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!
Need something unique?
These Trinket Necklaces with ceramic and steel hand made, mini-sculptures on leather cord with copper elements are the perfect gift!
These are the last four pieces in this series! Each necklace comes with its own mounting board, so when you’re not wearing it, your wearable sculpture will still be on display.
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*these will ship from California to anywhere in the US
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This fun and creative project, Proyecto de Calaveras actually has a serious goal, to raise money to support our local rancheros who were losing dozens of livestock due to severe drought conditions.
My cow skull is designed with turquoise ceramic horns and is crawling with colorful ceramic dermestid beetles, an homage to the beauty of the cycle of life. He does need a name if anyone wants to come up with some creative suggestions!?
There is a Go Fund Me set up if you’d like to donate directly (note donation amounts are in pesos not dollars) or come down to Galeria Mangos in Todos Santos June 14-21, 11am-4pm to bid on a skull decorated by a local artist.
Just in case you missed it!
Please check out these talented artists that participated in our first group exhibition Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras!
I’m so sad to see this show go, I have loved having every single one of their works in my studio and sculpture garden. Learn more about each artist and their work through the Artists Sharing Artists series.
You can follow them on social media to keep in touch with their creative endeavors! Enjoy and be sure to come see our next exhibit coming this fall!
Sticks + Stones | Palos + Piedras Artists: Christa Assad, Steven Jacobi, Abel Martinez Gonzales, Kevin Wickham, Jenni Ward, Natalia Szalc, Ulises Martinez, Paolo Melandri + Rudy Mendoza.
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Coastal Rail Trail’s latest segment opens
SANTA CRUZ >> Community members, local leaders and hundreds of Bay View Elementary students packed into La Barranca Park on Bay Street in Santa Cruz Wednesday morning for the official opening ceremony for the Segment 7, Phase II portion of the Coastal Rail Trail. People walk through Santa Cruz artist Jenni Ward’s “Feast of Flowers” as they arrive at Wednesday’s ceremony. Read more…
photo credit: Crystal Birns
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