these are just few of the typical colours in vallauris, france . . .
the musée picasso in antibes is my new favorite museum EVER. it has amazing art, it’s a beautiful building, and it sits right on the mediterranean sea with killer views out of all of the windows. basically, i’d love to live in this museum.
one of my favorite paintings.
it also has a large selection of his ceramics.
MERCI to jan, at poppytalk, for the great story she did on my residency in the south of france.
you can read the post HERE.
following suit with my butterfly theme here in france, this beautiful french butterfly was perched upon one of my 12 vessels at the opening of our show. i can’t but help think that this was an auspicious omen.
our show in vallauris, france opened yesterday. in spite of the extremely HOT weather, we managed to have a great turnout and plenty of rosé in the house to bring everyone’s temperature down just a few degrees.
our show in vallauris, france is THIS SATURDAY !
if you happen to be in the Côte d’Azur this weekend, come on down.
here are my finished bottles. the raw beauty of this black clay gives them the illusion of a chimney, which was my first inspiration for them. i also discovered this cool box of glaze “chalk” that i purchased here in france. this black clay makes for a perfect chalkboard.
everything here in france is so beautiful to me, without even trying to be. i can even find inspiration right under my feet.
this is my walk home from the studio. the street is SO narrow that when a car comes, you literally have to step into a doorway to let it pass ! so charming.
june 7, 2012
vallauris, france
these loquats were freshly picked from a tree in the south of france. when i was a child, we had a big loquat tree in our backyard. i can remember sitting in that tree eating loquats until my stomach was fully distended. the taste and smell of this fruit brings me right back to my childhood. such very sweet memories.
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