Small Milagro Spirit Icons

In a burst of energy as I was preparing for the Paradise City show last month, I decided to create not only the large Milagro Spirit Icons (which I will post; I promise) but smaller Milagro Spirit Icons.  To keep the retail price affordable, I used small face molds (versus sculpting each head), created a solid [...]

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Show Economics

Prior to doing a show, we receive lots of well-wishes for a good show, a successful show, a profitable show. After the show, we’re asked how it went, how was attendance, were people buying. In response to these questions, it is important to keep in mind that what may be a fair, [...]

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Blessings Icon

It took a few days before I finished this icon which I started in Laurie Mika’s workshop in March.  First, I had to walk away from it.  It needed to sit and I needed to return to it with fresh eyes.  Then when I attempted to photograph it, the icon fell over and some tiles [...]

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My Ever Changing Moods Paper Doll

In another assignment from the online workshop, The Transformative Nature of Art Dolls, we were tasked with creating a two-sided paper doll that reflected both our good days and bad days; the bright and dark sides.  The idea was to depict these bright and dark sides through images and colors with as few words as [...]

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Art Date: Frida Kahlo Art Exhibit

This past weekend while visiting family in New Jersey, Eric and I had the opportunity to visit the Frida Kahlo exihibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  I admit that I’m not a big fan of Kahlo’s work.  It seems flat and folky on one hand and just bizarre on the other hand.  But because she [...]

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London: Day Four-The Finale

We made plans to visit London several months ago.  And the primary reason for visiting was to see the First Emperor exhibit at the British Museum.  I reasoned that it was less expensive to visit London than having to get new visas for China, travel 25 hours, plus more time traveling from Beijing to the original [...]

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London: Day Three

Sunday was a beautiful day; sunny with puffy clouds and blue sky.  We opted to sleep in this day as this was the weekend when England started their summer time schedule.  Weren’t we lucky to experience “springing ahead” twice in one month on two different continents?
The time difference between England and Massachusetts was now five [...]

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London: Day Two

Saturday was still a bit windy but at least the rain had stopped.  We decided to venture over to the West End in the morning and purchase tickets for a show that evening.  In the West End you’ll find several discount ticket sellers along with a couple of casinos, clubs, theatres (movie and stage), Chinatown, [...]

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London: Day One

In 2004 we visited England and Scotland.  It was our first 10 day vacation.  We visited London and Oxford in England and then took a train from Oxford to Edinburgh where we toured the city and took both a day trip and overnight trip to the lower Highlands.
On this visit we focused solely on London and [...]

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Laurie Mika Workshop

Last weekend I had the wonderful experience of taking a mosiac icon workshop with Laurie Mika.  I’ve been intrigued with Laurie’s work ever since I bought her book Mixed Media Mosaics.
 
Laurie’s mosiacs.
The workshop took place at Absolutely Everything in Topsfield, MA.  Karen, Judy and I made plans to attend together and make it a girls [...]

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