this is my version of french leaves. there are so many beautiful blooming plants + trees around here in the south of france. the sights and smells remind me exactly of my childhood. i love being surrounded by an abundance of fruit bearing trees. i feel so at home.
here are some quick teapot ideas i sketched out.
and here are a some of them in progress.
it’s hard NOT to be inspired by the beautiful colors in the south of france. look at these spices at the farmers market in antibes. amazing.
these are some bottles i made here in france.
i was first inspired by these clay chimneys that i saw in paris.
and then by my new favorite bottle of rosé that i found in the south of france.
i love how things evolve.
i am in cheese heaven. i love french cheese . . . the stinkier, the better. we have come across AMAZINGLY delicious moldy cheeses that smell not unlike dirty socks (in a good way). it’s a good thing that i run to the sea every morning and swim, otherwise my new cheese gut would be twice as large.
june 6, 2012
vallauris, france
i am trying my hand at acrylic painting and am still not quite sold. it is so antithetical to watercolor. the paint just sits there and doesn’t absorb into the canvas, i’m not used to that. i will be spending half of my residency here in france painting. there is so much to be inspired by.
this is the canvas on my work table. i love the unsuspecting patterns that the dark clay leaves behind. bits and pieces of clay, traces of patterns . . . i couldn’t have made this if i TRIED.
may 23, 2012
paris, france
i had my first meal on this trip to paris at MERCI. soft boiled eggs and fresh squeezed orange juice. it was tres delicious and memorable.
i have moved on to the dark clay here in france. this just might be my favorite clay EVER. it’s a spanish black clay and it is DELICIOUS. it’s the perfect consistency, like heavy wet sand, it is easy to hand build with, and so VERY forgiving. i am in heaven.
the mediterranean sea is a mere 2 miles away from my residency. i run there every morning and swim. it’s the most amazing way to start my day. and today i went there TWICE. my fellow residents and i took a mid day beach break. the beach in golfe-juan is full of sea glass, which i am a HUGE fan of. i believe that mediterranean sea glass is the most beautiful sea glass there is. and you can quote me on that.
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