The Zen of Bayou City Arts Festival
I have a line of mobiles that create rainbows when placed in a sunny window. They comprise about 50% of my sales. While over 50,000 of them are currently hanging in Windows around the world, mainly, only I can sell them. We don't sell many over the Internet. There is a wonderful store in Austin called Crystal Works that carries some of my classic designs. For some reason I can sell them hand over fist. Happily.
I enjoy making them as well. Here are a few shots of a workspace that has proven very efficient for my purposes.
This mat is stained from using a brass brush to polish fire stain off of various metals in the production of jewelry and small scalp metal sculpture
The stump is a work in progress. Every so often I will spend 30 minutes or so sanding the surface. Same with the anvil. About every 6 weeks I will polish the face with successive grits of sand paper on a palm sander. These two surfaces are used in the forging of the cross beams of my mobiles.
Pile of tools, steel wool, scotch bright, paper shop towels, silver polishing cloths
A production list with the total value of the finished pieces. This is necessary not only to keep me focused on what to do-- the show is 18 days off it also gives me a sense of the value of the inventory. I have a penchant for numbers
Design journal and wooden forms for making small vessels and bracelets
Wire brush is an awesome tool
2 or 3 different hammers used in the production of the mobiles
This is Wednesday night. By Sunday night this area will be full of mobiles.
then it will be special sculpture time.
Diana Kersey at Fiesta
Diana Kersey, is a clay sculptor whose work is known internationally. A former instructor at the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, her work has drawn particular attention from the the architectural and design community in San Antonio.
Mill Race Bridge in San Antonio
There is a longstanding tradition of using ceramic tile as exterior architectural trim in San Antonio. There is a gallery of Mill Race Bridge details fount on her web site, www.kerseyceramics.com. I think you can poke around this site and discover some delights.
She joins 119 other top artists this weekend in San Antonio at the Southwest School of Art Fiesta Art Fair, arguably the number 1 art fair in Texas in terms of awesomeness, and one of the premier shows in the country.