Gryphon's Feather Studio

The Scream

In stream of consciousness fashion, I'll recap my working thoughts:

I do this thing where I think too much about the work, a particluar piece, and come up with scenarios and directions for the piece I have in my head. All the while, I have not so much as picked up brush, paint or paper. Then of course, regardless of the fact that I have not begun, I get attached to the outcome and I worry it won't work out, so then I don't begin, but if I had just begun, I wouldn't have this attachment to the outcome and the art would just happen.... in other words, I need to stop thinking about doing and DO!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH.

Also, in an effort to procrastinate necessary work even further, I realized I hadn't updated my photo albums in  three or, ahem,  four years.  So, I pulled them down.  I am planning on using flickr.  I have ninety bazillion photos that ought to go there. in my spare time. I am deep into the dummy for book 3, and need to get to work on some class samples... oh, and make some art...

He gives me wings

literally

metaphorically

truly

thank you

Some Saturday Sweetness

Hampton was grand!  I taught Master Metal Mesh to a terrific group- and lucky me, reconnected with a friend from an art group (now defunct). I met some nice people and watched some great stuff get made. Then for two days, I taught an art journaling workshop based on True Vision. My class produced an amazing body of work.  Two of my students were contributors to the book- Elizabeth Bunsen and Tricia Scott.  What a great group!

This past weekend, we headed to the river house for much needed family time.  The weather was not promising, but Saturday was unexpectedly warm and sunny.  Speaking of Sunny, this is my littlest, dipping her toes in the trickle of run off that goes from our spring to the river.

I hope you had a lovely Mother's Day! 

Well, to keep you all busy while I run around like a chicken with my head cut off...

Take a look at the latest issue of  Somerset Workshop- you'll find my article on mesh right next door to my friend, Stephanie Lee's clever article on working with metal.

Then, although I have not yet seen this issue (WAH!), the latest Somerset Studio has an article about my Field Guide workshop with artwork by Bee Shay, Andrew Borloz, and myself. And, of course my favorite magazine next door neighbor (although in real life we live 2400 miles apart...), Stephanie Lee has a great article in this one, too.

I'm pretty excited about these and am tickled to share my news with you.

Now back to my regularly scheduled blind panic...

Remember those dreams where you registered for a college class, but forgot that you had it - forgot for the entire semester- and now it is finals week and someone told you that you had that class, and there you are at the exam, freaking out? Or you registered for a biochem class, but the final is for the french novel in translation? Or your final is in a classroom on the far side of campus and every natural and unnatural disaster known to mankind happens while you have three minutes to get to that room...  I still have these dreams.

I now have these sort of dreams about teaching.  I dream I am prepped to teach one class, but when I get to the venue, it is another class entirely- and it isn't in any media I know.  I dream that none of my class materials arrive.  I dream that I arrive at a venue, and lo and behold I am teaching...and I didn't know....  I dream I am trapped at an airport and the event is occurring while I beg ticket counter staff to help me...

I find this funny- I am having the art teacher version of the school dreams I have had for decades.

Okay, back to Hampton prep!