Today’s territory is getting grounded.
Hey there! Happy New Decade. Doesn’t that feel better?
I am working on my website. A big hello to all of you: let me know what works and doesn’t out there in laptop land. I am thinking of you as I do this!
And I am getting ready to go to Arizona next weekend!
Phoenix classes Feb 6+7, two classes
Surface Effects and Mixed Media on Saturday,
Hinged Pendants on Sunday. Those of you who take both classes will be hinging together the pieces you make in the surfaces class.
Tisha Huntsman is the contact person tisha.huntsman@cox.net with all the details.
Tucson classes Feb 13+14, two classes
Imitative Ivory on Saturday
Bodacious Bead Buffet on Sunday. Yup, we are making gorgeous one-of-a-kind beads during the mega-bead extravaganzas that are the Tucson shows. Come and make your own beads to go with the lovelies you bought!
Barbara Sosna is the contact person crsosna@msn.com with all the details.
The image is of my polymer/mixed media book Several Inches of Earth. Earth from locations around the world is enclosed on the pages, and the pages themselves are the earth from outside my studio, mixed into translucent polymer.
Getting grounded is a necessary step before creating. It can seem wrong because, well, nothing much is happening. But a smart friend compared it to the winter, when the trees are making roots underground, extending their invisible network to take in more nutrients, and make more fruit when the summer comes back.
So I am in my gorgeous studio, finally getting all my materials and tools out again, sorting through old and new ideas, sending my roots out underground. Connecting and reconnecting with the things that feed my creativity, and there are a lot of those.
More class updates coming: I am teaching in Ohio in April, and Massachusetts in June.
Nice to talk with you again, I have missed you all!
Please be patient with the renovation of this site: it will be big, rich, full of images and information when we are done.
If you have questions or comments, please email me at victoria@toryhughes.com
Until the next time, breathe deep, send your roots out, connect with your own ground, and enjoy your life!
My best wishes for your creative endeavours-
Tory
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So happy to see you here in the internet world again. Missed you. Am glad that the roots were and are doing their oh so ever important things.