tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76076711253878952942024-02-07T04:44:59.241-08:00Beat The HeatKathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-406547136883952302012-07-22T20:20:00.000-07:002012-07-23T21:25:01.770-07:00Hot Fun In The Summertime?<br />
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">The summer heat has been brutal... power outages, torrential rains, and the endurance</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">the discomfort of the summer heat I’ve been truly inspired, I just can’t work fast enough.</span></div>
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Work that is on display at the Torpedo Factory this month are "Jumping Through Hoops" and </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Future Belongs To Those Who Have Survived Their Past"<br />
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A dear friend of mine, Sushmita Mazumdar also had one of her paintings accepted in July's<br />
show. Sush is a fantastic writer and bookmaker. Before I retired, we wrote a grant and taught<br />
a writing and bookmaking unit to my third grade classes. You can check out her website at<br />
HandmadeStoryBooks.com<br />
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I've really had fun working on these whimsical figures which are my newbies for this month.</div>
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<br />Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-37714508307871380622012-06-10T13:43:00.001-07:002012-06-14T21:15:58.012-07:00Happy Birthday To Me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRaWuqRBnGdWF9IMSmfA7iYMtV7YFA4LkPo446OBaJcFf1_daFJrTOqJKMMPPgBAS3C55BgmafztwHiNtXItBGfZlHn2wflrXyoFfTcXh8TST-_5AXGr-BgG6Pho6VkZw4lY3zQnIj17n/s1600/DSCF0384.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;">June is my birthday month and I usually try to make it point to celebrate in some special way all month. As I get older, my celebrations have become more private, tranquil, and probably to most, quite boring.... but since it’s all about me, who cares about the “most”. As I settled more into my art, the passion continues to grow and grow. The excitement of my next creation leaves me as bubbly as a child at Christmas.<br /><br />I have learned the lesson that I need to take photos of my work throughout<br />the process of what I’m making. I had worked hours on a garden sculpture,<br />detailing her with flowers, vines, and what nots that any garden flower fairy would be ecstatic about. It was because of my excitement and lack of patience I put her into the kiln too soon. Her head exploded like a pumpkin and her body with gaping holes. I believe she wasn’t totally dry. Lesson learned....patience...patience... patience.<br /><br />Most birthdays leave us looking back on our lives and where we are now.<br />During this reflection, I decided to put a short video together of the twists, turns and detours my life has taken. We all make choices about the professions and interests we pursue, but the direction of our lives doesn’t always necessarily follow those routes.</span></a></div>
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<br />Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-45730351764459981902012-05-09T22:15:00.000-07:002012-05-25T17:19:09.750-07:00All Things Seem Possible In May<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I LOVE the month of May, it's such a beautiful time of year. The flowers are beginning to bloom, the smell of the air is so sweet, and you can sit outside comfortably without blood sucking mosquitoes attacking you from every direction. I find carpenter bees very curious, even though I don't like the the destruction they do to my flower boxes and the sides of my </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">deck. I can't help wonder what they are thinking in their tiny little minds when they fly right next to me and hover like a helicopter examining me as I'm doing with them. We look at each other eye to eye for several seconds before they jet off to some other curiosity. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The theme at the "Art League Gallery" this month is entitled "Bedtime Stories". Noah, my son, and I both had pieces accepted to be in the show. Noah's sculpture sold the day after the show went up. I don't have a photo of his work to post. My piece is called "Onilee's Last Dance ". It was inspired by my memories of my dancing days. My photo isn't the greatest, but if you look hard you might see her dancing shoes she keeps in her soul.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-44481063183332296202012-05-05T22:35:00.000-07:002012-06-10T18:48:44.173-07:00May's Marvelous Beauty<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all have strengths, know them and share them as often as you can.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love to all our beautiful mother's, sisters, aunts and female friends that embrace us in friendship, support and strength. This bouquet is for you all!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://vimeo.com/vorobyoff/flowers</span>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-25243786825228873462012-04-07T18:00:00.001-07:002012-04-07T19:52:43.420-07:00"Dance First, Think Later"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">March is usually a long month for me, but this time it seemed to fly by, I think warm weather</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">has a tendency to do that with time. I hope with the warmer weather, my legs and feet will</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy this video I found on YouTube, music by Harry Belafonte, my "hubba hubba" back in the day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was asked to teach a beginners ceramic class at the Art League this semester. At first I</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Art League School</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ceramics</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(ages 10 to adult)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Participants with all levels of experience will explore clay in </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">supportive atmosphere, guided by a skilled instructor. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Handbuilding skills will be taught, with an emphasis on </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">creativity and having fun. Students are encouraged to explore</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">their own ideas and projects. All work is fired for permanence.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fee includes clay, tools, and firing.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Monday 4:00 - 6:00, </b>begins April 9th (9 weeks)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-40421737792555336812012-03-06T19:41:00.002-08:002012-03-06T21:35:57.197-08:00March Gladness<div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">March is Woman’s History Month, a time to reflect and honor the contributions </span></div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">and accomplishments of women. </span>I wanted to highlight and focus on the unique beauty of women around the world in their simplicity as well as their art of cultural adornment. I love looking at and collecting vintage photos, so I’ve put together </div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">this photo video of some of my favorite images.</div><div style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br />
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</span></div>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-15764382196730034432012-03-06T17:02:00.001-08:002012-03-06T18:59:33.136-08:00March GladnessKathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-77561376753376348812012-02-02T22:16:00.000-08:002012-02-02T22:31:02.241-08:00"Love Is The Beauty Of The Soul"<div style="font: normal normal normal 19px/normal Verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; letter-spacing: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is a beauty, admire it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is life, fight for it!" -- Mother Teresa</i></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for these inspirational words I found from a sister artist that is overcoming some of the same physical challenges I am. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love looking at vintage photos, old family pics, and beautiful children from</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The month of January flew by!!!!!! Trying to remember what I accomplished</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is a bit of a blur. I have stayed consistent going to the gym, realized I can't</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">count out fourteen chips and only eat that amount as a daily portion, and went on a splurge buying things to design a scrapbook for my granddaughter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I decided to get back into photoshop to design some more greeting cards</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">before I forget everything I have learned and forgotten from the last ten tutorials </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my son has given me. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Although I said I would spend January and February experimenting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">with some new ideas, I feel a little discombobulated working on so many different projects at the same time. I am back to working in a ten inch space on my table in my studio, so I've expanded into the family room and other little corners of the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</i></span></b></span></div>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-43846732317380205942012-01-11T17:15:00.000-08:002012-01-11T18:16:45.838-08:00January Gems<div style="color: #38216c; font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">December Recap:</span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;">December definitely had it’s highs, one low and then high again. I started off the month selling my work at the Art League Holiday Show, which was very successful. The month continued to stay busy as I completed special orders and had a steady stream of visitors coming to the house to buy gifts. The low was when I was told two weeks before Christmas I would need back surgery, I was devastated. One week before Christmas, I had to go to John Hopkins to meet the surgeon and get his evaluation, and that’s when I had my Christmas miracle. The doctor told me I didn’t need the surgery, my devastation turned to complete joy. Although that still left me with questions of how to deal with chronic pain and discomfort, my attitude of gratitude gave me a whole new positive perspective of life. I appreciate my health, the love of my family, friends, and a passion for my art.</span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="font-size: small; letter-spacing: 0px;"><br />
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</span></span></div>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-6527442426369363752012-01-11T16:22:00.001-08:002012-03-06T18:59:33.138-08:00January Gems<div style="color: #38216c; font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">December Recap:</span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">December definitely had it’s highs, one low and then high again. I started off the month selling my work at the Art League Holiday Show, which was very successful. The month continued to stay busy as I completed special orders and had a steady stream of visitors coming to the house to buy gifts. One of my ceramic dolls was accepted in the monthly exhibit and received an "Honorable Mention". The low was when I was told two weeks before Christmas I would need back surgery, I was devastated. One week before Christmas, I had to go to John Hopkins to meet the surgeon and get his evaluation, and that’s when I had my Christmas miracle. The doctor told me I didn’t need the surgery, my devastation turned to complete joy. Although that still left me with questions of how to deal with chronic pain and discomfort, my attitude of gratitude gave me a whole new positive perspective of life. My appreciation and love for my health, the love of my family, friends, and a passion for my art has elevated to a new high, LOVE...</span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: 13.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">the greatest gift of all.</span></div><div style="color: #38216c; font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Helvetica; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
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December Recap:December definitely had it’s highs, one low and then high again. I started off the month selling my work at the Art League Holiday Show, which was very successful. The month continued to stay busy as I completed special orders and had a steady stream of visitors coming to the house to buy gifts. The low was when I was told two weeks before Christmas I would need back surgery, I was devastated. One week before Christmas, I had to go to John Hopkins to meet the surgeon and get his evaluation, and that’s when I had my Christmas miracle. The doctor told me I didn’t need the surgery, my devastation turned to complete joy. Although that still left me with questions of how to deal with chronic pain and discomfort, my attitude of gratitude gave me a whole new positive perspective of life. I appreciate my health, the love for my family, friends, and a passion for my art.<br />
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</tbody></table>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-81065827720152798272012-01-10T19:08:00.001-08:002012-03-06T18:59:33.150-08:00January Gems<div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">December Recap:</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 14.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"></span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">December definitely had it’s highs, one low and then high again. I started off the month selling my work at the Art League Holiday Show, which was very successful. The month continued to stay busy as I completed special orders and had a steady stream of visitors coming to the house to buy gifts. The low was when I was told two weeks before Christmas I would need back surgery, I was devastated. One week before Christmas, I had to go to John Hopkins to meet the surgeon and get his evaluation, and that’s when I had my Christmas miracle. The doctor told me I didn’t need the surgery, my devastation turned to complete joy. Although that still left me with questions of how to deal with chronic pain and discomfort, my attitude of gratitude gave me a whole new positive perspective of life. I appreciate my health, the love for my family, friends, and a passion for my art.</span></span></div><div style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been trying to keep my wings a flutter to stay motivated and exploring that ever ending road of creativity. I am so thankful I have art as my passion and outlet to express myself. Pain in my legs and back have become a constant companion which can be so mentally demoralizing, but creating art has helped me to soar above it when I feel I can't take it anymore. Everyone needs to find something they feel passionate about to help them soar into </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">heavenly realms of bliss and loose their self in the process. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A dear creative friend of mine sent me a wonderful gift this past week that lifted my spirit with surprise and awe. I love Linda's work, there is something very soulful about what she does and touches me in ways not many can do.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-25773772830346063772011-09-06T20:14:00.000-07:002011-09-06T20:14:24.078-07:00September Hath Thirty Days<div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">LOVE is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer's year - it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul.</span></div><div style="color: #333233; font: 16.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">August was a good month for my mosaic stained glass windows, I have sold them all and now need to come up with some new visions to create new ones. I found a warehouse in Maryland that is similar to Restore, but has has much more vintage home decor items. I hit the mother load on old windows! The name of the warehouse is called "Community Forklift", it's really worth a visit if you like rummaging through old stuff.</span></div><div class="entirePost" style="display: inline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I've been working on looking for my "niche" in ceramics, so that's exactly what I made, a "niche" with a mosaic twist. </span><br />
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<strong><big> If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back? </big></strong><br />
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July was definitely one for the records and no doubt we were all hot under the collar. Just like any good blizzard, the heat equally kept me inside working nonstop. I really hustled to get a new mosaic stained glass window created, I wanted to enter the Art League's August exhibit on landscapes. Although I'm not so much into landscapes, I like challenging myself and finding new ways to express myself. Well, the challenge payed off, my piece was accepted and is on exhibit at the Art League Gallery in the Torpedo Factory for the month of August. My son, Noah also had a sculpture selected to be exhibited as well. <br />
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"Woven In Sunshine"- Mosaic Stained Glass<br />
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I find making these windows so exciting because they change color depending on the time of day and the amount of light coming in. Here another photo of the same window in late afternoon.<br />
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Wilderness Construction - Noah Williams <br />
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I've also been working on creating some ceramic pieces called "My Peeps". They are 4 1/2" to 5" tall and are small containers for whatever treasures you want to put in them. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"My Peeps" family is slowly growing, check out my gallery in Clay Works for new "Peeps" and other ceramic sculptures.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As many of you know, I love designing cards. My August aspiration is to build up my inventory with some of my old design favorites and start putting together some new ideas as well. Please don't let letter writing become a thing of the past, everyone loves to receive a "thinking of you" note. My first series are notecards (4 x 5) $15.00, 6 cards in a pack called "The Age of Innocence". These cards are my way of giving honor to all the beautiful brown angels from the late 1800's and early 1900's that never knew how special and lovely they were by public standards. I adorn them in pearls, beads, laces, and special fabrics in the original design. Below are photos that will be in this series. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Kathlyn James Avilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13056747395742666944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7607671125387895294.post-83168948001053326352011-07-15T18:55:00.000-07:002011-07-15T18:55:41.089-07:00July Happenings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA9dvgIkG_gK6gNlrO05b9NYzCU9iexM_5T028PoF7naqT9d-i03GXDxeJ6_MUKjumvY-9fZfyB5SnhLjQy9qmhkXg5bVL4bi7Sh0YU9JaaMejj0tPF6apNwsRugQDc-Yud9Cj_Nt33GE/s1600/DSCF0155.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA9dvgIkG_gK6gNlrO05b9NYzCU9iexM_5T028PoF7naqT9d-i03GXDxeJ6_MUKjumvY-9fZfyB5SnhLjQy9qmhkXg5bVL4bi7Sh0YU9JaaMejj0tPF6apNwsRugQDc-Yud9Cj_Nt33GE/s320/DSCF0155.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>July has been a slow, but steady month. I continue to mosaic the shed that houses my kiln, that is coming along slowly, but surely. The heat keeps me from being able to work on it with consistency.<br />
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Noah and I had our sculptures accepted in the Art League Gallery in the Torpedo Factory for this month's theme on Sculptures. I am so proud of Noah for receiving the top award for the piece he submitted entitled "Lizard".<br />
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