While these works sat on my worktable, awaiting my decision about their fates: (back into the kiln to und0 the effects of the barrel-fire smoke, or prepare them for their gold leafing), I had the chance to step outside of the studio to experience more of the 'something else'.
A glorious drive: the scenic Boreas Pass...
John Gill once told me and his other students at Haystack Mt School of Crafts, to 'pay attention to what you notice...' So my camera helps me to take another look...Texture and edges..
Texture and shape and..
Surprises when I remember to stop and look closely...
Color surprises...
The surprise of snow in summer...
Surely taking in the beauty of the Colorado countryside is 'more of the something else' that I get from this Breckenridge Arts District residency. It is indeed a sharp contrast to the visual input that I get in my daily life in New York City.
And so it was with an uplifted spirit that I greeted the Sunday visitors to my Breckenridge studio. I was actually surprised that they responded so positively to the effects of the smoke... And my muse seemed to singing and dancing as I painted the underglazes and glazes on a second group of 'my girls'... Getting these 'Bottomless Vesssels to Hold Change' ready for the next step in their transformation...
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