Once again, someone I love has passed from the planet while I am on a residency: Paul’s mom, Barbara. She was in her 80’s and had been having sad difficulties since January. She left along with Michael Jackson, the same day, which made checking e-mail, waiting for news about her, a bit more surreal than [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Adjustment
Posted in family on June 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Also Unearthly Earth (under all that somewhere)
Posted in Hollander beaters, Upstate NY, hard of hearing, road trips on June 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This, too, is New York.
I had an excellent time meeting David Reina yesterday, and going over every feature of the beater with him. He said that very few bronze ones were ever made, and that a sculptor fabricated the tubs. Likewise, I had a fine time meeting Shannon at Carriage House; they are both warm, [...]
Segue: Unearthly Earth
Posted in Upstate NY, Women's Studio Worshop, exhibitions, travel on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It’s a dreary, drenched grey Saturday, and my work is at a standstill. The next stage on the piece I’m building involves the band saw, which is in another building, and apparently I missed Chris (the studio manager) this morning, to see about using it. My car is still loaded with the beater, which is [...]
When one door (to the beater room) closes…!
Posted in Hollander beaters, Women's Studio Worshop, hand papermaking, my artmaking process, non-academic life!, road trips on June 17, 2009 | 9 Comments »
The NEA bought me a beater today!
Well, not really, but yes really: my NEA stipend from the WSW paid for an early Reina beater. Tomorrow or Monday, I will drive it down to David Reina’s shop in Brooklyn, and he will have it retrofitted with a roll height counter, and ‘dial it in’ for [...]
Flourish
Posted in Women's Studio Worshop, artists' books, artists' residencies, bookbinding, hand papermaking, my artmaking process, non-academic life!, paper sculpture on June 11, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Dyed kozo, flax and abaca
I am bad at the blahgin’ right now, mostly because I’m so, so utterly absorbed here, so here are random images. Tonight is unique in that I reached a natural stopping point and came up to the apartment at 11:30. Most nights, it’s been well after 1 am., sometimes 3 am, [...]
Well, that was fast…
Posted in Marilyn Sward, Women's Studio Worshop, artists' residencies, my artmaking process, non-academic life!, paper sculpture on June 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I’m deep into the studio, into my work, making manifest something I’ve been thinking about for a long time, and it’s going slow but well (it always goes slower than I’d like, but then it’s my attention to detail that causes that, and is worth it).
I’ve had some excellent conversations, getting others’ perspectives on the [...]
