Summer! The height of summer! Here in Oregon, we have skirted the heat that is oppressing so many other areas in the United States. I am grateful to not be blanketed with relentless heat every day…but the cool isn’t doing my tomatoes any good. The blueberries have come out, and are fat globes of juicy [...]
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Shelling out
Summer, you go by so fast. As usual, I have had problems getting into the studio for myself. And I want new work! Summer is such a creative time for me…in my head, anyway. I have been making lots of shell focal beads…and I need to get them to the coast to approach a few [...]
Hot shop!
Next Tuesday I will be out at the coast, and spending the day at a friend’s hot shop. I meant to do this sooner, it has been almost 2 years since the last time, which is not what I had hoped. It is a pricey endeavor for me, but at the same time, I [...]
Neptune’s Lantern
I have been really going out of my own boundaries with my glass, lately, and it is hard. Things don’t look so good. And I am eager for new ideas to look good. When someone posts something new in an online gallery, etc., it gives the illusion that BAM, they just came out of nowhere [...]
Portland Open Studios, week one.
It’s over! Well, the first week is. It was really fun and went quite well, even if Mama Nature decided rain was fitting for the occasion. I had a lot of great visitors both days, of all ages. It is so fun for me to share my glass and how I work with people. Glass [...]
Portland Open Studios Artist – Cat Hargis
As I said in my previous entry, the bummer about being in Portland Open Studios is that I cannot GO see all the other wonderful artists and their workspaces because I’m in the show. So I thought I would highlight my favorites from perusing the work and artists participating this year. I’m going to start [...]
Playing with cards
I just finished up one of my projects for Open Studios, which was to donate a playing card. Each artist who wants to participate gets a regular ol’ playing card, and decorates what would be the “back” of it. They all get gathered together, are put in lovely frames, and are sent as thank yous [...]
Salmon Eggs
This summer I went to the zoo a lot with my little boy, Derek. He loved walking down through the Pacific Northwest section, where a large tiled piece of art was inset in the path. The piece showed the life cycle of salmon, and this focal bead was inspired by that process. Simple entry, I [...]
Winner!
I randomly picked from the kind folks who gave me ideas for my rivet beads. And the winner is: Urban Goddess Designs ! Visiting their lovely site, I see there are two people behind it, so you two ladies will have to duke it out over who gets the bead, I guess! So next week, [...]
