Fresh out of the kiln, these new Art Hearts with Baja inspired designs are super sweet!
They are available as ornaments or on metal stems to plant in the garden. Each one is hand made and glazed individually and at 500p each, they make great gifts!
We’re open by appointment only, so please drop us a message if you’d like to come pick some up!
I’ve been so busy lately sharing updates and events at the studio plus the work of other artists, that my own work has been slightly back burnered. Which is not to say that I haven’t been making work, I just haven’t been sharing as much as in the past. So to bring you back into the fold of my own work, here’s the latest work to leave the studio.
Water Columns | Ceramic, Steel, Cable | 80,000 mxn/4600usd each
Water Columns are an expansion of the Bone Series which explores the unseen world of plankton. My interest in planktons began with microscopic images of radiolarians (single cell zooplankton) that have intricate and beautiful skeletal structures. In doing more research about them, I discovered just how important they are for the health of the planet.
Plankton are the base of the aquatic food web, they provide half of the planet’s oxygen and they absorb carbon out of the atmosphere, trapping it in the deep oceans when they die. I finds inspiration in the fact that even though they are too small to be seen with the naked eye, a bloom of plankton can be so large that it can be seen from space. In light of our changing climate, sharing the importance of these tiny and beautiful water based creatures seems vital to understanding how we are all connected.
It was fun to receive this video of travel bloggers who visited Whidbey Island, WA where one of my pieces lives at the Price Sculpture Forest. The Lichen Series | Spore Patterns installation was created in 2021 and is among dozens of amazing sculptures embedded into the landscape of the forest – definitely plan a visit if you’re in the area! The Sculpture Forest is featured at about the 8 minute 50 second mark on the video – check it out!
About the Art: Lichen Series | Spore Patterns:
This piece is inspired by the biological structures of mushroom gills and the patterns the spores leave behind. The over 300 ceramic forms are based on a type of shelf fungus that has a leathery surface and wedge shaped form that anchors itself to the side of decaying trees. This piece is a 12 foot diameter circle about 18″ high off the ground and is placed at the Price Sculpture Forest on Whidbey Island in Washington state.
Conceptually, mushrooms speak of the cycle of life and death, since mycelium begins breaking down the dead waste in nature and the fruits of the mycelium (the mushrooms) are the new growth that comes from it. The spores that are dropped from the mushroom gills, spread the growth and the cycle continues. Mycelium are some of the largest living organisms on earth stretching underground over miles of terrain creating networks of communication throughout the landscape. This network makes them a symbol of growth through connection and how we are all connected to each other and to the systems and structures of nature.
Once again, I am equally amazed and delighted by all of you who came out to find us in the middle of the desert and share in our art adventures! By our count, we welcomed nearly 200 visitors for the opening reception of H2O! What?!?
Thank you so much to everyone who attended and to all the amazing artists who put some very long days into making the work for this exhibition – it is absolutely extraordinary!
We love supporting working artists, so if you saw some art that you’re interested in purchasing, please contact us. Local delivery is included in your purchase and shipping options are available.
If you missed the opening – don’t worry! The exhibition runs through the end of May and we have lots of pop-up events happening in the coming months. You can also book a private tour of the studio and sculpture garden – so come visit!
We are SO grateful for everyone who has donated to our sculpture garden mission!
With your help we are able to create new sculptures for the permanent collection of the Earth Art Studio sculpture garden, off-set local artists costs for exhibiting here, maintain the trails + make upgrades to the garden but most importantly, make visits free to local schools + educational groups.
We have installed new 3D ceramic GRACIAS letters in the garden and are creating personalized plaques for each donor. New native plants are being added alongside ceramic creations, it is a perpetual work in progress!
Want to be a part of it?
Click here to donate and we’ll make a plaque to add to the garden in your honor!
Just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Handmade ceramic Art Hearts are the perfect gift for the loves in your life. They are available in a variety of styles on metal stems that can go in the garden or get tied up with a bunch of fresh flowers or on twine loops that make great ornaments.
Pick some up today at the Barro Sur gift shop or at Earth Art Studio in Todos Santos.
What began as a sketch a few months ago has now (almost) become the newest sculptures in the studio! The ‘Water Columns’ are steel frames with plankton inspired ceramic forms suspended within the frame. The steel was fabricated by my husband Nate, and he gets extra points for figuring out all the math to cut the angle iron just right to get everything to match up, it was really tricky but he did a great job! Now I’m working on getting them painted and then will add in the ceramic forms with steel cables. Excited to see these actually come to life find a home in the sculpture garden.
I’ll be sharing these pieces during Todos Santos Open Studio Art Tour January 31 + February 1st from 10 – 4 and they will be exhibited as part of the Art Baja Patio exhibition late March, come see them in person!
The sculpture garden just got a little bit cooler with the addition of our new nest! El nido has been a work in progress over the past few weeks and it was just recently finished. Javier and Julietta of Arte con Madera del Desierto worked their magic weaving palo de arco into this amazing structure. We’ll be adding a table and benches to complete the shaded picnic area soon.
Come visit El Nido in person!
El Nido in progress…
It’s still a work in progress but we are adding a shade area to the sculpture garden that will be our picnic area, its a dome shape with two arched doorways and it will be woven with locally sourced palo de arco sticks that will give it a nest like structure.
Right now, the workers are designing the skeletal structure of the form with rebar and anchoring it to the ground with concrete footings, the steel is coated in a mesh and tinted concrete skin to protect it and help it blend into the natural wood. Next the wood will be woven and braided into the structure.
Here’s a few images of the the mock-ups and work in progress of El Nido…
We had to remove The Swarm installation over the summer because it’s original placement was in the arroyo and we didn’t want it to get washed away in a storm. But now that we’ve got the sculpture trail all cleaned up again, we re-installed it in a slightly new location.
This piece is a perpetual work-in-progress as new insects will be added over time allowing for the swarm to continue to grow. It is inspired by the shapes and varieties of the very strange insects we have in our desert ecosystem including our prolific honeybees that swarm from location to location. Amazingly, a swarm of actual honey bees flew over us during the installation – wish we had gotten some video of that too!