So now that my textured slab vases are moving along, it looks like my pal Cory McCrory is moving along with her part of the collaboration too! More to come…

So my textured slab vases are all assembled, now with three small holes in the tops. How cute would it be to have a single flower stem in each of those holes???… enter Cory McCrory for some whimsical & colorful “additions” for this ART IN THE GARDEN collaboration!

So once I had my cylinders stamped & trimmed, Amy Taylor came over to my studio to work on her part of our second ART IN THE GARDEN collaboration project. Amy makes a great line of jewelry that has these whimsical characters on them… called “ADORBS.” So I thought it would be great fun if Amy worked her “ADORBS” magic in clay on the side of my cylinders! And she did!!!

Just a little teaser from my friend & master metalsmith Sarah Chapman. So while I’m scrambling over this weekend’s soda kiln & my next two September art fairs… she’s already planning another fun event with a few of her talented art friends!

More to come… as one of them is ME!!!

You know how much I LOVE a good challenge… and a good collaboration! So amidst all of my summer camps, studio time, glazing, wadding & biking… why not throw one more collaboration together for ART IN THE GARDEN?! More is more, right???

So, here’s the plan… do another collaboration with metalsmith Amy Taylor! But this time, she’s going to be working on my turf!!! No metal… just clay… inspired by her “ADORBS” collection of whimsical jewelry! So here we go…

Looks like we might have a little “infestation” of fun!!! Amy Taylor has been working on these little cuties to work along with my little cutie-patooties! Our ART IN THE GARDEN collaboration looks like it’s coming along nicely!!!

Pieces & parts… looks like Amy has a great start on her part of our collaboration project for ART IN THE GARDEN!!! Remember my mini cutie-patooties?… well this little handful of metal will somehow work together with them??? Can’t wait to see where she’s going with these…

Looks like the uber-talented Mary Foster has a great start on some new mini paintings for ART IN THE GARDEN… now if only they had some great ceramic frames to go with them?! Oh wait… sounds like another collaboration in the making?! I think there’s a “pretty good chance” you might see the final collaborations in two weeks at ART IN THE GARDEN. Just a hunch…

So in the creative world of collaboration projects… I gave these tiny stamped & soda-fired “cutie-patooties” to metalsmith extraordinaire Amy Taylor a little while back… with the anticipation that she’ll do something really cool with them!!! I have a clue… but can’t wait to see them in-person at ART IN THE GARDEN on September 10th & 11th in Glenview!

What a wonderful surprise last weekend at the GLENVIEW SUMMER ART FAIR. On Sunday, at the end of the fair, I was gifted this wonderful “impressionist” painting done by Meredith Anderson. If you look closely, that’s one of MY mugs in the still life study! Turns out Meredith is the talented daughter of my uber-talented friend Deb Anderson… apparently the “impressionist” apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree! Thank you for sharing your artwork with me Meredith… I LOVE IT!!!