Some snaps from "Looking Glass"

Looking Glass!

The show opens Friday, and I'm like, where's my woven labels at??  Well, I would sound like that if I was impersonating my students.  But really, where's my woven labels at???

I ordered 100 yds of woven ribbon with text on it and it should have been here by now. 

On the other hand, my last minute impulse (or well-researched and thought out) buy arrived today in record time and is cute as a button!

Here is the exhibition invitation image, I'm so excited about Friday!  

Count it down

'Looking Glass' opens at PAC Gallery on March 9, opening from 6-9pm. I will be posting (and mailing and emailing) the official exhibition invitation soon, but for now I'm just trying to get it all tied together.

 I bought a fancy new letralite which I have wanted since I used one at Pilchuck this summer, and I just completed my first image exposure which will be etched onto the glass using the sandblaster.
I have been madly trying to fire the kiln so that I can use some cast glass, but my fantasy life and reality are in a head on collision when I realize I have only been firing this for a month now. Thats ok! I'm so excited about this direction, that I'm eager to continue exploring it well after this show.

 

The letralite is a fun toy, can't wait to try more images out on it.  Below, I couldn't resist trying to snap a quick picture of the kiln at process temperature.  It just looks dark to me in my green welders glasses.

 

Maiden Firing

I have been itching for weeks to get the kiln setup finalized and fire it up.  Waking up in the middle of the night to plot how I should create my molds.  Waking up early in the morning to plot some more.  My partner has become used to waking by the sheer intensity of my brain waves and adept at mumbling, "Still planning the project?" and falling promptly back asleep while my jittery brain rattles on.  So goes solo show planning and kiln schedules.

Had a nice morning yesterday opening my studio up to the Cincinnati Art Museum's docents.  About ten of them came on a very bitter cold morning while I showed them some prototypes, video and paper pieces and talked about my process and influences.  Afterward, I ran home to check on the kiln at process temperature, and all seemed right in the kiln (and therefore the world).  Worked the rest of the day and then had a lovely dinner at a local Korean restaurant and off to my belated birthday present: tickets to see The Civil Wars at the Madison Theater across the river.  They are kind of gothic folk/alt country- great show!

 Melting out the wax... Not quite as simple as I thought.  I think I ruined the wallpaper steamer.  Don't tell Eric.

 The Civil Wars.  Awesome. I felt old going to a show and then home before midnight.  When did this happen???

 Two glass casts right after  I broke off the mold material.

 Next up: making a clay shim and a latex mold for single antler #2.

DC & NYC

Just returned from a week-long stint on the east coast, first to DC for a family Christmas, and then up to NYC for a brief visit to see some shows. We had a great time seeing my family and visiting the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn museum with our friends, Maggie and Tim (and delicious pizza and wine too!). We survived hosting Christmas Dinner for 18 people- thank god that's over- and seeing a Russian theater troupe put on Romeo and Juliet without words. Both were excellent- the beef tenderloin turned out perfect, as did the only slightly goth interpretation of R&J.

Our trip to NYC was mostly uneventful on the megabus- stayed at a cute little hotel in Chelsea and I got to view the de Kooning exhibit a second time. The crowds were insane, though, I wouldn't go up there at that time again. Also went to the Met and saw many of their wonders there.