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Images of Creative Communion
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Pittsburgh and....Creative Calm...
When you invite things into your life they have an interesting way of just showing up. This adventure is now in full swing for me. I flew from Vancouver BC, Canada to Minneapolis, MN then onto Pittsburgh, PA yesterday. I spent the night in Pittsburgh and had dinner at Grit and Grace downtown…
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Thank-you For Sharing my Creative Adventure!
After leaving Touchstone Center for Crafts I spent a restful night in Pittsburgh and then took a very early train to New York City. A quick nine hours later I was there. Serendipity is a word that I have used quite a bit in the past number of months of my life. Ever since I found out about my…
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Finding Creative Communion at Touchstone
I spent 9 hours on a train yesterday thinking about my experience at Touchstone and specifically thinking about how Touchstone added creative communion to my life... The place itself is magic. I wasn’t expecting it to be so remote even though I knew there were no buses that went to this area.…
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Images Of Touchstone Center for Crafts
I have such a short precious time here and so much to breathe in. Today was our first full day working in the metals studio with Sharon Massey and Cortland Dewitt. We are learning and experimenting with etching, decals, and epoxy-resin....It's been a pretty playful workshop. I have the…
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Jewellery + Artists + Collaboration
A clearly stated and consciously shared purpose is the foundation of great collaborations." -Twyla TharpFor the past year I have been working with two other metal artists on creative collaborations. We came together because we all had the same purpose. We wanted to work on interesting projects…
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Images of Creative Communion - First Steps
My journey from Vancouver, BC. Canada, to the "Imagery in Jewelry" workshop at Touchstone Center for Craft in Farmington, Pennsylvania.I start each new year with some time for reflection and visioning. This year I used two of my favourite tools to do this, my…
My journey from Vancouver, BC. Canada, to the “Imagery in Jewelry” workshop at Touchstone Center for Craft in Farmington, Pennsylvania.