion”. We have 14 artists displaying their works for the next 2 months. Our first invitational show, and a really nice spectrum of types of work too. Hope some of you get to see it! It will be opening Nov. 13th and run through Jan. 10th 2014. 

Well- back to it. Just wanted to let you know I’m still out here working away! Hope to see you soon- or just keep checking in to see what’s next on my agenda.

I’ll be creating another crazy cake for the “It’s a Wonderful Life” party in December, as well as creating a new custom mirror project and possibly a new mosaic for the Upper 5 Vineyards here in Talent- a wonderful biodynamic vintner. Stay tuned.

The Blue Door Garden Store

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This cute little garden shop just started carrying some of my ceramic plaques!

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They are located in the historic gold mining town of Jacksonville,OR in a builing I’m guessing must be around 130 years old. It’s tiny, but very cute and it has really quality products.

They sell fountains, garden art, tools, lanterns, furniture, and these sweet little miniature garden furnishings for making fun container gardens for inside too.

Plus there’s Zoe, the long haired dauschund who guards the door, greets the visitors, and generally makes me smile.

Stop by next time you’re in the area, going to a show at the Britt Festival, or taking in some of the local wineries and scenery.

And tell them I sent you and you’d like to see more of my work 😉