Living Doll

The work of my friend Christine, Over at Du Buh Du Designs, on the cover of The Source this week (she let me interview her...)

First Friday today! Lone Pine and the PoetHouse are ready to go... Photos to come.

Etsy Updates, Events Upcoming, Everything Unusual

Back in the Studio, after a restful holiday, hit the ground running...

I spent this beautiful, very un-Decemberlike day working on all things internet.  

I am hoping to soon get back to actually discussing the creative process instead of just updating on goings on, but Until that happens- How about a List-

• Several Artists I know are gearing up for Red Friday... Including my friend Christine over at DuBuhDu who has made some lovely ornaments...  Check out my Etsy Shop as well (the link is over that way---- to the right and down)
  
• The PoetHouse has started a new fundraiser to pay the rent, so the artists don't have to.  The resident artists donated a piece of artwork to have reproduced and sold locally, with all proceeds going to the PoHo.  They look lovely.  
• Good Things Come in Small Packages opens this Friday, at Bohemia Gallery in Ashland.   
• First Friday this week at the PoHo will feature the work of Tom Monson- Check out his work if you are in town, his site is super cool too.

One of my pieces in the Small Packages Show.

Eureka

Final Savasana, Yesterday afternoon. Been kinda letting this one incubate, not sure which direction it would go, when WaahLaaa. "Of course, that's exactly what I should do." (I'm not gonna tell you what yet. It's more fun as a mystery) It involves lots more cutting and pasting. Lots. But I am excited to have a direction for this one, it makes the work a lot speedier.

Now, final savasana is supposed to be a relaxing few minutes where you are to clear your head. Dead Body Pose. Absorbing the benefit of the yoga practice, rejuvenating oneself, reanimating. While it makes sense that this is often where ideas reveal themselves (my brain is finally quiet enough to listen, I suppose) it is kind of a distraction to be struck with solutions at that moment. I find myself wanting to say out loud "well Duh," then jump up and run off to the studio to get to work. Yoga seems to not only get my physical energy moving, but my creative energy as well.

If you haven't checked out any of my links lately- take a moment to go look at Du Buh Du. I am just in love with her latest set of girls, mainly because they are painting class dolls- and So fashionable. I wish I was as cute back in Painting 1(and painted this well) instead of wearing grubby jeans and paint splattered tee shirts.

Bird Brains

My friend Michael believes that once an idea is uttered, it goes out into the world, and other people pick up on it. Kind of a group conciousness meets invention type ideal. I think maybe on some levels he is right. I've been working on these two pieces on and off since before the christmas journey. The turqouis dress is made of many many tiny feather shapes. It has taken hours and hours, but been meditative and very satisfying to work on. I wish I could make myself a dress like this to wear. I would feel so fancy.I've also been using a lot of peacock imagery, which for many cultures is a symbol of freedom and good luck. And then you have the sparrows, which I have written about before. Birds are one of those symbols that I feel will never become cliche. And Like my compass shapes, I am starting to see peacock feathers everywhere.
My friend Christine over at DuBuhDu Designs has birds on the brain as well, manifesting in these beautifully delicate little masks for her handmade dolls to wear. I adore them. If I can't make myself a dress of turquoise feathers, maybe one day I can have Christine make me a life size mask to wear. I would wear it driving around town, and cleaning up the airstream (my sisters friend Julie used to wear her tiara while cleaning and it made her feel fabulous, I think it is a grand idea).