Posts made in August, 2005
Yankee Doodle Dandy
One of the other places I’ve been lately is Cloud Nine. Melody reminded me that I haven’t yet posted anything about the Husqvarna Viking announcement. I got a call this week from Sweden to say I’d won second prize in their special exhibition that opens in Houston the end of this October. So it was a very nice surprise to find out I’ve won a Viking Quilt Designer II sewing...
Read MoreTsuru for Good Luck
I finally got a photo gallery of our family reunion posted. It’s been held every summer in a different west coast city for the last 30 years, and around eighty to a hundred people usually show up. Next year my cousin Mari will be the chairman, and the reunion will be held in Portland, Oregon so that everyone will also be able to attend Mari’s wedding. She’s in the Portland...
Read MoreA Tisket, a Tasket…
So where have I been for the last couple of weeks? One place is Lincoln, Nebraska. We visited our friends Karen and Robert Duncan and got to see their new house and the most fabulous personal art collection I’ve ever seen. I hope they won’t mind me putting these photos that Russ took on the blog, but they do have a book being published about their house, so I guess they’re used...
Read MoreAmazing Flying Dog Trick
Here’s Mochi’s new trick — the Amazing Flying Dog Trick. Russ plays tug-of-war with a training buoy, and as Mochi has gotten stronger, she holds onto the rope ferociously. And so the “Amazing Flying Dog Trick” has evolved. This trick goes very fast as Russ spins around, so I had to use the rapid-fire-shutter setting on the camera to capture the action. Since...
Read MoreBruce Beasley Retrospective
We also went to Oakland for an afternoon. Bruce Beasley is a sculptor friend who was having a 45 year retrospective of his work at the Oakland Museum of Art. Although the museum was closed on Tuesdays, Bruce got us privately to see the show an take some photos. There were over 60 sculptures in the...
Read MoreThe Crucible
Just down the street from Bruce’s studio in Oakland is The Crucible. It’s a huge building with an amazing array of community art classes including metal, glass, neon and jewelry. Some of the more interesting offerings include fire dancing and fire eating. Someday I’d like to see some of these fire art performances at a Burning Man...
Read MoreCosmos at Legion of Honor
Thanks to Gerrie’s tip, we went to see the ArtWear: Fashion and Anti-Fashion exhibit at the Legion of Honor while in San Francisco. It was a super exhibition and will be there until October. I have no photos of the exhibit inside, but you can buy the catalog which is well...
Read MoreMorning Newspaper
Dog training in progress… Mochi getting the newpaper. Now the trick it to keep her from chewing it up once she gets back to the house. A side trip through the grass is a bit of a struggle because the paper is actually bigger than...
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I'm an artist who makes humorous quilts and drawings and shares a studio in an old peanut butter factory with my husband who is also an artist and sculptor. You can also see more of my art at PamRuBert.com
