So, I’ve taken up ceramics. It’s something I’ve always wanted to try – since high school, in fact – and was never able to make it past a wait list or find the time. And of course, just as I’m busier than I’ve ever been before, I’ve decided to immerse myself a series of courses at my local pottery studio. It is challenging on so many levels. It’s a true test of patience, calmness and tolerance . . . all things I very much crave in my life right now. Sitting at the wheel for 3 hours every week has been a most wonderful and much needed break from the technology that dominates my life. And after 8 weeks, I’m finally glazing my first piece. It’s a humbling process. Anyway, I’ve grown an immense respect for ceramic artists and dream that one day, I can come close to creating pieces as beautiful as those from Australian ceramicist Bridget Bodenham. I love her organic forms and th way she juxtaposes raw clay with accents of gold.
Jewelry designer Samantha Conn has always appreciated the way a new piece of precious jewelry could make a woman feel and set out to channel that same lure and confidence in her designs for Luna Skye. Bars of unrefined watermelon tourmaline, slivers of moonstone, and oblong faceted champagne topaz, opal and labradorite are enclosed by pavé diamonds and fine gold chains. Each piece is raw, delicate and exquisite . . . and of course, perfect for layering.
The hunt has begun to track down an antique wrought-iron bed frame. I love that it’s ornate, yet understated, feel adds that old-world charm that my apartment craves.
Remember Sean Yoro, the artist that uses his stand up paddle board to access isolated walls to paint life sized portraits? The Hawaiin painter, known as Hula, is at it again with a new series titled A’o ‘Ana, translated as The Warning. He recently traveled to Iceland, where he witnessed the extreme melting rate of glaciers first hand. The scary reality of climate change inspired two new murals, painted on acrylic sheets mounted on broken off icebergs. It’s just a matter of time before they will disappear completely, along the icebergs themselves. Brilliant, beautiful and impactful . . .
