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Since writing about our project at Arizona State University’s Ceramic Research Center I’ve had a number of requests to talk in a little more detail about some of the methods and techniques that we used on the project. So I thought I would do exactly that. I’m a little late in that I had intended to publish this before we left on a recent trip to Mexico, but the clock ran out on me. Anyhow, here is an overview of […]
During the early part of November we had the opportunity to participate in fall program of Arizona State University’s Art Museum entitled “Defining Sustainability.†We were grouped with two other artists in a project that was entitled “Native Confluences: Sustaining Cultures.†I’m not sure exactly what that meant, but we willingly participated by doing that which we naturally do – creating with clay and fibers. The first part of the installment was done by a group called “The Post Commodity […]
Our workshop compound in Bucany, Slovakia as sketched by architect Radoslaw Barek of Poland.Traveling south from Denmark, where half of our workshop had been very wet and a tad bit cold, we looked forward to warmer and drier weather in Slovakia. To the contrary, our workshop there was wetter than anyplace we visited or taught in Europe. It started raining shortly after we arrived and continued throughout the week. Don’t let any of the photos below with blue sunny skies […]
This posting goes back to the month of June when we were in Slovakia for one of our European workshops. This will tell you a little bit about what we experienced there, a later post will cover the workshop. I’ve still got Germany to go as well as some other odds and ends, obviously those will come later. In that we’ve got a workshop starting today it will be a while before I post again, but for now, here’s Slovakia […]
What have I been doing for the last month in that I’ve made no posts to this blog? Without going into detail, here’s a quick summary: – S We spent a little over two weeks in northern New Mexico at Santa Clara Pueblo for the annual feast day and doing the finish plasters on Athena’s mother’s tiny new adobe house. – RWe returned home, took a deep breath and built a small movable straw bale structure during our week long […]