Posts made in October, 2007
Evidence of Ghosts
After bringing the scaffolding home from the studio, rigging an old sushi restaurant sign on top, and lighting it for two nights, the neighborhood was primed for the KaBOOki HauNted SuSHi BaR. We got around 600+ kids and lots of curious adults. It was great fun to have them explain their costumes before they ordered from the sushi bar, and actually turned into a long line for most the evening....
Read MoreKaBOOki: The HAunTed SusHI BaR
We’re getting the snakes out for Halloween this year. I made these a few years ago — not sure what inspired me to create 30 foot long snakes but I guess living with a sculptor makes me want to work BIG. They are stuffed with foam packing peanuts, so they sound a little crunchy. This year’s Halloween theme is KaBOOki: the HAunTed SusHI BaR. On the menu: squirrmy wormmy sushi...
Read MoreLast Minute Halloween Costumes
A couple of years ago, we were headed to New Orleans for a conference, and I wanted an easy-to-pack costume for Halloween night. I took a wig, costume jewelry and price tags, and that evening put the price tags on the jewelry and all my clothes. I thought I was a shop-lifter, but everyone else thought I was Winona Ryder because that was the year she was arrested for...
Read MoreQuilt National (section A) heads to Houston
Yesterday was the last day to see Quilt National 2007 in full at The Foundry Art Centre. Today the exhibition will be split into three parts and sent to different venues. The section with my quilt “It’s Only a Leaf” will be at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, October 29 – November 4. This photo is at the opening of The Foundry opening last September. I look a...
Read MoreKobo at Higo
Kobo at Higo was my favorite stop on the last trip. Located in an old Japanese department store in the International District of Seattle, it’s named for the Japanese word kobo meaning “artist’s workspace.” The Kobo gallery features an eclectic mix of changing exhibits of Japanese and Pacific Northwest fine craft (although I also saw some New York artist’s ceramics...
Read MoreTagged again
I’ve been tagged again by Thelma and Jane. This happened to me earlier this summer, and I blew it off, so now I’m trying to make amends. Also I’m tagging Judy, Susan, Cynthia, Roz, Susie, Sandy, and Joanie they don’t seem to have been tagged yet, and they seem like good sports. Apparently you have to list 7 odd things about yourself, and pass it on to the next seven: 1....
Read MoreMoleskine Tour (detour)
When I travel I carry a little Moleskine sketchbook –these are sketches of some Cameroon masks I saw in the Portland Musuem of Art last year. Invariably, mine gets stuffed with scratchy notes, phone numbers, to-do lists…. Not these folk though. These YouTube video tours of artist’s Moleskines is one of the coolest things I’ve found on the internet in a long time, and if...
Read MoreTacoma Museum of Glass
These are the Crystal Towers on the Bridge of Glass, which was designed by Dale Chihuly and architect Arthur Andersson to connect downtown Tacoma to the Museum of Glass. Inside this dramatic tower that looks like the space shuttle crashed into the earth is the hot glass studio. On the other side of the museum, the gallery held the exhibit Mining Glass, featuring eight artists who did...
Read MoreOlympic Sculpture Park
Sunday was a beautiful day in Seattle. The last sunny day, my friend Susan told me, for the next nine months, so a great day to tour the new Olympic Sculpture Park. It’s a zigzaggy park that switches back and forth, up and down over reclaimed brown fields surrounding the railroad that runs along Elliot Bay. Here’s one of Calder’s stabiles (as opposed to his mobiles.) Look at the...
Read MoreHappy Landing in Seattle
After a happy landing in Seattle, (and it’s always happy thing to get off a plane early AND immediately see public art at the gateway –these little fish and leaves scattered across through the floors make herding runaway luggage almost fun) we found the hotel and then Wasabi Bistro in Seattle’s Belltown. There’s nothing like fresh Japanese food with lots of wasbi and...
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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
