We had a great class!!!
I made a little poster from the workshop. It has taken me an entire week to be able to post it. We are now in Mexico and have had difficulty getting the internet connection to work… I forgot that things are not the same here as they are in my little house in Canada and we often encounter new and interesting surprises…
I love being here in my other life … and this is just part of being here. so I am reminded there is always . . . M A N Y A N A . . .
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year so amazing!!!…My students ,you know how you inspired me … to my patrons ,who continue to support the changes I continue to make in my work and life … to my wonderful friends, who listen, support and are eternally patient..and whom I depend on…to my deep loves who never fail to surprise and amaze me. ..love truly does grow…
There were travels to Europe, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Ottawa, Haliburtion, San Diego, and let’s not forget my other home, Mexico!!!
I had two shows …
one of my recent miniature work in the deep chambers of a castle in Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic which was so visually beautiful it made my knees wobble when I saw it…
http://www.castle.ckrumlov.cz/img.php?img=atr47i16&LANG=en
the other here in the Lunenburg Art Gallery with my colleague Merydie Fjarlie an amazing Gold Thread artist. A playful, witty show called “A Certain Mentality”
http://lunenburgregion.ca/index.php/entries/thing-to-do/merydie-fjarlie-studio-gallery/
Merydie's piece: First Pour
…I showed my new procelain vessels for the first time and they were very well received…created from my life drawings named for the show appropriately ” N U D I T E A “…
I expanded this process throughout the summer and fall and using my drawings (HOORAY) and cutting them into linoleum to make print forms I created a lovely pile of work for the One of a Kind Show…and sold almost all of them… thanks thanks thanks to my many lovely and gracious patrons at this annual show I have been part of for eighteen years….
So, the year has been so amazing…leaving me exhausted and quite spent creatively but excited to draw and print over the winter in anticipation of the new figures and vessels I will discover in 2012…!
What fun it has been…again, THANK YOU!!!
Best wishes from me and my funny little cast of characters for a Happy New Year!!!
smiling … kate~
Here is my teaching schedule for classes in 2012. Things will be added as the year unfolds. For now these are confirmed dates.
JANUARY 13-15: Dallas Texas. 3 Day Sculptural Doll Worshop
Contact Babette Cox : babette@babettecox.com
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MAY 19-21: Toronto Ontario: Polymer Clay Doll Level one
Contact Kate Church : katechurch.ns@gmail.com
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JULY 2-6: Haliburton School of the Arts: The Art of Dollmaking : Beginner Level
JULY 9-13: Haliburton School of the Arts: The Art of Dollmaking : Intermediate and Advanced Levels
Contact: haliburtonschoolofthearts.ca
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There are plans for intermediate level classes in Oshawa in the late spring/early summer and Chester Nova Scotia in mid July early August.
Dates will be added once things are confirmed.
I will come and teach wherever you are. I do not do on-line classes as I prefer to work directly with everyone and see the work evolving. It is too much fun in person to do it any other way.! I require a minimum of eight and a maximum of twelve to travel…
Red Bird Blue
so…I write at last.
There has been no time to write and post which is why this never happens. If I did not make every single thing myself I might have a life that had time for this stuff that is so important for those that want to see into my studio and work from everywhere…
Bag Lady Commission
SOOO sorry is all I can say. I promise to do a catch up letter when I get home in two weeks (or three) and fill in the other two shows I had this year with some images…and some of the development I am involved in to create the new ceramics I call V E S S E L S …
These are very dynamic years for me as I work intensley to combine all of the facilities I have practiced over these many years.
Fragility
B U T presently we are about to begin the One of a Kind annual show I have done for almost twenty years…!
The B I G Show
It is harder to do all the time and I must admit I have never gotten good at it. Mostly because I make it all new every year and use it to push myself to bring a body of work that is designed to both be my art and a craft that I can sell reasonably in order to make my living. This show has been good to me, but it has consumed most of my working life for these many years.
I do only five days once a year as far as “shows” go and the fact that I work most of the year to prepare for these days is all you need to know about why I am behind in most things…
Lofty Talkers hand puppets
Most would think my life insane, the hours the process the constant building of the next set of tools and equipmen t… but it has built my home and put clothes and food in my life so it must be somehow right for me.
Hatter`s Table night light
Self description: A creator driven by the art of the process…as long as I am learning then I am happily materializing which then equals something to sell in order to make ends meet.
Other definition: If I manage to have a zero balance in my bank account I am doing fine.
E N O U G H words! on with the images!!!
Picture us in our little station wagon enroute to the show. In the back are the following…
My Little ChickadeeFragility
StatuequeHattea and Birdee street wire pieceGossips Teathose were a few pieces from my show A Certain Mentaliteathis spring...Balloon TeaFlyers IHere are my new miniature pieces from my show this year in the Czech Republic...one day will become jewelry pieces...hmmmm....more work to do...Flyers IIThree AcrobatsAcrobat IAcrobat IIAcrobat Ballet
…these two are a wee bit larger and do not light. They are hinged tin boxes that move when you lift the hinge…L O V E making these little things!
Of course there are a few more but I have run right out of time. We have to get in the car and go now…
What I know so far…
contact: Susan Berkowitz : susanberkowitz@mac.com
THUNDER BAY, Ontario : May 20 – 22nd
contact: Leslie Bailey : creativeconceptsbyleslie@gmail.com
OTTAWA, Ontario : tentative dates: May 28 and 29th
contact: Katuma McLaughlin : katuma@quiltsandseams.com
HALIBURTON SCHOOL OF THE ARTS:Haliburton, Ontario
Beginners class: July 11th – 15th
http://www.haliburtonschoolofthearts.ca/index.cfm/go/programs/sub/coursePT/code/013118/sc/HSA/q/sum/style/h.cfm
Intermediate/Advanced: July 18th – 22nd
http://www.haliburtonschoolofthearts.ca/index.cfm/go/programs/sub/coursePT/code/013607/sc/HSA/q/sum/style/h.cfm
or … email for more info…katechurch.ns@gmail.com
All are subject to sufficient registration to run the classes…
I love teaching because you want to know what I know!!
I am looking out my window and a beautiful cardinal is perched in the tree…!
Note To Self: red bird next…
White Rabbit's T I M E
hey there…
I have had a long stretch where I have been hiding and spinning creatively…many have written and want to see what is in the studio and what is available to buy…I am getting there…
I have had a LOT to do and not had the time to complete everything , but here we are.
There is a lot going on in the development stage.
This year I have realized I am just one little person who has a million strings attached to her imagination often all being pulled or activated at once … o u c h … it can get pretty noisy in that mind of mine.
… this spring and summer…
I have found and taught myself how to fire one very old and one new small test kiln so I can play further with my ceramics…buttons are my teach-myself tool…
b u t t o n b u t t o n . . ?
I have designed a first collection of one of a kind cloth “eye bags” for eye glasses worn around the neck as a decorative fashion piece ( because I needed this)… A N D in the coming weeks I will be creating some slightly larger ones for i pods and blackberries and cell phones to be worn over the shoulder (they are much heavier than eye glasses) … and will begin using B E A U T I F U L Silks my friends bring from Thailand … all natural dyes, hand spun, hand woven … so yummy … of course mixed in with scraps from my dolls and linens and silks I have gathered over the years… go to my link for Tammachat to learn more about these fair trade beautiful silks and other wares…
eye BAG ...
eye bag C O L L E C T I O N one
I have continued to develop my greeting cards which are wonderful but still looking for the right way to print them…my paper is 100%PCW (recycled post consumer waste) and I love it. It comes from this wonderful little company called Paper Choice … go to my links for the info. Right now I am printing with my inkjet but hoping soon to have a quality print process in place for the cards…then I can sell them
I taught a bunch of great classes, the highlight being my first class at the Haliburton School of the Arts this past July…a week intensive in which I stood before sixteen very wonderful enthusiastic students and ended up using my face to demonstrate how to sculpt polymer … I never knew I could be such a clown but everyone could see!!! l o v e d EVERY minute!
The W O R K S
I have a new company for this new stuff : T w o B i r d s a n d a S t o n e is the name I came up with because of the multiple nature of my “selves” (two birds) and the frustration (a stone) of wanting to do e v e r y t h i n g … stay tuned … lots to do yet but it is so much fun for me … I LOVE the new graphic work I have been playing with…
Tinges of future in this cool jewellry box work. I adore making it because I am learning about metal and stuff. It is more what I might call c o s t u m e (as the eye bags are) than jewelry … The pieces … they attract attention … A N D great part: when you take them off … they go into a little theatre box to sit on a shelf or hang on the wall … At the moment I get to do this work only once in a blue moon but truly hope the moon is blue more often in my future
R e d Q u e e n I I
F r a g m e n t s Pendant in Jewel Box
and of course my wonderful guys…they are coming along slow and steady one on the table at a time…I am more in love with these characters than ever…
The L i t t l e Circus
Then there is Cirque du Soleil.
La POULE for CIrque du Soleil
I have developed three new pieces this year and I am creating them one at a time in the studio … no more reproductions … which I am very happy about. You can find these new guys at the Cirque Boutique under Kate Church I believe… they are based on characters from La Nouba their permanent show in Florida.
Diabolo for Cirque du Soleil
Le CON for Cirque du Soleil
There are still some reproductions out there for those looking for them…4journeys.com is one place they still have some of the “Kate Church Collection” (made before the Cirque pieces were produced). Cirque’s pieces are completely sold out but can be found by watching ebay I hear.
! So, there you have it. News and images…
and tomorrow I will begin to organize some of these windows for you to peek into…
Windows that hold the work that is happenning.
I will no longer try to become larger than I am. I have tried so hard for so many years to become this bigger producer…or company or whatever you call it but it is not what I am meant to do.
I am simply an artist who loves to create. I will work on completing one thing at a time and understand that I will never get to it all.
If something interests you you can always email me and I can tell you more about it, but as I now know, it will be one by one so try to be patient with me!
If you are among the many who just want to see some pictures, here we go!
Happy F A L L – ing leaves!!
