it's beautiful outside, i have a handsome new bike, and i'm run down.

the party wants out- but the legs won't take it. inside party it is...

feeling a flash of summer. i love the moment when everything finally turns towards the green-

thinking everything good outdoors... bikes, friends, music

 this song keeps coming up on my music mix-so, i had to check out the clip...

nec metuas nec optes

neither fear nor wish for your last day

latest silkscreen print based on 16th/17th c. emblems
will be available at the royal bison this upcoming may 3/4/5

another silkscreen print/planter combo coming your way...

the planters were decorated using a sgraffito technique: 

i coated white clay with a black slip and carved away a pattern while it was still 'green'. the white clay reveals itself wherever i've removed the top layer of slip. 

mrs. beetle is having an affair with a grasshopper-painter, while mr. beetle carries on with a dragonfly cabaret-artiste...

ladislas starewitch, 1911

erich consemuller, 1926

bauhaus scene

a little peek at what i've been making:

silkscreen print- planters-bowls-cups-plates

hand-built plate / bowl / planter

forming bobby pins out of sterling silver. 

this picture is of a couple of my mini-prints that i stole from my dear buddy g's site in anticipation of the royal bison art&craft show approaching this spring. 

the motto: 'both with hand & with heart' is meaningful to me, as my little creations are made from a true love of working with my hands.  

i look forward to sharing prints, pottery, silver & other whatnots that i have such a fun & satisfying time working on... 

as a sidenote: i'm also pretty pumped about having a fresh cat-face around the house to help model... meet oxie 'the tiniest cat in the west'

song o' the morn. (with a clip from a favourite)

library pick: lagerfeld confidential

wild night pt 2...

watching the 4 part bbc documentary on queen elizabeth1(super good, btw) led me to the 

cosmati pavement (laid down in 1268)in in westminster abbey. beautiful!

some great videos found on their site.

spending a wild friday night filing my taxes & watching a doc about caravaggio posted on this site that i enjoy...

saint catherine of alexandria  c.1598

the last 5min...
i've tried to watch it without laughing, and have failed each and every time...

saami on my mind

messing with a few hand-built pottery pieces on a nice snowy saturday with the cats 

 

looking for the film 'la bande a bonnot', as jacques brel is in it, but came across this first video...

funny stuff. as for the movie- alas, no subtitles- so i have to fill in the blanks on my own.