Getting to Earth Art Studio takes some doing, you won’t just stumble upon us, but we think that the journey is just as much fun as the destination. You may not have dirt roads and cows on your daily commute but this is just a day in the life here in Las Playitas. Here’s a little reel I made for instagram, thought I’d share here too, enjoy meeting our local herd and discovering what a Baja traffic jam is.
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workshop schedule
We have a really great line up of workshops at the studio this season! I’m especially excited to learn new skills and get creative with materials that are new to me! Hope you can join us for one or more sessions!
Jenny Friedberg
Jenni Ward
Christina Dean
And stay tuned because we might be adding a few more classes to the schedule!
All materials are provided, no experience is necessary but space is limited.
Sharon Gross
Anapaula Garcia-Bucio
Mariana de Regil
new events calendar
Just a heads up that we have a new events calendar posted on the Earth Art Studio website: Events Calendar. You can subscribe to the calendar so that you don’t miss out on anything. But, if that’s too much, you can also add individual events to your personal digital calendar so all the details are in one spot. You don’t want to miss out on things like Open Studios or the opening of our next group exhibition Atmosphere and we have plans in the works for a new Hecho a Mano Mercado going on before the gift giving season. We will be adding more fun things as the details come together, so check back often, but in the meantime, take a peek and put some ‘save the dates’ on your calendar!
sashiko workshop at the studio
Learn to Repair!
In this Sashiko workshop with Jenny Friedberg, we will learn techniques to beautifully repair textiles and make them last. Bring your tore up jeans and join us at the studio Nov 20th for our first workshop of the season.
new work growing in the sculpture garden!
This summer, I’ve been busy making parts for a bunch of new stacked sculptures that will land in the garden very soon! It’s hard to imagine what these pieces will really look like in the end when they’re all assembled and installed but the process is part of the fun.
I stack the individual parts as I build them in the studio to get an idea of how they will interact with each other. All of the parts are fired, glazed and fired again. Then they get assembled on their steel bases with rods cut to the appropriate height to support the work. The fun part is finding where they get to live in the garden, making you question sometimes if that’s a real plant or a sculpture.
All of these works are inspired by the plants, the seed pods, the flowers and the amazing natural world that surrounds my studio – I’m just making my own take on all these forms, textures and colors. Come see these pieces in person or pick one out to transplant to your own garden space!
we’re back
After a summer hiatus from creating blog posts for the dirt, we’re back! While we are still experiencing a steamy, hot summer that just won’t quit here in southern Baja, we are ready to get back to business! We are loving what all the rain did to our desert, transforming it from bare branches into a verdant, lush jungle – plan a visit while it lasts!
Here’s some quick announcements about what’s been going on here if you missed them in your monthly emails:
- Earth Art Studio now has a new website – check it out!
- Workshop Schedule for the season is posted – join us at the studio for a creative session!
- You can book your Desert Art Tour here or contact us to set up a private tour/workshop at the studio for your group or retreat.
- Events at the studio are starting to take shape, so mark your calendars – we’ve got a lot of amazing things planned!
help our garden grow!
The sculpture garden at Earth Art Studio is a perpetual work in progress. We want you to have new corners to visit and new art to enjoy, making each visit unique. When you donate, you help us…
- create new sculptures + installations for the permanent collection of the garden
- off-set local artists costs for exhibiting like transportation, installation + infrastructure
- maintain the sculpture trail – the desert likes to take over!
- make upgrades to the garden like new features, nooks + trails to explore
- make visits free to local schools + educational groups
When You Donate: a ceramic tile with your name stamped on it will be added to the sculpture garden in gratitude for your support! Mil Gracias!
waiting for the rain…
It hasn’t rained in almost a year, and it would appear that most of the plants in the desert are dead. When you look out the studio windows, you see the desert in all shades of brown with leafless gnarled, tangled sticks, sparse and bare except for the green of the cardón cactus. But, what has amazed me about this landscape is that if you look closer, you will see signs of life everywhere. There may not be enough energy in a plant to put out leaves and photosynthesize but it might throw out some flowers for the pollinators. Sometimes the flowers are very short lived, wilting in the summer heat but they are there and getting their seeds ready for when the rains do come.
Last week we were overrun by ants that were carrying all their eggs to higher ground, trying to nest in our kitchen and furniture. They weren’t looking for the crumbs on the counter or the drip down the side of the honey jar, they somehow knew that it is the season of the rains and they needed to find a better spot to hide out their next generation. Life in the desert is a lesson in patience and opportunity, you see it in the birds, plants and mammals and I find it fascinating to watch.
Just this morning we got a light sprinkling of the first rain of the season – it was hardly enough to even be called rain, but in the desert every drop counts. As the season progresses, the storms off the ocean will inevitability come closer to land and the afternoon thunderstorms in the mountains will spill out to our area. We will be inundated with water, and for a time it will feel like way too much water. But it only lasts for a small period of time and the desert will soak up enough to last through the whole next year. Stay tuned as we watch the desert come alive again and turn from brown to vibrant green, until then, we wait for the rain.
new tour platform
We’ve created a new platform on the website to make it easier to sign up for tours of the studio and sculpture garden. You can book your tour months ahead when you’re making vacation plans or share it with friends who you know love art, nature + the adventure of finding us!
Please drop us an email to inquire about group rates (6 or more), corporate retreats + specialty events. We’d love to plan something special with you!
Note that summer tour rates are available July – Sept.
stickers + books + more
Have you visited the online shop lately?
We have wearables, stickers, books and more available! We will be adding more products in soon for local pick up in Todos Santos but if you’re from out of the area, there are downloadable books and classes too!
You can also donate to our sculpture garden to help us keep it growing and share our space with educational groups!