After traveling for a month…see Mary’s blog, www.marydaniel.ca/blog where we shared the Istanbul experience, Terry and I arrived home to the arms of hungry children, under-walked dogs, an overgrown garden, and my studio in severe need of repair. However, how lucky I have been – to experience the residency and travel, and then return to a welcoming home. It was a busy summer.
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Home at last with the kids! They couldn't wait for Terry's cooking. -
The whole yard was a jungle from the heavy rains this spring. -
Terry removed the gyprock while I was at the ICS, showing the rotted roof. Repair started 5 days after we got home. -
The contents of my whole studio under wraps in the back yard. Truck loads went to the city dump. -
Work in progress, roof replaced and cieling reparied, new skylights and window...More light! -
This is what my old studio looked like - 28 years of accumulated stuff...dark and cluttered! -
New work station...for plaster, and old work is now stored. -
No more rain on my head. -
Washed the windows for the first time in 28 years. -
Margaret came up to Nanaimo in July to open her show at the University. Mary and I went to the Opening. -
Margaret shipped her work from the ICS, combining it with work she has made at the Vancouver Island University. -
Mary checking out a gas kiln in Seattle. we are considering sharing a kiln. -
The Herend porcelain babies.....tried plexiglass, ick! This is plate glass. but in the end, did not like confining them onto one square. -
Some of the new cast and press moulds I have made since coming home. -
Still working with the baby image,-changing its posture. Variations on a theme. Trying out different clays. -
A another way of using press moulds -Splitting -front and back. Just getting started. Most of this will not be ready for the exhibit.
