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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
Process, Progress, and the Joy of Making Stuff
All winter a pair of Northern Cardinals flew around my yard and would sit in the tree outside my desk window. I love birds and living among Cardinals is a new experience for me.…
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natureofbeing (69)in #sketchbook • 6 years ago
My Sketchbook Spotlight, The Early Days
Yesterday I came across @doctorcrypto's "Sketchbook Spotlight: A place for sketches new and old" . I've always loved seeing exhibits that also show the artist's sketchbooks so…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
A Flight of Fancy or A Potential Reality?
here I'm assembling a repeating tile design If you’re a creative, you have no doubt contemplated the market, the financial end of your dreams and how to balance this with…
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natureofbeing (69)in #hardfork-series • 6 years ago
Hardfork Series Swag Development (Attempt)
Inspiration has never been in short supply when it comes to my creative process and I always have an abundant flow of good ideas for things to create. However, the time and…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
A Welcome Project, Firebox Tiles in Sage Green
These days I love tile projects that are meditative and don’t ask too much of me creatively. This might sound counterintuitive since I'm an artist and after all isn't creativity…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
Studio Visit, Mt. Hood Tile Mural
Happy Saturday everyone, it’s been a pretty good week here in my little corner of life and I hope it has been in yours as well. It feels so good to finish, pack up and ship art…
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natureofbeing (69)in #life • 6 years ago
My Spotty Participation
Yesterday when I looked on Steemit for the first time in a few weeks I realized that the landscape here has really changed. My feed is populated most prominently with different…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
Love The One You’re With, Embracing My Workspace
Ta da -----> my new studio! No it’s not the 1000 SF ceramics studio outfitted with 4 kilns, a RAM press, well-stocked shelves of materials, and much more that I just left…
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natureofbeing (69)in #life • 6 years ago
Volatile Topics Over Dinner?
Here we were about 12 people sitting in contentment having just eaten a delicious Thanksgiving dinner. It’s unusually cold at 11 degrees outside and we are sitting in the warm…
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natureofbeing (69)in #steemit • 6 years ago
It’s Always a Good Time to Say Thank You!
Each year around Thanksgiving I find myself wondering why in western culture we don’t say “thank you” more often. After all, it has such benefits like the instant dopamine high…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
Does Being Creative Depend on Having a Space?
How important is a work space? What kind of space do we need to create? I’ve been thinking a whole lot about these questions recently. While moving out of one studio and into…
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natureofbeing (69)in #life • 6 years ago
Reflections on a Summer of Great Change
This past summer was so full that I’m still digesting it all. Although this period of intensity has been in the works for some time, in June we began the physical dismantling of…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
Why make stuff?
getting my creative juices flowing in my studio I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to change up my paradigm as an artist. For a few years I’ve been hungry for something…
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natureofbeing (69)in #poetry • 6 years ago
In Praise of Poetry and Gifts
In July I received this amazing gift from @yahialababidi —> a copy of his beautiful book “Balancing Acts, New & Selected Poems 1993-2015”. I won it in one of his giveaways…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 6 years ago
Studio Visit: Hawaiian Landscape Mosaic Complete!
Detail of "Mahalo", an Hawaiian landscape mosaic I made this past spring Hello dear friends! Holy smokes, it finally happened, after 6 months of work, my mosaic mural…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 7 years ago
Announcing Winners to thegreatceramicsgiveaway #2!
Hello Friends, thank you for participating in the second of my ceramics giveaways ! This time, was 2 sets of Porcelain Leaf plates lined with white gold trim and made from a…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 7 years ago
Studio Visit, Putting the Pieces Together
Hello Friends, I'd like to finish out this week with a few images showing some current work on the Pool House Mosaic project which is an Hawaiian landscape, loosely titled…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 7 years ago
greatceramicsgiveaway #2: Leaf Plates With White Gold Trim
Leaf Plates, retail value $22-$27 USD each Good day friends, my giveaway continues with week 2 of 5. Today I’m giving away 2 sets of pressed leaf plates and once again there…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 7 years ago
Winners From My First greatceramicsgiveaway!
Good Morning Friends, today I picked 2 winners from the 8 entrants to my first of many greatceramicsgiveaways for handmade pigmented porcelain incense burners. I want to…
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natureofbeing (69)in #art • 7 years ago
Studio Visit: Visual Update on Pool House Mosaic Mural
cat with Birds of Paradise flowers just cut in wet clay Hello fellow Steemians, to finish out the week I’d like to give you a visual update on my pool house mosaic mural…
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