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Happy birthday, Mr. President…

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Oh I’ve been a poor blogger again but at least this time I have an excuse. I’m working on some wall pieces that require a lot of making, glazing, firing, and assembling. I was supposed to (am still?) have/having a show at Indigo Books for the month of August but as of right now I don’t know. They have yet to get back to me. No worries either way - if these turn out how I imagine them SOMEONE will hang ‘em up.

What do they look like? Like abstract color swatches in the form of molecular models. Perhaps photos would help. My Wordpress dashboard is still all sorts of screwed up so I’m not quite sure how I can/will post photos or links or anything besides text. They will appear somewhere.

Oh and it’s Obama’s birthday, so happy birthday to the commander-in-chief. And myself.

If I were to have a cat I’d want this one

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

We’d hang out on my patio, watching the birds, talking about our plans for the night and otherwise just chill. It would be a good life.

On Vacation June 19-26

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

I will be on a road trip to the west coast from late, late tonight until late next Friday. We leave at some ungodly hour tonight/tomorrow morning and will be traveling through Yellowstone, Washington, Oregon, California, and back through Nevada, Utah, and Colorado. It’s a quicky, with only a short amount of time at each stop, but I’d rather take this trip than not take this trip.

All orders/correspondence received from 6/19 until 6/27 won’t be attended to until next weekend.

See you in a week (or so)!

New gallery news

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

(Not really a representative image of the gallery, but I like it.)

Today I took the first step in what I’m sure will be many towards becoming a part of the art gallery system.  Up until this point I have gotten by with craft fairs, farmer’s markets, and online sales but I feel like my work is to the point where it feels appropriate for it to be displayed in a gallery setting.  So I just mailed off three boxes full of work to be sold on a consignment basis.  The venue in question is the Bambi Project, located in Philadelphia, PA - a doubly excellent location since the city is the location of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

I sent a group of vases, jewelry trees, pendants, and a set of goblets, with the possibility of more work in the future.  There’s not much else to say about this other than if you happen to live in the Philly area you should stop by, perhaps as early as this weekend (if the packages get there safely by then.)

I also have consigned some shot glasses and a jewelry tree or two with the Nebraska State Historical Society gift shops.  This is the second attempt to consign work to a Nebraska themed store after a few pieces at the From Nebraska gift shop languished for months without selling.  Fingers crossed.

In other, more trivial news the baby birds have grown up and flown away.  This was inevitable I suppose.  I see one or two of the young ‘uns around the property every now and then, still learning how to navigate with their newly found gift of flight.  I also have the garden fully planted and should write a post about that whole operation; maybe once the plants grow a bit more.

Cute nature blogging

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

In my back yard: rabbits!

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STAY OUT OF MY GARDEN THERE ARE NO CARROTS HERE.

And baby birds!

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The robin’s nest is located on the outlet right above the hot tub, which is underneath the patio.  I first noticed it there a month ago or so and didn’t have the heart to move it.  This past weekend I discovered that in addition to the mother robin there were 5 (maybe 6?) newly hatched young ‘uns.  Oh it’s like a Disney film just outside my door!

Just another day in the hood

Monday, April 6th, 2009

So I saw a plume of smoke and looked outside:

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This was taken about 2 minutes before the fire department showed.  Again, that’s not something that you see every day, nor something that I would care to see on any day.  There were already a large group of gawkers and rubberneckers about so I decided to not venture any closer.  (Plus there was a line of cars coming off Highway 2 parked on the nearby street - are we really that awed and intrigued by fire?) No idea who lives there but judging by the lack of sirens moving away from the scene I assume no one was inside at the time.  The house is a complete loss.

You’ve been scooped, Journal Star.

Fooled

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

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Haha, April Fools!  I didn’t really shave my head.  IT’S AN ILLUSION MICHAEL!

(But really, hair is gone.)

Window View

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

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Well, that’s something that you don’t see everyday.  Angus didn’t have a clue.  Those turkeys are in my future garden!

Artist’s statement on pendants: They’re doodles, essentially

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

And doodling is good for your brain, i.e. these pendants will make you smarter. (What?)

Mac FAIL

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

It turns out that my computer’s logic board is completely effed up and would require $800 in parts and labor to replace.  That amount of money goes a long way towards a new computer so repairing it looks to be out of the question.  Right now I am using an older Mac G4 on loan from Rachael, which in turn is on loan from the University. (I’ll consider it slight retribution for being denied entrance to graduate school twice.)

Now the task is finagling some of the vital files from the fancy paperweight over to this machine.  It could be worse: my kiln could die and then I’d really be unemployed.