Come join me- > On Saturday, March 3, I’m presenting my work in book arts and polymer/mixed media in a free two-hour meeting of the Santa Fe Book Arts Group – BAG. My polymer books recently returned from a four-month show at the Racine Art Museum, part of my work featured in “Terra Nova- Polymer Art…
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SeaCliff Brooches, mid-winter 2012
SeaCliff Brooch 19, polymer, acrylic, gold 2012 2.25″ x 2.25″ x .25″ Hello from Santa Fe! How’s by you? Been a productive time in the studio, blurred a bit by a computer crash in mid-January. Communications went awry, but should be sorted out by now. Working in my studio has been very…
Gloriously Moving Forward
Ready? Set? Here we go, bravely heading into 2012! You’ve been on my mind since last week. Many thoughtful, appreciative comments came in on The Realm of You. What an intelligent and capable group of people you are. Here’s part two: How to Gloriously Rule your Realm in 2012. Yes, this year will be turbulent….
2012 In the Realm of You
Time for a change? Change for a time? or: What’s up with 2012 anyway? Hello everyone! First, three gifts for you: One: an overflowing armful of freshly cut pine boughs, chilled from the snow and already transforming the fragrance of your home. Two: a golden coupon, renewable on demand and good for two weeks of…
Postage Stamp Brooches, early winter 2011
It’s been a satisfying week in the studio making postage stamp brooches. Each stamp inspires a conversation: each is a personality to befriend, a puzzle to bring into resolve, an equation with an answer that clicks into place. There’s a sweet spot for each one, and immersing in the creative dance to find that spot…
SeaCliff Brooches: New Work, Thanksgiving Day 2011
Lovely week in the studio. To purchase any of these brooches, please go here to my Gallery Shop, and let my pleasant and efficient store maidens take care of you. Questions, email victoria@toryhughes.com or call 505-301-9142 Hope to see you at our big 2011 Holiday Open Studios, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 3+4th, as twenty-one (21!)…
Signed TERRA NOVA Catalogues NOW at RAM Store
Hello all- Jump on this now if you want the gorgeous, elegant, highly collectable catalogue for the show WITH SIGNATURES! “Terra Nova: Polymer Art at the Crossroads” the stunning catalogue for this watershed museum event, is only available at RAM itself. It will not be at Amazon. Very briefly, they have a run of copies…
RAMalicious! New Work for Terra Nova Exhibition
Here! For you: Detail from my SeaCliff series, new work made specially to wear and take along when “Terra Nova- Polymer Art at the Crossroads” opens at RAM in Racine Wisconsin this Friday. This peice: polymer in various techniques: larger elements are pin-hinged together. Excitement around the Terra Nova Exhibition, RAM’s Polymer Symposium, as well…
Art-making, Wine-making and Your Life Now.
“We live on the leash of our senses” Diane Ackerman wrote, then added “There is no way to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses.” Ready to become the artist of your own life? Deliberately re-engage with your senses, one by one. Consider: Everything you know and believe, all…
Equinoctial Creative Happiness
“Mirabile Dictu” means roughly ‘let me tell you about a marvelous thing!’ Which fits with all that’s happening right now. Of course there’s the Terra Nova Show at RAM: Image on the right, “Souvenir #1, Elise’ Sutra” one of my pieces in the exhibition. the place to be on the 21st of October. October 22-23 RAM’s…