My Best Books of 2024 and Leaving GoodReads
This year, my reading world was re-illuminated by Louise Erdrich. While reading The Sentence, I was transported to Minneapolis during ...
Creating PLAYFUL BEINGS Tarot Deck – a peek behind the scenes
On February 29, 2024, I launched my first Kickstarter campaign! The goal is to self-publish my very first tarot deck, PLAYFUL BEINGS. ...
Intaglio Printmaking – A Great Medium for Nature Art
Caribou in a snow storm (2024) I had a wonderful opportunity in January to take an Intaglio Printmaking course at artsPlace in ...
My Favourite Books of 2023 – Learning and Pleasure
This was a strange reading year for me. I was alarmed in August to discover there was no way I wasn't going to hit my goal of 50 books. Day to day life has returned to its former "go-go-go" post pandemic speed for me and I had to decrease my goal to 35 books. Regardless of reading less books, I ...
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A Practical Pottery Jar for Cookies
This practical pottery jar design has a hidden talent - the lid is also a plate to hold cookies for tea time! I learned how to throw this jar in a pottery class at artsPlace with Cam Fisher (a brilliant potter and teacher!) He showed our class how to use a rib to push out the walls make a nice ...
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Pottery Dinner Plates Inspired by Mountains
My attempt at a second set of pottery dinner plates started with a hike in the Rocky Mountains - the famous Rockwall Hike! While Billy and I were exploring the backcountry, I would stop and take pictures of rock patterns and colours feeling that it would inspire some pottery work in the future. Fast ...
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Pottery Coil Bowl Inspired by Water and Ancient Rock
Steep thyself in a bowl of summertime.- Virgil, Minor Poems Over the spring, as I puttered away at my pottery, I dreamt of a bowl. A big bowl that could hold a big salad for a dinner party of four. Or, curly pasta noodles slathered in butter and salt for cozy nights in with my partner. A big bowl ...
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