Some rectangular textured tiles with tenmoku glaze inlay for “4×4”… looking like this before they were soda-fired. More to come… but here’s a hint… there “might” also be RUSTY METAL involved. I’m kinda excited…

Mark your calendars… “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS” is next weekend! Hard to believe we’re already at the end of the month?! Sarah, Darlys, Meghann & I would love to see you stop by Space 900 Gallery next weekend. I know we’re all still “frantically” working on our collaboration projects, let alone pulling together everything else we need to put on a great gallery show. Fingers crossed…

Friday, February 28 – Saturday, March 1 – Sunday, March 2
Space 900 Gallery – 816 Dempster, Evanston, Illinois

Coming together in a collaboration project very soon!

Looks like Darlys Ewoldt is working hard on her “4×4” collaboration projects too! Darlys is known more for large-scale metal sculptures with beautiful colors & patinas. So it will be interesting to see her size-down her work to fit inside the shadowboxes. I love seeing these collaboration projects all coming together for our “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS” pop-up show!!!

Check out more of Darlys’ sculptural work… www.darlysewoldt.com/

Okay, so the blue painter’s tape might not be part of Sarah’s project… HA!… because now she’s moved onto larger metal pieces! Just a preview glimpse at what Sarah Chapman is working on for our “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS” collaboration project. In her own words… she’s WORKING BIG!”

Check out more of Sarah’s work on her beautiful website… www.chapmanmetals.com

A couple of my friends talked me into trying a new app… “Too Good To Go.”
Basically an outlet for bakeries, restaurants, grocery stores & more to sell-off their “seconds” or dated foods they can’t sell off the menu any more. So my first “app purchase” was a four-pack of core-filled & frosted cupcakes from Molly’s Cupcakes. They were so yummy… that I “might have” gone back the next day on the app & purchased TWO more four-packs of the same!!!

Burp!!!

Another version of my blue mini-tile quilts.
Kinda diggin’ the juxtaposition of the colors & angles.
We’ll see how they turn out after glazing!

Looks like metalsmith Sarah Chapman is first to dive into her shadowboxes! Known more for making fantastic, wearable jewelry, it will be fun to see Sarah work on a bit larger scale to “fill” the frame. Looks like she’s off to a good start… with a great hint as to the collaboration theme we’re all working with!!! HA!!!

Be sure to check out Sarah’s amazing work – www.chapmanmetals.com

Christmas may be over… but Winter goes on forever! And here’s a cute little snippet of holly & berries from the bush in my front porch. A cutie-patootie vase with a little Winter freshness.

Inside the “care-package” were shadowbox picture frames for our upcoming “4×4 : FOUR MAKERS” pop-up show in a little over a week! These beautiful frames were HANDMADE by one of our four artists… Meghann Sottile! Such beautiful design & craftsmanship… with some crazy-cool corner joinery going on! So now each of the four artists needs to put something equally cool inside… worthy of these beautiful frames… that goes along with our thematic collaboration project. “4×4″… four artists, four frames each… sixteen in the collaboration!

Coming soon to Space 900 Gallery in Evanston – 816 Dempster, Evanston, Illinois
Friday, February 28. Saturday, March 1. Sunday, March 2