Just found this awesome blog by Andrew Goss. (I have adored his work ever since I can remember!!!) It's about concrete... some absolutely amazing things in there, like fabric dipped in concrete. Amazing! Started reading at about 5 am this morning and could not stop... still can not...

manhole covers

A friend of mine likes to take pictures of manhole covers. Another friend just commented about a week ago on how beautiful the manhole covers in parts of Europe are. And then I happened upon this one myself! Out of curiosity, today I did a Google image search of manhole covers and I could not believe the gorgeous images that turned up. We need to appreciate and notice the mundane, the every day object... and make more of these beautiful things!

pottery

Sculpture, pottery, ceramics... whatever you might want to call it. One of my absolutely favourite ceramic artists Andrea Piller has just asked me to do a show with her this winter! I'm absolutely thrilled - crossing my fingers, hoping it can be arranged!!!

balancing act

I had the pleasure of meeting Rudy Kehkla at a show this summer. He had these wonderful stone / fish / vertebrae like mobiles that were like a miniature balancing act - moving and turning and swinging to their own tune. Not only Rudy Kehkla was a neigbour at a show, but it turns out is also a very close neighbour of mine in the city. It was great to have met you! Thanks for the inspiration!!!

blown away

Spent a week-end in Ottawa and happened upon the new War Museum and was completely blown away! Not the contents of the museum, not at all. I'm not one bit interested in the craft of war, but the building itself, the architecture, the angles, the lights, the finishes, the surfaces, the colors of grays and browns and greens... or lack there of.... depends how one looks at it. Oh what an absolutely gorgeous building. Today I'm in complete awe of architects! In love! I knew of the Moriyama & Teshima work done in the city, (mostly around the University) but was completely oblivious to what had sprung up in Ottawa only a few years ago. It is worth a visit, even if you don't like tanks, guns and planes.