Jul 01
I took a stained glass class at a local shop, and this is what I created. I’d never done stained glass before, though always figured I’d try my hand at it some day. I have a picture window that really cries out for a large stained glass panel. Of course I have to make it …
Jun 21
I made this for a contest posted on one of Jeff Vandermeer’s blogs. The contest instructions included a youtube video about how to make this. I had to fold it five or six times before I got the hang of it. Each page has a sketch of a crow on it, and the cover says …
Jun 17
Here’s another tile from my low-fire 2007 collection. Another fact: Instead of rolling out the slabs, I pounded them with a wooden mallet, flattened on one side, that I got at a workshop by Junya Shao and Xiaoping Luo at the Vihel center in Tempe. I find that if you pound the clay flat rather …
Jun 13
This shrine was inspired by the Mexican folk art shrines that honor Maria de Guadalupe and other Catholic saints. They’re usually bedecked with candles and marigolds and photos. I love the look, but I wanted something different. I started with an old deck of Morgan Greer tarot cards. It took me a while to decide …
Jun 10
I got a book called ‘Creating Personal Shrines’ by Carol Owen after Jane Cheek showed it to me. (Jane and I tend to inspire each other.) The focus of Carol Owen’s book was creating memory boxes based around family ancestors. Like most contemporary collage, her work is heavy on vintage photos and “ephemera”. Not my …
