Aug 24
My sister asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told her I wanted rubber stamps that had blocks of text in a foreign language. I couldn’t find any myself, but she’s an expert shopper and found several nice pieces. They were unmounted, which made them perfect for these projects. To get the …
Aug 17
The clay I used this session was a mixture of leftover clay and some new bags that I bought from an artstore that is (sadly) going out of business. This Amador is lovely unglazed, but it turns this iron-speckled grey when it has clear on it. The clear also obscures some of the detail from …
Aug 10
I haven’t done a lot of artwork in the past three months except work on my book covers and create postcards. Just finished a pottery class though, and I got some of my pieces from the kiln. I made a mold of some of Tim Holz’s keyholes (and a few antique ones) and used them …
Aug 10
Power: Why Some People Have it and Others Don’t by Jeffrey Pfeffer I had hopes that this book would be more about socioeconomic and political struggles from an anthropological bent, but instead, it could be titled “how to get ahead in the workplace”. He touches briefly on governmental-type politics, but for the most part, this …
Aug 01
Extra Virginity: The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil by Tom Mueller This is the kind of book I usually adore: food, science, history, politics, people. I also adore olive oil. Mueller does a pretty good job of giving the reader (or listener, in my case) a good overview of the world of olive …
