The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession by Susan Orlean The adage “never judge a book by its movie” is true in the case of Susan Orlean’s THE ORCHID THIEF. This book has nothing to do with screenwriting, Nicholas Cage, identical twins, or drug use. It has everything to do with orchids, …
Sep 07
Book Review: Bad Shoes
Bad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them by Leora Tanenbaum I don’t love shoes. In fact, I hate most shoes. I’ve never lusted after stiletto heels, or had a favorite pair of pumps. For me, a favorite pair of designer dress shoes is like having a favorite tampon–if the tampon cost several hundred dollars …
Sep 05
Book Review: Best Of All
Best of All by Max Lucado For many years, I never ate eggplant. Every time I had it in a restaurant, it was pithy and bitter and overly chewy to the point of making a dish inedible. I avoided dishes that even had eggplant as an ingredient. Too easy to ruin things with such a …
Sep 04
Fake Rock 2
This is the second fake rock I did. I wanted the three of them to be as different from one another as possible, except for the glaze color and the concept. I started, again, by smashing the clay against a tree to give it texture, and then I put it on the wheel to carve …
Aug 29
Proof Print Crows
Once I finished the silk screen, I wanted to do a proof print to see how it turned out. I use block printing ink for this, as I have a lot of it in different colors. Since I didn’t want to do it for nothing, I printed the crows onto some blank notecards I’d bought …