Poppytalk Handmade Market

I'm so excited to be participating in the Poppytalk Handmade "Home Sweet Home" online market starting tomorrow! It runs from July 21 - Aug 15 and features tons of beautiful housewares from designers all across the US and Canada. Poppytalk is a fabulous Canadian design blog and has been one of my daily reads for quite some time. I suggest checking it out if you haven't already.

Studio Scraps

When I make a Point Vessel I'm always left with two little triangular shaped paper maché scraps. I keep them in the studio in a little pile under my desk hoping to one day discover a perfect use for them. This week I pulled them out and experimented. I gold leafed one side of a few, stacked them, and turned them into a little hanging sculpture. I liked how the gold leaf reflected onto the paper next to it. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but for now I'm enjoying having a few stacks hanging in the window of the studio.

New Stores!

I have two new stores in New York City! If you are in the area, check out Catbird in Brooklyn or Haus Interior in SoHo. Catbird is carrying the gold lip dish series and Haus Interior has a mix of Up in the Air Somewhere pieces. They are both really beautiful shops with super nice owners and I'm so excited to be in their collections.

Giorgio Morandi

One of the best parts of doing a show is getting to hear people's impressions of my work. I went to the Art Institute of Chicago for college and while I was there I got used to spending a lot of time talking and talking and talking about my work. This was a really valuable experience because so often a viewer's reaction to my work opens my eyes to new ways of thinking about what I'm making. Since leaving school several years ago, opportunities for critique are few and far between.

When I was in Brooklyn for Renegade in June, a couple stopped by my booth and immediately asked me if I had seen paintings of Giorgio Morandi. They said my pieces reminded them of his muted palates and restrained still lifes. Apparently I had just missed a Metropolitan Museum of Art retrospective of his work. When I got back to Chicago I looked him up and instantly fell in love with his paintings. I'm so flattered that the couple made the connection to his work and I'm definitely inspired.