Winter Approaches

By Hank

As winter approaches, our busy show schedule is at an end.  The last show, at the Cooperage in Honesdale, was last Saturday.  Three of us were going, but with the heavy snow, I was the only one who managed to get there.  I was surprised to see a lot of customers. 

The next gallery shows will be some time in the spring.  It’s a good time over the winter to rebuild inventory and to experiment with new ideas or old ones never completed.

As for myself, I plan to rebuild inventory and to work on some new kinetic sculptures – a promise I made to myself a long time ago.  The idea of gathering new materials and new tools can seem overwhelming at times, but I keep remembering, a house is built a brick at a time.

Burst of Summer by Nada

This is the latest in my small works series.  I've mainly been working on winter scenes, but this little burst of summer emerged yesterday.  My work scenario:  I create backgrounds - gold leaf, night skies, day skies, or perhaps a painted variegated surface - within the 4 inch inner space of the frame.  Then I survey the studio with its myriad containers of glass bits, jewels, transparencies, glass and acrylic paints, micro beads, brass findings, etc.  I choose a theme for each background.  As I add the items or paint on the surface, they are covered with layers of resin  Soon, a scene emerges.

One more art and craft to go this year, then I will have completed 15 shows in three months, some with Catskill Artists Gallery folks and some on my own.  So that I won't get so exhausted next year, I plan to have a greater inventory of both artwork and pendants created in advance.  The old adage applies here.....

PLAN AHEAD
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