Always fun when my Cousin Kimberley Sue comes to the art fair… hanging out, chatting, laughing… and adding to her already HUGE pottery collection! This time it was all about some new flowerpots for her houseplants!

Also fun (for me) when someone finds a FREE pot! A little art fair game I like to play…
basically just to entertain myself!!! Well, today it was Kim’s lucky day!!!

Free pottery for the win!!!

Another freebie tomorrow…

Speaking of collaborations… here’s another one at ART IN THE GARDEN. My friend Retta Hentschel made this amazing stained glass window using some of my textured clay nuggets! Such a nice piece… so happy to be part of it! Retta did an amazing job here… combining her glass & my clay into one stunning window pane!

Enough of the “teasers”… now that our collaborations have made their “Bug Reveal” at ART IN THE GARDEN today, Cory & I felt it was fine to show you all what each piece looks like straight on. Again, I made all of the textured tiles & my pal Cory McCrory made all of the sculptural bugs.

We had a great day today… and there are still
a few collaborations for those who come tomorrow!
We’re back in Glenview from 10:00am-5:00pm.

Beautiful day for an art fair! Here’s the view from… errr, “above” my tent!!!

So it’s the night before… and one last chance for a quick “teaser” of my “buggy” collaboration with Cory McCrory! About a week ago I was wondering IF we would even have ANY bugs?! A little kiln explosion… but Cory is a Wizard!!! And she turned it all around & worked her magic. I’m so excited that we ended up with ten pieces as originally planned. Each one a singular masterpiece!

They’ll be making their “buggy debut” at ART IN THE GARDEN tomorrow morning! Hoping to spread the “infestation” to some new homes soon!!!

Looks like my pal Kristin Conneely is pulling together some last-minute mosaic collaborations for ART IN THE GARDEN this weekend! And this one is a three-way… my orange nuggets, Cory’s leaves & Kristin will be mosaic-ing all around them!!! You’ll need to stop by this weekend to see the finished collaboration pieces!!!

For those of you wondering how Cory McCrory makes such amazing bugs… here are some great “process” shots from her studio! She works with paper clay which helps with keeping the clay “workable” a bit longer. And then it’s a lot of parts & pieces… body parts, wings, antennae, legs & so much more!!! And a lot of scoring & slipping!!!

Be sure to come to ART IN THE GARDEN next weekend to see these amazing bugs in person!!! Saturday, September 6th & Sunday, September 7th in Glenview, Illinois.

Looks like things are coming together in Cory McCrory’s studio! Every year we do a fun collaboration project for ART IN THE GARDEN. This year we’re working on ten different pieces… each a one-of-a-kind masterpiece!!! And yet I’m sensing a theme…

ART IN THE GARDEN is just over a week away in Glenview… so we gotta get goin’!!!

Coming soon to a beautiful garden in Glenview!!! One of my favorite art fairs of the year. ART IN THE GARDEN keeps getting bigger & better every year. A smaller, cozy art fair with a group of talented friends showing off their creative wares. Plus, we’re working on some great collaboration projects just for this show! Giving us a chance to work with each other & merge our mediums & techniques together to make fun one-of-a-kind masterpieces!

Saturday, September 6th & Sunday, September 7th
10:00am-5:00pm both days

In my mind, this show was a week later… good thing I checked…
now I’m a little panicked… lots to do still.

So… while we were packing up at the end of the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR… I might have had a “few” fortune cookies that “fell off the cart” & never made it into the car. Instead they may have found their way into some hidden spaces in the park “near” where my booth was.