Busy, Busy, Busy Time of Year

     Since the busyness starts ramping up for all of us as we forge on into the holidays I thought I would take a few minutes to show you what I've been working on since my last post.

  I've been out hustling my wares and I've been asked to participate in a few upcoming events that I'm excited about. Nov. 9, Escalon Booster Club's Annual Fall Art/Craft Fair to be held at the high school from 9-3 - yes, there's only one high school in Escalon. I love that. 

  I just got accepted into the ModShop209 Event - that's sort of a cool, trendy (very young) arts/craft event..... the last time I participated was a couple of years ago. It's held inside a handful of local businesses downtown. It's AN EVENT and there's music, shoulder-to-shoulder steady streams of people snaking through tables looking and buying. The cool thing about this is that it's in the evening 6-10 p.m. on the Saturday After Thanksgiving, Nov. 30. The last time I did this one it was called something different - HandBorn - and it promotes and celebrates the return to handcrafted items rather than imported/mass produced things.This year there is another organization putting it on - MODSHOP209 and a portion of the proceeds will go to the Peer Recovery Art Project.

  Let's get back to personal, quality, and locally made things for our home and as gifts!  I'm all for it because let's face it, we "Makers" take time and pride in what we create with our hands. We are compelled to create. It's how we communicate. So when you purchase something handmade you aren't just purchasing a thing, you're participating in the celebration of ideas, creative effort, all the many hours of trying and retrying an idea to bring it to fruition - never mind the materials and electricity (whatever) it took to produce that one item. *stepping down from my box now*

ANYway - I AM a MAKER!  It IS my business! And there - I've said it!  Pictures for you to enjoy now follow.

Kate

A 10-inch ceramic wall art - $35

My Fractured Angel Sally - she's not for sale, but
her friends are - similar but not exactly like
her there are 7-inches tall and ready to
hang on a wall. She was going to
be an ornament but she didn't want to. - $12.

Fruit of the Spirit tiles - Peace, Joy, Love, Faith,
Kindness, Gentleness, Forbearance, etc. All nine wall
tiles can be sold in a set for $45 or choose one at
$7 apiece.

A close up of a heart shaped "Love" ornament.
They can be personalized with a name or date
or whatever you want. They are about 5-6-inches
and made individually, $12. Allow 10 days.

Terra cotta 5-inch LOVE ornament, some texture.
Glazed only in parts, $8 

Two Loves Of My Life -
THEY ARE NOT FOR SALE.

Just a picture of the raw clay picture I sent you last time.
It's now completed and ready to go. It's a 10x10 piece.
$35.

It's time for Socks!

October 28, 2013


For me, putting on socks is the kiss of death to the well enjoyed (but sometimes too deathly hot) summer. I hate to see it go but I haven't minded that it has been tempered just a bit. The Central Valley loves its extremes, yes it does, because where else can you go to bed too hot to sleep and wake up wondering if it's time to switch to the flannel sheets already?

It's been busy for me, creating. I'll show you a couple of things I've been working on. My head is full to the top of things I want to make, so full that the ideas sometimes tumble out faster than I can actually bring them to fruition. The sewing is on the back burner for the moment and it's been all things clay and paint.

I have always been amazed by the things that God has created and I'm am thankful every day that He's given me the gift of noticing them and the desire to recreate in a humble way my interpretation of them. Sometimes whimsical, almost always colorful but whatever it is I am always in awe of the way some things seem to create themselves. It is my great joy to be able to do this and I thank you for taking a moment to see what I'm working on.

Pieces of my work can be seen (in California only) at Hearts of Jade in Moorpark, Queen Beads in Camarillo and at P&L Concrete and Garden Center in Escalon.  I will also be showing at the Dickens Faire in December (Modesto), the Cougar Booster Club Fall Festival, Nov. 9 in Escalon and a couple of other smaller craft events in the next month.

Here are examples of what I've been working on:

A raw piece of work - waiting for color and firing.
This piece has holes at the top for hanging and is
about 8 inches square. Finished it will be available for $40.

This turned out exactly as I had pictured it! I was
so excited when I opened the kiln. It was like
Christmas. Approximately 10 inches tall and wide,
it has holes at the top for hanging and
 will be available soon for $45.

Oh sure, TELL me you wouldn't want to have
your own personal park! It has all the elements
I love - trees, flowers, sunshine, a bird and a
random round ball thingy. I've created
more and different little scenes but I'll show you later.
This one is on a 2.5 x 4 inch base and the sun is
about 4.5 inches high in the sky. For $30 you
can dictate what you want in YOUR
Desktop World.

This is one of my Fruits of the Spirit wall hangings -
and yes, I loved this one too! This is GENTLENESS.
Each piece I create is completely hand cut, rolled and
pressed and glazes are mixed as I go. This is hours
of work and meditation to create, several days
to dry, fire, glaze and fire again.  This piece or one like it
will be for sale for $40.

This is one of many small wall art pieces. You can display them
on a wall, as a group, or use them for holiday ornaments. They are
4-5 inches square and each is unique and handcrafted. 
These will be sold for $12.50 each and
can be personalized with names if you prefer.

COMING SOON - Fruits of the Spirit Christmas Ornaments - all nine for $33/set. Pictures soon.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

You can email me at DreamrKate@yahoo.com.

It's Been Too Long Since We've Talked......

It's been way too long, just about a year
and I thought I'd just show pictures
of what has been occupying me this
past year..... thoughts later.

Kate

One of the half dozen doggies
who occupy my thoughts.
He is still in bisque stage.

Quilted fabric alphabet
I've been making for
my new grandbaby.

A random, soon to be overly
done embroidery piece.
Might be a wall hanging.

Ceramic peace signs that
are for my sister.

Monster bowls - created with
my adult developmentally
challenged clay class.

One of my tiny paintings,
at Queen Beads, Camarillo.

Terra cotta bead dishes.

Terra cotta wall hanging, still
in raw clay form.

Terra cotta wall art - still in
raw clay form.

And last - my tiny paintings. 2x2", 2x4".

I've neglected this blog for much longer than I realized. It's not that I've given up on doing something creative almost every day, it just got busy and ... everyone knows that story. So here are a few pictures in no particular order of where my creative thoughts have taken me. Like I said - no particular order, but this is what I've been doing this past year.~Kate