Saturday, February 4, 2012

Salem Senior Center Storytelling Residency




The Family Reunion


The family reunion takes place in a park.
It is given by the Library of Congress.
It takes place in early spring or maybe October( people are wearing jackets)
The family wants to get together to have a reunion.
Martha is on the left, and Marie is on the right.
Martha and Marie are sisters.
Martha is older than Marie.
Martha is 40 and Marie is 38.
Most of the time, Martha and Marie get along, but sometimes they spar with each other.
They argue about the calories in the food
Sometimes they argue about what to bake.
The people attending the reunion haven’t seen each other in a long time.
Some friends are also attending the reunion.
Martha is the grandmother of the twins.
They are telling stories about when they were kids.
They are blowing up balloons, and playing games.
It could be someone’s birthday!
They are having a bake- off.
Everybody at the party brought a cake.
It could be a political party, someone is trying to gain influence.
There is laughter and talking from telling stories.
Birds are singing, children are playing, and the wind is blowing through the trees.
Patriotic music is playing
The cakes smell sweet and good.
Everyone is going to have a little bit!
They are having ice-cream cones.
They are having soda and bottled water too.
They are having soup, potato salad, and macaroni salad.
Chicken!
When they finish the meal, they will dance.
They will play baseball, take photo’s, and the men will play badmitten and horseshoes.
After the party, everyone will clean up and talk.
Everyone is having a good time.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Nature and Geometry




Here are a few new pieces from my Nature and Geometry series. These are raku fired clay

Summer Work




This summer I completed a mural at the Healthcare Commons in Pennsville NJ. The mural was funded by the Appel Farm HeArt and Health grant. The mural added some color to the childrens outside play area. I had lots of fun working with the kids and hope that the mosaic brings some joy into their environment.

Happy New year 2012


My daughter Anna and I spent several days at the dining room table over the Christmas holiday working on some origami decorations for her tree. Several years ago, i saw the most impressive origami tree at the Musum of Natural History in NYC. I was inspired to make a few ornaments every year till I have a treefull!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Friendly Footsteps completed


The mural is complete. It is hanging in one of the gardens at Friends Village. It can be viewed by many different locations inside the building. It is really beautiful. I am so proud of all the residents who participated!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Friends Village Residency 2






I have been working with seniors at Friends Village again this spring. We are making a small ceramic mosaic sign that will hang in one of the gardens at the Village. Friends used clay molds and stamps to make relief tile of garden flowers and winged insects( only the good kind!)

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy New Year/ Random Stuff







It has been 2 Years since I started this blog! Here are a few pics of some things I have been working on over the past few months.

I hope to be working with Elders again at Friends Village and continue to teach kids at both Appel Farm in Elmer NJ and at Quinton School in Quinton NJ. My students work can be seen on the Artsonia web site. You can view their work by entering in either Quinton Twp or Appel Farm on Artsonia's web page.

I have ben working on several handmade books. This on is on Greek vase shapes. I am also continuing on my series "Nature and Geometry".

Peace in 2011.