DC...

  

Unreal it's catchup time again....these images are from last thursday in Washington DC, an hours trip from the farm in Fredericksburg to the big smoke DC itself..A visit to the Native American Museum with huge traditional art exhibitions and contemporary ones too..

 

The amazing sculpture garden complete with squirrels and interesting security guards....some really amazing sculptures and brilliant views..We had picnic lunch in the city at a park not far from Dan's friends bookshop...Its a truly stunning city but not a cup of tea to be found anywhere but the main park from a kiosk where Liptons came to the rescue!!!

 The Peacock room at the Freer Museum was amazing..

All in all another amazing day filled with great art and amazing characters.....

while the slippers work...

The Slipware workshop is well underway and while the 'slippers work' I'm composing some more movies and working on thoughts for the slipware workshops movie.....more on that soon..

A little change in the weather has brought down some rain today there was mention of a tornado last night that def. had me concerned!!! amongst other things snakes and snapping turtles were the kitchen topic of conversation!!! and they say Oz is dangerous... I don't know there seems to be critters everywhere you go.

Doug has done some blasting with the burner today and Hannah is quietly jewelling the puzzle jug from this morning a lovely Fredericksburg Virginia across it's belly... Libertytown is quite the lively place today kids painting classes and peeps keep wandering through the gift shop.. it truly is a hive of activity and local artists, reminding me similarly of the Jam Factory spaces at home where artists can rent space and get exposure to all manner of shows going through. Last night was the opening for this slipware weekend truly a successful event and a testament to Dan's ability to create an event and draw in a crowd... Loads of lil red stickers that we all love on the pots, surely a great start to Doug and H's exposure here...

dan's town...

dan's old workshop

Tuesday started slowly we had breckie on the verandah and the light was strange after a humid night....it was clear and filling the trees with amazing colours....

moma of dada

the verandah

Dan took us on a quick tour of the town visiting all of his past studio spaces....
A quick tour of the farm we're staying on included Dan's mystery garden with all sorts of treats for the kids... His very neat lil studio space complete with bee hives now and all manner of pots in and around the place, this gorgeous teapot sits amongst others in the garden..
A very chill day with Sammy T's for lunch mmmm..... Thai sandwich with ginger, chilli and lime....

dan's garden

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tea

the lake

walkies

the mural wall awaiting restoration....

moving pictures...

guy wolffs

a lovely guy jug

sweet garden

the green hornet...

Just taking a mo at Liberty Town...Dan Finnegan's lovely spot to do some catching up..... So much has happened and the stories are getting crazier as we chat over meals about who we've met and the characters along the way... It's just beautiful here in Fredericksburg a gorgeous ol town with so much charm..

Monday was a mammoth road trip traveling from the Cape through Connecticut with a stop at Guy Wolff's Pottery for a couple of hours, it's quite the place and I love that lil jug on the shelf.... Doug has some great film of that visit.. we arrived at the farm we're staying on 3.30am Tuesday, our hosts are some very cool friends of Dan who arrived from Washington last night, it's a lovely property with a great verandah and deck outside where we sat for breakie the first morning a very easy day yey!!!! and very much needed Doug and Hannah needed a break and I needed some serious zzzzz's after that long trip...the green hornet radio show kept us awake amongst others on satellite radio... a very cool tool!! Ooooh and they have ticks here ewwww!!!!

Cape Cod workshop day one...

 

Saturdays workshop in Cape Cod at the local High School Doug and Hannah started with a slideshow and some home movies which were great!!!

 and the obligatory student torture how to drink from a puzzle jug...

 

It was tag team all day with both working and decoing apart from when doug slacked off and drank tea....later we had some munchies and I got to tour Hollis's gallery in the garden so much cool stuff mega shino :)) swapsies of course were in order...