It’s tomorrow!!!
Seven artists. Seven talented friends. All hanging out in a beautiful backyard.
No pressure. No crowds. Just a great chance to hang out, chat with some artists and see some beautiful work. Jewelry, pottery, knitwear, stained glass, sculpture, paintings, glass beads, and more!!!

Plus… a few Limited Edition Collaborations!!!
You’ve seen some “teasers” of the ones I’m doing with Cory McCrory.
But word on the street is that other artists are doing some other collaborations as well.
You’ve got to stop by to see them all.

Here’s a couple cuties from Cory McCrory. C’mon, could they be any cuter?!
Can’t wait to see them all come together!!!

And yes… you guessed it… some of them do indeed go together!!!
That was tough to put together, right???

From my metalsmith friend Amy Taylor,
and host of this weekend’s ART IN THE GARDEN… it’s HER garden…
a little hope & guidance. A prayer for the collaborative process!!!

As the Irish would say:
May the cooling kiln caress you.
May her crack-free glazes bless you.
May the luck of the glue gun enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Collaboration behold you.

Each bag I pull out of the box is better than the one before!
It’s like a Cory McCrory Christmas in the ceramic collaboration world. So much fun!!!

I’ve got a severe case of the Cory’s!!!
No really… I’ve got a full case of Cory McCrory’s tiles for our ART IN THE GARDEN collaboration project. Can’t wait to dig in and see what we sort of brilliant genius we have here!!!

Now I’ve got to start putting it all together. The “Big Reveal” will be this
weekend at ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview. Gotta love a good collaboration!

My glaze kiln is finished, cooled & unpacked… LOTS of tiles!!!
693 to be exact… I dropped one!

Now I just need to start assembling my pieces with Cory McCrory’s wonderfully whimsical works to create our special collaboration pieces for this weekend’s ART IN THE GARDEN in Glenview!!!

Luckily, Cory has been busy working on “our” collaboration too.
So far it looks like a lot of squares that are now popping in fun colors!!!

I love when a plan comes together! We’ve got just a week to pull it all together before the Big Reveal at ART IN THE GARDEN next weekend in Glenview!

Layers of clay… and layers of fun are coming out of Cory McCrory’s studio…
More teaser photos of the collaboration we’re working on for ART IN THE GARDEN.

We’re just a week away from ART IN THE GARDEN… and it looks like
“My Talented Friends” metalsmith Amy Taylor & ceramic artist Cory McCrory
are working together on something special. Can’t wait to see the Big Reveal next weekend!

ART IN THE GARDEN : Saturday, September 12th & Sunday, September 13th.

Cory’s got a “garden” blooming in her studio.
Looks like she’s going to be ready for ART IN THE GARDEN.
I still need to put these together with my part of the collaboration.

Okay, who am I kidding… I still need to finish MAKING my part of the collaboration!