Midd-West mayhem

Just finished the video for the the Midd-West residency that ended last week. Please forward these links to 800 or so of your friends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ur69idglA
Good fun! I used music from One.man.And -the band that Kaleo is drumming for right now. I also finished the video for Juniata. I was waiting for a photo of the mosaic installed but never got it, so....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkQFrDOBklA&feature=relmfu This one just has generic pinnacle program generated music. When I watch these, I have to smile. Ahhh...back in my studio tomorrow.

hey now, you're an all star

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me. I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. This smashmouth song was absolutely lodged in my brain for a while. "Hey Now (you're an all star)" is a roll of everything that has been happening for me. My recent decision to refuse to decide between mosaic and fused glass, plus I had just broken a few favorite works...all jumbled up with thoughts about recycled glass. The fused/mosaic combinations that I made last year are some of my favorite works. So, the converse idea has been with me for a while. I briefly thought about doing a high heel but it is so not me. I had Shaundi in yellow Converse high tops when she was just a tot and I clearly remember a hot pink pair she outgrew, handing them down to me before they got stolen from me by Kaleo. This piece is us for sure. It's my blues and greens, a little spot of graffiti and diamond plate, my stripes, my bubbles. I really love the recycled. There is a ring at the top right from a bottle I found in our neighborhood while walking my four legged kids. It has writing pressed into the glass that reads, "Federal law forbids sale or reuse of this bottle." BAH HA HA HA HA HA HA! Some of the rings are from an antique water bottle that we kept change in till Shaundi broke it. And the sneaker? I'm so happy with that, I'm even going to have my site redone around it. Yup! Just that tile took about 2 1/2 weeks with most of that work going in the trash. Its all good.