I’m spending time in the ceramics and metal studios, learning new skills and rekindling old ones. The forging is great, and so hard on my body. I couldn’t chop dinner my wrist was so sore from pound metal into shapes. I’m loving it though. I’ll bring a wrist brace next time.

Facebook has turned ono a big procrastination tool. Now I’m all for procrastination, as long as it is productive. Facebook has turned into an addiction with little pay off. I still think there is value in it. I feel more connected to friends I might otherwise never hear from. But I spend most of my…

I’m sifting through old writing this morning, thinking about my artist statement for next week’s winter review presentation and my my recent body of work. I stumbled across this and thought it was a great description. It’s a portrait of me around age 17 or 18. Blinds drawn to keep out the light, I wake…

Well, 2013 was quite a year. Juniper was in daycare just 10 hours a week at the start of 2013, I was applying to grad school, Tom was finishing up his album. We went to Florida, I got into grad school, and here we are. Juniper is in a new daycare where she does full…

In Fall 2013 I began creating sculptural “gestures” or “sketches” using everyday objects around my home and studio. In the beginning I gave myself very few parameters so that I could use the exercise as an open ended exploration of both themes and materials. With each new gestural exploration I started to discover that I…

“A Young Anish Kapoor Discovers Mac ‘n Cheese For the First Time” Powered Cheese

Nodes Crayola Air-Dry Clay and Sewing pins