what up, aaa sod and supply.

went out to aaa sod and supply to get some crushed shell.

in 2008 they gifted the materials for this installation, and are total supporters of the arts.

garden path

literally in the sky.

updating this blog from the cramped seat of a delta plane on my way back from new york.  before getting on the plane i was passed a promotional free trial of the in flight wireless service.  i would never pay for this service but getting to try it for free is pretty sweet.

on my way home to florida, which i miss.  strangely.  i missed out on a bunch of fun it seems while out of town.  mass amounts of kiln firing took place.  very exciting.  at least i’ll get to be present for the opening of the kilns.  christmas or halloween?

my trip was pretty relaxed but i still felt the burn of city life.  florida living has made me weak, i think.  my shoulders are all sore from toting everything around on my back instead of throwing it in the back of the minivan.  i didn’t do much, but here’s what i did do.

the graduate portfolio review at parson’s:  a crowd of young aspiring painters (it seemed) and me….but talking to R.I.T. and Tyler reps did net me some positive feedback.  thanks much to a and m for taking photos of my show to share.

new york art book fair: tons of art books and book arts at ps1 in long island city.  got to hang with my girl a. and our old friend k..

toured tyler school of art: and met with their new clay professor chad curtis.  i was blown away by their brand new CLEAN and high tech facility and inspired by their clay, glass and fibers department.  i’ll apply there for the fall, but that’s another post…

last but not least i visited a former professor/mentor gregg moore who i’m very excited to have the opportunity to work with again in the spring.

while in philly i got to visit and stay with s. a friend from back in the day in florida.  we got to have some dinner and some breakfast together and she shared her growing collection of pop up art.  hopefully i’ll be back in philly in time for her first exhibition.  beautiful work girl!

ok, i’m getting cookies from the flight attendant.  this is so wild!

roadtrip day 3

jamie: we made it to ohio.

nicole:  yeah, we got to see some good art today, made it through three states and met up with missy mccormick.

jamie: (she’s staring at the ceiling, about to fall asleep?) who would have thought that 70 degrees would be freezing?  driving through the tennessee mountains was beautiful, until you wanted to put a bag over your ears.

nicole:  yeah, who would have thought i was such a sensitive, fragile flower?  but i didn’t actually puke, so that was good.  the views today were great.

jamie: it was like a roller coaster ride.  big bone lick state park!  who would have thunk?

nicole:  ok, so the blue spiral was sweet.  especially the book arts guy.

jamie:  um hm.  shame the clayspace coop was still closed.  but that’s ok, i didn’t need to buy anything considering the car is filled to the gills.

nicole:  totally.  oh man, i loved that guy at the service station.  i love southern accents.

jamie: did we talk about the music in asheville?  i’m ready to move just to listen to the fiddles and banjos all day.

nicole:  it was super nice, especially the one woman’s singing and the banjo guy.

jamie:  what about the fiddles?  3 fiddles, 2 banjos and a guitar.

today was a fun, packed day.  we went to the blue spiral gallery in downtown asheville.  there was a whole bunch of sweet art there, like virginia scotchie, shoko teruyama and alice ballard.  i was especially delighted to see ballard’s work in person.  i am such a huge fan of her forms, especially the pods and rattles.  did a quick stop by the river arts district, got on the road and powered through until cincinnati, ohio.  once there we checked out a clay studio called funke fired arts at the recommendation of recent cincinnati local missy mccormick, who i know from her time at fau.  there was a great gallery space up front, a retail store and a huge work space which was shockingly tidy.  i had to snap some shots of the highly organized space.  this is the kind of think i dream about.  seriously.

wheel not in use.

mops at every work station

after that we went over to missy’s studio and she showed us her work.  i loved the little wall pillows she was working on in denmark and the patterns she’s working with now.  it was great to catch up and hear about someone so fully living the clay life.

finally, at the hotel.  time to crash.