ACTIVITIES Here we are, another week has passed and I feel like there’s not much going on to talk about.
I’ve done a little glazing, a little throwing. A lot of kiln work going on at school. Two loads this week, loading a third with the potential of a Saturday session.
We did have a few good spills this week. One glaze and one throwing bucket. Enjoy the images!
ARTS AROUND I’m still searching for some ways to incorporate what’s going on, maybe it’s just a low point in activities. Calls have come out for SVOS recently, that always in or around May. NCECA is coming next month, so that’s exciting. So as the daylight hours grow, so will some of the opportunities to check out the arts.
Here I am. New year, new attempt. Here are a few things that I found along the way this past week. This week had us travelling, part of that was in Tucson.
The Miniature Museum. Fascinating what people do. I find it intriguing and at the same time I wonder why. The mechanics are interesting but the concept of making miniatures, I’m still sitting with.
Ignite Sign Museum in Tucson, AZ. A great collection of all sorts of signs and both a neon bending demonstration and a restoration in progress. It delivered a lot more than I was expecting. I’ll go back again to see more as I’m sure I missed a bunch of signs and interesting information.
Traveling makes me tired. A few hours of driving, some amazing fry bread lunch, a few hours of flying. Makes for a bloated feeling at night.
We live close enough to San Francisco that we can visit for a few hours. Family trip to SF for a little shopping for the girls, muffaletta from Sandy’s and then a Smitski hunt. Ended up at a mall in Japantown and found some. They bought me one from the artist series. It’s called the Source, the character is pouring something out of a pot. I like the pot, it seems fitting.
We had a fun time with family friends at their annual celebration and actually I was awake for midnight, the first time in some years. Slow morning with coffee at the kitchen table this morning. Enjoying the morning sun and the trees.
I appreciate Austin Kleon’s take on resolutions, he waits for the dust to settle and then uses the shortest month of February with 28 days to start anew. There is more to it than that and if you are interested, check out more of his work.
