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Featured Work: Bone Series
Did you know these pieces qualify for FREE SHIPPING?
The Bone Series has manifested itself in many variations, from small wearables to large installations. Pieces from this series have been exhibited In the Field and in gallery settings. But regardless of the environment they are displayed in, The Bone Series explores the remains of a form or a forms underlying structures. In turn, the exploration of decaying forms also discusses renewal or new growth.
These three pieces from this series are unique in that they have wire forms growing around the ceramic ‘bones’. They are reminiscent of aquatic creatures finding protection in a rock or coral allowing for new life to thrive in these structures.
250. each | free shipping available until February 28th
Feeling the Love!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Pop Up Art Show at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery yesterday! Drinking beer and buying art was a great way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon with you all!
If you couldn’t make it out to pick up some art hearts for your sweeties, you can always order from our online shop or swing by the studio and pick some up.
Happy Valentines!
Two Art Show Weekend!
This Sunday is a day of art opportunities!
Take Aways: Art to Go at the PVAC Gallery opens from 2- 4 with a plethora of affordable artwork by local artists and A Pop Up Art Show at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery from 4 – 8 will showcase 4 local artists selling creative gifts just in time for Valentines. You can find my work at both locations!
At PVAC, I will be showing 3 brand new pieces from my Lichen Series. These works are ceramic pieces mounted on reclaimed wood, inspired by mushroom spore patterns and designed to add a piece of nature to your wall space.
At A Pop Up Art Show, I will be showing small sculptures from my Nest Series, seed pods, Bone Series Necklaces and lots and lots of Art Hearts. I will be showing alongside the talented Nora Dougherty, Mariclare McKnight of Cadette and Claudia Stevens.
Join Us
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Take Aways: Art to Go
PVAC Gallery
37 Sudden St | Watsonville
Sunday 2 – 4
Pop Up Art Show
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery
402 Ingalls St | Santa Cruz
Sunday 4 – 8
Nest with Blue Pods
Did you know that this piece qualifies for FREE SHIPPING?
After making dozens of ceramic nests, there are only two large nests left available in this limited series. This once greets me as I walk into my studio and casts the most beautiful shadows when the morning sun comes through my studio door.
This nest has three blue slate colored pods that are fused to the bottom of the outer shell, the pods are visible but also shielded by the outer webbing.
All of the pieces in this series are hand-built, hand-carved and created with a unique process that fuses the inner pieces to the outer. They are made from high fired stoneware and each piece is original and unique.
$425. Free Shipping available until February 28th
Inspired by Nature
Even in the middle of these crazy winter storms we’ve been having, I try to get out into nature everyday. My dog Indy is my partner in crime for these adventures which can consist of an easy stroll along west cliff drive to long hikes into the redwoods or a road trip up the coast in search of empty beaches and washed up treasures. I usually share photos from these explorations on my Instagram feed (click the link to follow along) but thought I’d share a few here too.
The textures, colors, structures and compositions I try to capture these photos all follow me back into the studio and manifest themselves in some way into my clay forms. It can seem like a guilty pleasure to take a few hours each day for exploring and wandering when I could be in the studio building but I truly believe that without exploration there would be no inspiration.
Drink Beer! Buy Art! Pop Up Show!
It’s Free Shipping February!
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If you haven’t been able to make it to the studio or a gallery opening to start collecting my work, now’s your chance! Work from the Rock Candy, Hive, Specimen, Nest and Bone Series all qualify for free shipping for the month of February.
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Free Shipping coupon is valid 2/1/17 – 2/28/17 in the US only and excludes gift items, books and classes.
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Video: Packing for NCECA
Packing up the 200 pieces from my Hive Series to ship off to Portland is no small feat. Each piece is wrapped in bubble wrap, those pieces are boxed up, the boxes are crated up and the crate will get picked up and shipped off soon. Fingers crossed everything survives the journey. Can’t wait to see this piece installed as a part of The Evocative Garden NCECA 2017 exhibit at the Disjecta Contemporary Art Center.