Logo was created for Dr. Margaret Thorpe as a freelance assignment. Dr. Thorpe has degrees in Veterinary Medicine and Art. She was very happy with the final outcome and we worked together on signage that fit into the Bath, OH area. Rustic but reflecting a modernist appeal.

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. 
We grow somtimes in one dimension,
and not in another; unevenly.
We grow partially. We are relative.
We are mature in one realm,
childish in another.
The past, present and future mingle and pull us backward,
forward or fix us in the present.
We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.

– Anaïs Nin

1. make lists 

2. carry a notebook everywhere

3. try free writing 

4. get away from the computer

5. be otherworldly 

6. quit beating yourself up

7. take breaks

8. sing in the shower

9. drink coffee/tea

10. know your roots

11. listen to new music

12. be open

13. surround yourself with creative people

14. get feed back

15. collaborate

16. don‘t give up

17. practice, practice, practice

18. allow yourself to make mistake s

19. go somewhere new

20. watch foreign films

21. count your blessings

22. get lots of rest

23. take risks

24. break the rules

25. do more of what makes you happy 

26. don‘t force it

27. read a page of the dictionary

28. create a frame work

29. stop trying to be someone else’s perfect

30. got an idea? write it down

31. clean your workspace

32. have fun

33. finish something 

New composition.

I am going to offer selections of my pewter framed charmware. Each is $15 plus $5 shipping.

Sizes are 1"x1.5" and .5"x1.75 – each consists of microscope slide glass with front/back images framed with silver solder and they come with a 16" cord-ribbon necklace [black unless other colors are requested].

This is really a construct exercise for me to experiment with posting and maintaining a cyber commerce site that will most likely expand to a personal website for product and artwork sales later on.

We all must start somewhere and why not today and why not here.

My goal is to use tin coated wire and solder the shapes together making a wall sculpture. I may add something behind it but that's the fun part. Starting something creative and seeing where it will take me. The plus is learning new skill sets as I go along.

I had (3) items cast for 2011 and they will be featured for 2012 as well. A male and female angel ornament and a switch plate.

Attached is the upcoming Lock 3 Holiday Festival with many different vendors including myself.

I'm looking forward to seeing all of you – feel free to stop and chat or chatter depending on the weather.

Here is a link for more information: http://www.downtownakron.com/enjoy/holidayfest

 

The "Tickle Me Pink" workshop went well and the one thing that was pure delight was Highland Towers party room. I came through a dimly lit hallway into an open spaced room with windows instead of walls and could see 360º around Akron, OH. The clouds looked as if they were actually sitting on an invisible shelf which made them appear flat on the bottom and very fluffy and irregular like clouds do on up to their top.  So from the ground up to the cloud bottom was a space of maybe 500 to 600 feet. I'd love having an art studio in the party room.

I will be presenting a workshop along with other artists on Saturday, September 10th, just after lunch at Highland Towers located in Highland Square. This is my first instruction class since teaching art classes at the University of Akron in 1992. Wow – dating myself.

If you see this and are available it will be at the very least, interesting.