Nubians and Egyptians overlap

This is a beautiful terra cotta piece created by the Nubians. The Egyptians loved the Nubian craftsmanship so much they had work like this imported and painted Nubians inside the Tombs of Pharohs and any wealthy individual. They valued their work so much they wanted to bring it to the afterlife.In primitive times the Nubians could build the vessels walls paper thin, and knew the difference of oxidation and reduction.
These vessels were not made to sit on the tabletop but as offering to a deceased person. That is why the majority of these vessels wer found in graves of Egyptians and Nubians ( but the vessels in the Nubian graves were far superior than the ones found in the Egyptians).

I'm a creep

Judy Fox is a master of the human form in all stages of life. But right now her work of young children inspire and motivate me for my own studio work. To precisely sculpt a child's proportions is a challenge in itself, but the poses she places them in brings a whole other dynamic to the work.
Awkwardly alluring your eyes to stare.


In studio, as I struggle sculpting my own adolescent figure, weird social topics come up. My studio mates discuss ways to compare my piece with an actual girl. These ideas consist of going to a park and doing a couple of a few things, 1. pull aside a girl and take photos of her. 2. lure children with candy or ice cream, 3. other things I am not comfortable distributing on the internet. Besides the park, 'googling' "13 year old girls was brought up but proved itself of projected unwanted fruits.

I feel like a creeper.

wrapping for art- not christmas

Christo and Jeanne-Claude set out to wrap the un-wrappable:castles, buildings, rivers, bridges,etc. They bring the city together through the process because this couple cannot do it along. Many people work together for the goal of covering an object. Where does the funding come from? No one who admires the cloth covered Pont-neuf could purchase it and take it home. They front the cost of the project-material, labor (no volunteers), any expenses, then get it back with the selling of their drawings planning the project.

This idea of selling prep work or little mementos of their installation is very intriguing to me as a ceramic sculpture creator. Not everyone who looks at a large sculpture or installation can take part of it home, no matter how much the viewer likes it. These drawings can let the admirer take "the idea" of a work of art instead of the whole thing.

i love dirt

ants carry out picnic basket.


Right now I am in a class that is focusing on our local rain garden, KCAI Brush Creek Community Rain Garden, so I have been thinking a lot about functional, sculptural ceramics. Where does a sculpture officially become functional? When it is used in some sort of action? Isn't decor or knowledge still functional? This thought led my head down a bunny trail to this past summer on Earth Day the Stone Lion Theatre had a GIANT puppet show encouraging people of all ages to take care fo the earth. Lots of talent went into this production to stress this note.two manned butterflies were very elegantthe preying mantis was my favoriteflower petals come down the lane and formed a circle where a hula hoop girl popped out of the centerbugspray wears converse, thus anything/ anyone wearing converse is bad on the environment. bugs fight back on bugspray by ganging upmother earth thanks the bugs

hide and seek at the nelson-atkins

"Art is a continuum of ideas."

Lately I have been wondering how I weave other artists ideas into my own. Where is that line that get crossed from someone's idea to mine? Am I degrading a beautiful moment when I transform it into a moment in time for me?
Or is it just that I relocate the feeling that artist gave me into something that is mine so that I can give it to another person?

With that being said, I have been inspired by photos in the exhibit, Hide and Seek, at the Nelson Atkins museum.

Gorjus, Sally Mann

Hummingbird,Betsy Schneider
Boy with Ball, Kajjansi, Uganda, Gloria Baker Feinstein