Please join us for the first annual Milagro Hacienda Creativity Retreat, October 31 through November 5th, Santa Fe. Get back to your inspirational source. Immerse yourself in your sensory experiences. Reconnect your art with your life. Learn techniques and explore tools and materials: make talismanic objects and wearable amulets in polymer and other media: Fabricate, text,…
Artists’ Evening In Santa Fe
Wednesday evening sunset viewing and hanging out Jeff Dever was in Santa Fe teaching this week, and a small group of us seized the moment and got together. Jeff, David Forlano, Penina Meisels, Carol Blackburn from London and I met last night with other artists and partners on Penina’s stunning patio, watching the sun gild…
Zozobra Burning Sale Thursday+Friday!
ANNUAL ZOZOBRA BURNING EVENT SALE THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ONLY. TORY’S GALLERY SHOP: 25% off everything, and 10% goes to Kiwanis. – Code will be sent to email list Wed. pm – Why? Read below- Santa Fe’s nickname is ‘The City Different’. Yes, we celebrate Labor Day. Yet today also marks the week Fiestas starts….
Think Global, Act Local, Get Personal: part 1
“SOUVENIRS, Tangible Memories, Wearable Imagination” Thinking globally means recognizing we are all in this together, and that our actions anywhere affect everywhere. Can’t avoid how evident that is at this point. You might Tweet this post and people in Auckland and Mumbai will see it immediately. Acting locally means knowing the big picture better and…
August update
Hello you! You’ve been much on my mind. August has been non-stop and the long post I want to write you is still several days away. But the turbulence everywhere, mixed with positive change appearing in with the breakdown of so much, triggered my short note to you. Amidst work for my local show, a…
New: Tory’s Polymer Foundations Class: Santa Fe
Hello all – Please let your friends know about a new class I am doing here, because there are a lot of people who need a solid foundation in how polymer clays can work for them. This introductory polymer foundations class, below, is part of my new teaching strategy. More in a moment – quickies…
Santa Fe Standards Necklace
Santa Fe Standards is a polymer necklace reflecting my experience in northern New Mexico. The finished necklace costs $720 and exhibited in August 2011 at my Souvenirs Show in Santa Fe. Santa Fe combines layers of culture and belief as varied and obdurate as the rocks that shape this area. Color, pageantry, enigmatic emblems, deep beliefs,…
Tahitian Flora Sketches and Polymer Mokume Gane
Update – Studio work for my Aug. 1 show: My theme is souvenirs of places I have visited, in real life or in my imagination. Today: Papeete, capital of Tahiti: Floral fecundity. In a grand and intriguing gift from the Universe (thanks!) I went to Tahiti several years ago with a small group of wonderful…
Excursions, Explorations
Ever noticed how when you start something really new, you like having company around? I want to share a creative project with you that I just started and that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. The process will be a grand adventure. We’ll travel across creative action, polymer clay, aesthetic choices, jewelry construction,…
