i’m passionately intrigued with hanging laundry from other countries. i find it to be beautiful, very telling, and natural works of art. i always photograph a series of hanging laundry wherever i am (probably much to the chagrin of whoever’s laundry it is !).
this black spanish clay is much wetter than i remember, which is making it very difficult to work with and extra messy ! it’s also causing me just a bit of stress, as i need to finish working with the black clay before i open my bags of beautiful and pristine limoges porcelain . . . but we all know that you can not rush clay. this has been a big lesson in patience (something that i have very little of).
almost every morning in france, i eat caviar over eggs for breakfast.
the beaches here in france are still very sparse. wait until you see the difference just a few weeks make. come june, and there will be standing room ONLY ! the weather is warming up by the minute.
it’s good to be back together in france with my favorite black clay. although it is a little wet this year and hard to coil build with. have you ever tried coil building with mud ? not very fun and a very slow process. so in between the waiting i’ve been making spoons. a great small item and easy to carry back with me without (hopefully) breaking. i’m planning to make a multitude of them . . .
we had the very good fortune of attending the cannes film festival and even LiNG got in on some red carpet action ! we saw an AMAZING film called MAGIC MAGIC, i highly recommend it (and i am a tough movie critic). afterwards there was a Q and A session with the writer/director and cast. it was great to see and hear michael cera speak in person, i LOVE him. cannes was bustling with beautiful people against the most exquisite backdrop.
i landed safely in NICE and now i am tucked away in vallauris ready to start my residency. it’s like taking a breath of fresh air.
LiNG and i are off to the south of FRANCE ! stay tuned for our adventures . . .
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