Okay so not quite… But my work is there for a fabulous show with my new European representative. Pretty exciting….
Nov 3 08
My Guy
The first time I heard Obama speak I got chills. Wow, wouldn’t it be great to have a man with a silver tongue be our president after 8 years listening Bush I thought. And in that same moment I thought nah, no way, our country is to full of xenophobes to make that kind of change. But speech after speech and rally after rally this country showed that it can get over it’s past. And thanks to MLK and Jesse Jackson for paving the way. Let us not forget that the democrats had a woman vice-president about fifteen more years before the Republicans did. So while the Rovians played their cynical woman card those of us who are true feminists/humanists smirked and said I can see what you’re doing – especially as she went on to campaign hate to their base…. So they can continue the corporate hand-in glove republic their lobbyists have bribed so many millions away to achieve.
I’m not a religious woman, but I have been doing something very close to praying lately… I hope tomorrow we will be given reason to pause and celebrate. That Obama might get a chance to even the playing field and make this a real democracy again, to stop this endless war, to energize our economy with green jobs, to move towards universal healthcare and my personal favorite? Give us back the middle class I grew up worshipping. So that I may raise my girls not in an ownership society or a poverty society… both of which a misnomers… but just a society. Just a place where we all can enjoy the ideals of capitalism from a populist point of view.
If you’re on the religious right or you just happen to be, say, a staunch republican, I have a great quote for you that I saw on someone at the farmer’s market the other day: Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor.
Oct 23 08
Hey, where’d my bees go?
Oct 17 08
Symposium
O.K. So – the question is to go or not to go. We in Seattle have such a great metals scene. Some very hard working individuals who care about keeping the rest of us inspired get a great group of speakers together once a year for our symposium. Only hitch is that I and my girls are stupid sick – have been for 7 days now with no end in sight to this head cold. I really, really want to go…Some amazing speakers this year. Fred Fenster and Kristin Mitsu Shiga just for starters….May I please be well by 7 a.m. tomorrow!
Sep 25 08
I’m going to Milan!
Okay so not quite… But my work is there for a fabulous show with my new European representative. Pretty exciting….
A conversation between Matthew and me…….
Him: “Aren’t there too many pig jokes out there right now for you to be putting your face in the cake pan?”
Me: “You know I’m a heathen”
Him: “Heathen yes, cretin no”
Me: “Yeah, just put a little lipstick on me and I turn from cretin to heathen in no time”
Aug 7 08
My Girls
Alrighty, so many of you know I’ve been a bit preoccupied lately. I promise I’ll get back to posting about studio stuff at some point. But, with enough requests from those of you who blur that client/friend/family line to see photos of the girls I figured I better get some up. After 8 weeks of colic from Viv, we are finally in the clear and she is a much happier baby. Georgia (BBSE) – best big sister ever – is attempting with every ounce of her existence not to constantly maul her little sister with love. And failing miserably, so I’m on constant patrol.
Some might ask “what is the relevance of postings of your personal life through your professional website?” Though the girls are a currently a huge distraction from my life as a maker – they are also a huge influence in the context of things. My blog is a discussion of my PROCESS and life… not an exhibition space. My studio and home are connected by a breezeway. Metaphorically, a blog is just like that breezeway. When Georgia was about 3 yrs. old she did a bunch of really cool line drawing back in 2003 that inspired a whole new series of designs that I unveiled in 2005…. and the beat goes on….
Let’s make’um an offer they can’t refuse eh Bun-Bun?
Vivian Rose…3 months old and 20lbs!
That’s a pound every week ….I’m such the
proud breast feeding momma…..
Ms. Georgia Ruth & Ms. Vivian Rose
Jul 27 08
From crappy to worse to pretty damn good
My day had started off quite badly… Georgia(my 4.5 yr old) had me saying “them’s the rules” and had lost most of her priviledges before 9:30 a.m. Already late for my daughters school I spin around to see red dots on my beautiful new Orla Kiely bag – tomato vodka sauce from last night’s dinner had somehow made its way 10 feet from the dining table onto my new purse. These things — I’m increasingly noticing — HAPPEN when you have two little people in your house.
Then at noon, I spend a few vain minutes cleaning up to catch lunch with my accountant down on the water. After a lovely 45 minutes of adult conversation – my sweet bleary eyed Vivian awakes in her car seat, stirs slightly and then I realize it’s time to pick her up. Upon reaching around her sides my fingers get gooed with that turmeric-colored poop! Every kid has blowouts, but this was a mess unlike anything I ever saw with my first daughter. Suffice it to say I needed to ask the staff there for a dish rag they would ‘never see again’ just to even get us out the door. Of course, these things always happen in public. At this point I’m angry… at this point neither the gods nor the fact that it will be a full moon can explain the crappiness of this day…
BUT ….I came home and checked e-mail to find out Emilie Kleiner wrote about me on her blog, which seriously made my day. Emilie writes about artists that she likes and also likes keeping current with B.E.S.T. (Baltimore Etsy Street Team), design*sponge and lesser know arts online zines like ESOPUS.
Thank you Emilie!
Jul 10 08
As She Sees It
Being in touch with the right side of the brain is just not a problem for my 4.5 yr old right now. Like many parents, my husband and I are constantly mesmerized by the amount of sheer creative muster our daughter exerts. As we get older and all that darned conformity and rote memorization dumbs us down….. it is a really good idea to make babies so one can occasionally be reminded of just how open minded and cool we once were…Jul 1 08
Rocky Mountain High
Always excited when I can say I’ve got new work for a show. Just about to head out the door to Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver and wanted to post an image of some of the recent eye candy I’ve been working on. Guess I went a little nuts on making pendants. There will be over 50 to choose from — each poured a slightly different way. Jaw breakers, gum balls, long boards and just about anything else that looks like a lolly comes to mind. It will be a fun and exhausting trip, full of seeing other artist friends I haven’t seen in too long and family from Nebraska.
It is always a privilege to jury into this event! Wish me luck!
Jun 26 08
My Month in Flowers
You know those mags that promote giving one new flower to your special someone’s door every month? Well, I’ve always wished for one and finally it happened! Well, sort of. But quite by accident. The combination of my daughters birth, my birthday and Mother’s Day collided to make May a month-long flower extravaganza! I think I received more flowers in one month than I have in my whole life! Check out the parrot tulips and gorgeous bouquet from the farmers market! Also, Tiger Lilies, Skagit county pinks, and Forget Me Nots…..
