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A Little About Materials: Plastilina
The clay that I use in the studio is not the same as the water-based clay that most people encounter in a ceramics studio. You’ve likely heard the terms ball clay, porcelain, or terracotta. The clay that I use is an oil-based clay and cannot be placed in a kiln. It’s made from dehydrated ball clay, oil and wax. When it gets hot, it melts. The benefit of this clay, called Plastilina or Plasticine, is that it never hardens completely, nor does it dry out.
Read MoreSculpture in the Courtyard
Join us at this wonderful art exhibition, presented by Thacher & Rye and Gaslight Gallery.
This unique event takes place in the Thacher & Rye courtyard.
Read MoreClaire McCardell in the Media
Thanks to designer Tory Burch, Claire McCardell’s name is on everyone’s lips! Tory Burch appeared on Good Morning America to discuss the re-release of Claire McCardell’s 1956 book, “What Shall I Wear?”
An Antidote to Loneliness
“There is no feeling more terrible than loneliness, no feeling worse than the sensation of being locked inside your own heart.”
Read MoreMy Favorite Salty Oat Cookies
After I am filled with delicious food and tea, I head over to the National Gallery of Art. The Gallery feels like my other living room and my heart swells with happiness every time I walk up those steps.
Read MoreWho is Art For Anyway?
I came across this hilarious little cartoon from Hyperallergic that asks the question, “Who is art for?” Is art for everyone? Is it only for the elite? Can it be both? What do you think?
Read MoreVocations: Mother & Artist, Learning to be Both
Mother When my daughter arrived here from India in 2009, I was elated beyond measure. I felt powerful, woman, incredible. I was so in love, so captivated, so full of light. Then I spiraled into a deep, black place. Postpartum depression is not just something biological mothers face. On my way down, I saw all the ways…
Read MoreThe Holdup
The thing standing between me and my saw: I’ve had the saw so long that the old battery just doesn’t work any more. I sent the hubs to Home Depot to pick up a Lithium Ion Battery last week. Then I realized that I also needed a Lithium Ion charger to go with it. The…
Read MoreA Place to Work
I am tentatively settling in here. I have lived in this house for three years now, a remarkably long time for someone who has moved as many times as I have. This is my eleventh city. I have taken a few years of from working in the studio and have re-established it here in Grove…
Read MoreAn Aesthetic Experience
I was watching 60 Minutes last night and they reported on a most remarkable orchestra in the Congo. The Kimbanguist Symphony Orchestra is the only symphony orchestra in Central Africa and the only all-black orchestra in the world. The musicians are all volunteers, some walking 90 minutes each way to get to rehearsal. I don’t know much…
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