Never Ever Do This
I should know better than to take the lid off the coffee grinder before the blades stop spinning.
Read MoreTornadoes, Oh My
This is a construction of found objects that I made. I find it relaxing and at the same time, energizing, to play with objects like building blocks. As we approach the anniversary of the terrible ice storm that paralyzed our city last January, we continue to have freaky weather. Last night was a scary night filled with sirens and a deathly-sounding wind. 35 tornadoes touched down in the Ozarks,...
Read MoreDebris Deadline is Now
You wouldn’t think it, but this newspaper headline is enough to strike fear in the hearts of homeowners, because it mean the end of free city-pickups. In a terrible ice storm last January, branches cracked and trees fell everywhere in my neighborhood. And this is a neighborhood that loves its trees, so we’ve got an especially lot of them. For the last two months everyone has been...
Read MoreA Strange Email Tale
A funny thing happened to me on the way to the e-mail box…. I was working on a list of all our fine art books that were damaged in the flood — looking up the cost of replacement on Amazon, when I got a message from Ebay. “You have not paid for this item…” Something silly I had bid on late at night for no good reason other than it reminded me of this sculpture by...
Read MoreGoodbye Old Roof
It was a beautiful weekend here. There’s nothing like few sunny warm days to get your spirits up. Over the weekend, we had the old roof completely torn off of the front part of the studio, since it had been damaged by the ice and extreme cold during the January 07 ice storm. It was quite an ordeal — noisey, and a real mess, but I was totally happy with thoughts of getting the front...
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 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...
Read MoreWater Damaged Photos
This is my photo-washing station. Luckily since I have LOTS of photos to wash and dry, I have great scenery for my work — one of Russ’s aluminum and plexiglass paintings that hangs in our group room as a partition to hide to all the snacks in the kitchen behind. Every day I do another batch and lay them out on tables to dry. Last week, someone on the QA list suggested I look up how...
Read MoreGreen Machines
Because there was so much water released in the offices by the broken sprinkler system (first it rained, then it flooded), the whole place has to be dried out to prevent mildew. So now there are about forty noisey green machines –high-powered fans and dehumidifiers — running night and day. It’s a little like trying to work inside a windstorm, so it seems ironic that we have a...
Read MoreWelcome to my art adventure blog!
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
