Little ceramic things

Just some recent cups and shot glasses

Borrego Springs Sculpture

I am very excited to be working on a life-size sculpture commission for a property just across the street from the Borrego Springs Airport here is Southern California. I've been experimenting with concrete techniques to create this sculpture. There are a lot of options for creative concrete applications!

The sculpture will be depicting early homesteader, Alfred Armstrong "Doc" Beaty, who helped pave the way for more settlers in the region by expanding the roads leading farmers and traders to and from San Diego's center.

Doc Beaty

Borrego Springs is a beautiful place. I can't wait to go out to spend some time in the Desert, installing this work in January!

I'm getting ready to make rubber molds for the sculpture.

Spinsters In Progress

 I'm making an artist book inspired by this 1952 women's college yearbook called "The Spinster"

Drawing in progress...

Talismans

Tools, Toys, Talismans.

New Sculptures

Here are a couple small sculptures I recently finished.

Untitled (2013) glass, metal

Clutch (2013) felt, wool, fabric, glass, brass

Dream (2013) blown glass, feathers, wood

animation tests

These are two little clips of some animations I made recently. I've been experimenting with rotoscoping and digital imaging. wee!

Santa Barbara, CA, Stanwood, WA, Pilchuck

© Juliana Wisdom 2012

Sonoma, Vineyard

© Juliana Wisdom 2012

Oakland, Piedmont Cemetery, Marin Headlands, Marin County Fair

© Juliana Wisdom 2012

Lost Wax. Musical Movements, Tinkering, Pilchuck Auction

The first week at Pilchuck as an Emerging Artist in Residence has been spent researching and planning in the best way I know how: compile, alter, and tinker. My fellow EAiRs are exceptional artists, and very knowledgable, and it has been great to observe their work process and discuss ideas and technical concerns with them. I look forward to seeing our shared studio space change as our individual projects evolve. Below are a couple snapshots of my work table, and some inspirations for the direction of my work:

My table.

The Vibroplex semiautomatic Morse Code paddle.

Caption reads: Edison listens to his wax cylinder phonograph at 5:30 A.M. on June 16, 1888. Genius, he said, was one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

The Berliner gramophone, circa 1894.

Check out the Pilchuck Annual Auction Catalog for 2012 online by following the link below. The Auction event will be in Seattle on October 12th. My piece I donated won a Juror's Choice Award. You can find it on page 110.

http://issuu.com/pilchuckglassschool/docs/pilchuck_catalog__12?mode=window&backgroundColor=#e9e9e9

EAiR

For the next 8 weeks I will be at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, WA, as an Emerging Artist in Residence.

I am very excited to take advantage of the amazing facilities here in this stunning part of the world. I'll be sure to post photos along the way.

For now, here are a couple images from a quick beach stop in Humbolt County, from my drive from the Bay Area to Washington: