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…
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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!)…
Back in My Studio to Go Forward
Today I began to move things back into my studio. My assembly workbench was the only thing I left alone when I emptied things out. I spent a lot of time today noticing what I was noticing, and what I was not so attached to. Since I took time away, integration happened. A lot of…
Arcana for Jurying
Hello all- My creative development blog is now The Art Of You, on my creative development site. Notice the compelling blue and white icon to your right? Click on that anytime and you’ll be on the latest Art of You post. Today, I wanted to share a selection of my jury photographs with you. Penina…
Focus and Mayhem in my Studio
A couple of weeks ago, I vacated my studio for a month so that an out-of-town artist friend of mine could work while visiting. Ian Ingram is an astonishing artist. His current work is a series of 12 hyperrealist charcoal and pastel drawings, 7 feet high, yes feet. Magical and disruptive, and very beautiful. We…
New Spring Collection, part 2
More of my recent work, these emphasizing the rich evocations of the Trebizond Collection, and another in my Aquarelles series. For details and to purchase any of these for your own delight and enjoyment, please come to my gallery shop. Ah, spring! ”Luxor Spring’: Trebizond collection – imitative ivory pendant inlaid with imitative turquoise, scribings…
“Aquarelles” New Spring Collection, part 1
Hello my friends- In the New Mexico hills we are inhaling a blossoming spring, and it’s evident in my newest necklaces. I wanted to show you, as if you were here in Santa Fe too, and we were sitting in my studio: More images and details are here. ‘Springs Eternal’: hinged translucent pendant, many techniques in…
Psst: My Studio has 8 Helpful Tips for You
Working in my studio for 27 years, through hard and easy times, has taught me a great deal about persevering through turbulence. The personality of my studio has emerged and developed over the years. A blend of Annie Dillard and Terry Pratchett, it likes the name Sam. Sam is a specific aspect of my nature:…
Fabulous, Dahling! In-Your-Face Creative Inspiration
Creatively stuck? Feeling lost when you go to make things? Here’s in-your-face inspiration that’ll make your art, and your heart, sing. Dive into a friend’s aesthetic and see what happens. Inspiration is everywhere. I use all sorts of people and things as inspirations to keep my work fresh. As I share my creative process with…
Who Owns your Creativity Rights?
Do you know who owns your creativity? Do you know who has control? Here in the southwest, water rights are a big deal. Who controls the water is our biggest land concern, because without water the land is worth little. Water rights here were grandfathered in before New Mexico became a state. If you have…