Posts made in February, 2007
Getting Back on the Horse
PaMdora’s back! Maybe not in full strength, but she’s getting there… In cleaning up my hard drive, I happily found this old template for the blog. It’s a couple of years old so it doesn’t have my blog links, but it will do for now. However I wasn’t too worried about recovering it because I’ve been working for a couple of weeks to learn WordPress. So far...
Read MoreThe Art of Quilting PBS program
Next Saturday, the documentary The Art of Quilting will air on our local PBS station. Check out Lisa Call’s quilt in the background of the PBS website, hopefully it will be on the cover of the DVD when it’s released! Last March a crew from Wisconsin came to my studio to do an interview. I haven’t seen the show yet, but I’ve been told by the producer that my interview will...
Read MoreMore Bright Lights
Although our studio is still a wreck, good things keep happening. Yesterday afternoon we had our third photo session with Bob Linder of Signature magazine for a feature article that should come out the end of March. We did the session in the back warehouse with lots of Russ’s metal cutouts in the background. It’s hard to know what to wear for these things, and the lighting was so...
Read MoreThe Squirrel Tree
Humans weren’t the only people who suffered in the January 2007 ice storm. I think a lot of wild animals struggled too. Yesterday I saw a disoriented racoon sitting in the middle of the road in the bright daylight, so I imagine he was sick or hurt. And in our own yard, there has been lots of ruckus in the old squirrel tree. Sometime during the storm, the big north branch crashed to the...
Read MoreTiki Tales
Moving back to the warehouse has not been so easy, especially working by torchlight (heh, just kidding.) But at the same time, it’s reinvigorated my interest in the Tiki Lounge that we built in our studio several years ago. I learned something new about the origins of tiki. Apparently it was started in California by a guy who changed his name to Don the Beachcomber, to match the name of...
Read MoreTotally Tiki
I’ve been collecting lots of Tiki memorabilia for the Tiki office. Here’s a monkey with wire glasses. He’s made out of coconuts, and has a slash on his stomach because he’s also a bank. Next to him is a girl with pigtails made out of some kind of nut. She’s also hollow and her hat lifts up — so I think she’s meant to be a little purse. The most fun...
Read More2007 Missouri Arts Awards
On Wednesday, we were at the capital for the 2007 Missouri Art Awards. Here is Russ standing between Missouri State Govenor Blunt and the First Lady, just after he received recognition in the Individual Artist category — the highest honor an artist can receive in the State of Missouri. The ceremony was held at the State Capitol building. Although I grew in near this building, and it was...
Read MoreRuss’s Award
Not all the news from RuBert Studios is bad. On Wednesday, we’ll be traveling to the state capital for Russ to recieve his award from Govenor Blunt and the Missouri Arts Council. Each year the State of Missouri recognizes only one individual artist (including performing artists), so this is a huge honor. The award ceremony will be at the capitol rotunda at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, with a...
Read MoreOn the Move
Greetings from the Tiki Bar! We’re moving our offices back into the warehouse, because of mass destruction and chaos in the front of the studio. I’ll send more photos as we get settled in and the place becomes more photo-friendly…In the meantime here’s a quick February One update. The green machines have multiplied, and now we’re blocking up or moving out furniture...
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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
