Sunday, May 30, 2010

Marge's Rockin Party!

It's Monday & typically it's an
Since today is a holiday, I'm dedicating this post to my
accordion teacher & fabulous musican
Marge Ford.

Marge plays & teaches a mulitude of instruments among them the
button box & the piano accordion. She plays in the groups
The Polka Chips & the Button Box Gang & you can often
see them around town playing summertime gigs &
monthly at St. Pat's Parish Hall during the winter months. Check out her web site
for updates & events.

Marge just celebrated a birthday & here's some shots from her birthday bash.
The food was amazing & the music grand!

Members of the Alaska Button Box Gang.

From the left; Ziggy, Marge (in the black hat), Jill, me & Lucie.
Jill, Lucie & I are students taking lessons from Marge & members of the
Anchorage Accordion Club.
Happy Birthday Marge!

Fun at the Spenard Market!

It was a fun & successful day at the
Spenard Farmer's Market!
A day of visiting with friends ~ like Atta with


Purchasing art supplies from Blaines' Art Supply.
These are watercolor pencils ~ stick them in water then draw & paint
on watercolor paper as usual. I already have a couple sets of these but they
are a lesser quality. These are perfect for backpacking!
You can NEVER have too many art supplies.

Enjoying a slushy at the market.....
hummmm.....yes, that was delicious!

And ~ Selling some ART!
Thanks Lar for helping me out with my booth.

Next week we're off to Denail National Park where I will be a feaured artist in the park!

Friday, May 28, 2010

It's SHOW TIME at the SPENARD FARMER'S MARKET!!

Join me on Saturday, May 29th at the Spenard Farmer's Market!
I'll be there selling my art glass, jewelry, garden stakes & more.
I've made the logo into cool magnets & for a $5 donation to the Spenard Farmer's Market you can help to pay for the Port-O-Potties!!
Yep...you read that right! We're raising money for the potties!
See you in Spenard tomorrow!!!
(10 to 3 pm ~ civilized hours)

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Textures of Hawaii

It's hard to believe a month has passed since we were in Hawaii. The studio has been crazy busy with shipments going out everyday, accordion gigs, honey bee checks, spring gardening & getting ready for an exciting trip to Denali park for work & family fun!

After going through my Hawaii pictures I thought I'd post a few that I took while hiking with my family. I found these images very inspirational. I've always loved photography & in the past even had my own darkroom for developing black & white photos. Textures, tints, & shadows are also important in glass ~ these were / are ideas to incorporate into my work.

Footprints. I love the grandules of sand...looks like frit.

Tire tracks. The sand looks so creamy.

Lava rock. Bubbles & shadows.

Pod cluster. Interesting group. The ridges look like a ladder.



King spider in web. This was so beautiful as the morning light sparkled on the
web ~ it looked like glitter. I took a whole series of photos as the light
changed.
My darling child surfing!