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A walk in my garden - This is for you my dearest friend Martha . . . Let it be a gentle reminder of our long and deep friendship.

Martha, we have certainly shared a large part of our life's journey, through the valleys and fields as well as over the hills and mountains...  Our shared love of nature and gardening has been a constant that has brought us close and has been the source of great joy in our lives. Nature's gift is not just one of beauty but the gift of knowledge, wisdom and insight into the interconnectedness of everything.  My vision of life is of a spiral, a spiral that continually keeps us returning to people, places, ideas, and all those things we love.  Sometimes the spiral is like like a gentle whirlpool or a williwaw in the wind. At other times it is like a tornado or a dust devil... Life's spiral just keeps spiraling no matter the speed, yet we discover ourselves at a different point in time with each new curve...If only we could all be like the fallen leaf in a wandering stream.  Life's flow will carry it safely around each of the many obstacles if only the leaf allows itself to be one with the current....

I love you Martha...

Always your devoted friend and admirer,

Alice

 

The last rays of the sun's light....then comes the night...followed by the first rays of the morning sun!

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Meditation Bowls 11, 12, 13, 14 (Spring Island series) just added to my inventory.

Visit my site on the left.  Look for inventory and click on "Meditation Bowls".  You will find sizes, prices, other views and additional details about the work.  Hope you will enjoy these special piece created while I was the invited artist-in-residence on Spring Island, SC.  Three of this series are part of the permanent collection of the Spring Island, Trust.

I would love to know your thoughts about these intimate little pieces. They rest comfortably in the palm of the hand just as they rested in my hand as they were formed...

 

Meditation Bowl 11, Spring Island, SC 2015

Meditation Bowl 12, Spring Island, SC series, 2015

Meditation Bowl 13, Spring Island, SC series, 2015

Meditation Bowl 14, Spring Island, SC series, 2015

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Fourth Firing!!! "Spring Island Meditation", a trio ready to go to the Spring Island Trust

This trio of meditation bowls I chose from a larger group of pieces created during my week long stay as artist-in-residence on Spring Island, SC this past March.  The pieces have the texture of the long needles and pine cones from the pine tree just outside the door of the studio.  Pine branches and Spanish moss were impressed into others. This series of work serves as a vivid memory of my luxurious week on Spring Island, SC....a heavenly place if there ever was one! 

The other pieces in this series will appear in my inventory of "Meditation Bowls" in a few days....

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Last day of classes in art for the CCES 5th graders!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CCES 5th graders end the year in art with chalk drawings on the sidewalk.  These symmetrical designs are inspired by the traditional Kolams of Southern India.  Kolams are rice flour designs that the women of the household place on their swept doorstep each morning.  The designs can have many meanings but for the students, it was their way of greeting the day!  The lovely part is Kolams are to be enjoyed only for the day as they will disappear back to the earth by day's end...

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Found this to be very interesting and would love feedback...

Article1_Heading Eat (frogs) Love (yourself) Play (nice)

Article1_Text Having worked with massive design agencies around the world before starting his own, Vince Frost hopped between England and Canada before (wisely) settling in sunny Sydney. His editorial design work turned the heat up and his advertising campaigns lead some punters to reach boiling point. We tapped the graphic guru for some advice on how to make your mark in the wacky world of design.

Article1_CTA Go with the flow

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A few images from a trip back to my birthplace, Florence, SC

On my way to pick up my "10 Half-Pods", on display at ArtFields in Lake, City, I stopped to spend the night with long time friend Jo Jeffers.  Jo has settled on family owned land that goes back many generations and has that life style that many of us would love for ourselves. One thing I love is that when I see Jo in Florence, she always appears to be quietly and gently "rooted to the earth"... Her son, designed and helped build her beautiful new home nestled into the landscape next to her spacious studio.  Add to that she has family, including grandchildren, still living near by and to top it off, she has two adorable 4 legged pets!  She cooks from her garden, works to the sounds of the birds and other animals and is surrounded by family, supportive friends and a life time of memories of growing up where she was born.....

Rocking on Jo's wonderful screen porch, taking in the sights of the long needled pine trees, the sandy soil and the gentle fragrance of the land was magical. The short but sweet time we spent together certainly made me feel in so many ways, like I had come home...

Thank you Jo.  It is hard to believe our friendship started in our 20's when we both worked at the Gibbes Art Gallery in Charleston, SC.  

Watching Jo work with clay was the real beginning of my journey with clay...How about that?

Much love,

Alice

Some of Jo's fabulous work in clay, along with her brother's spectacular turned, paper thin vessels.  Jo and Targa, an Iclandic horse (a sturdy, gentle, friendly & intelligent breed)

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