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20 January 2009

Surf’s Up at Sunny Cove

In my first step down on the beach I found some seafoam green bottle glass that had been worked a bit by the ocean. Bonus. The ocean air and 79 deg F plus weather were the main treats.

I spent some time reviewing Ernst Haeckel’s “Art Forms from the Ocean” thinking about some new designs….

16 January 200931 August 2017

First Harvest of 2009

The first harvest of 2009 (or final harvest from 2008’s garden) is hot hot hot

yum

Ever seen a delivery come on a pallet configuration like this? I can be sure that nothing heavy was lying on top of these boxes

More random photos from last weekend

8 January 200931 August 2017

As I looked through the blogger gadgets the other day, I ran across the Miro gadget. The gadget’s Miro images reminded me of a visit to Fundacio Pilar i Joan Miro on Mallorca. The studio space was amazing, as were the views. The property is on a hill, overlooking the bay. The foundation holds print making workshops in one of the studios, displays the participants’ results, and also exhibits the works of other artists. When we visited, there was an exhibition of Louise Bourgeois’ work. You can see more pics of the foundation here.

Surprised to see a photo so far from a beach? Why was I on a trip and not diving? On a trip where the intention was to visit somewhere I wouldn’t be drawn into the water, I didn’t dive on this one. At Sant Elm, we saw a group heading out to dive (you can barely make out the dive zodiac below), and that made me want to head underwater.

And, from a bluff on another spot on the island we could see fish in the clear water below. More temptation!

Happily spending time on land on Mallorca, we enjoyed the abundant public art. Here’s a pic of some of the scenery: a ceramic mural by Miro at Parc de la Mar in Palma de Mallorca.

Closeup of part of the mural

20 December 200831 August 2017

Whale Shark!

Until last week, the longest I’d ever seen a whale shark is twelve seconds over eight years ago. I know this because that’s exactly how long the video of my first whale shark encounter is.

After the last dive of the trip last week, the boat captain starting yelling down to us as we were heading back to the beach. We looked over the side and saw a whale shark right below the boat. The 20 foot long creature hung out for a while about 15 feet below the surface as we snorkeled above it. Awesome!

You can now access the whale shark video from 2000, and other trip video and slide shows, over on the right hand side of this blog.

14 December 2008

Landmarks, Tanker and Tug Boats, and the Fog

Another beautiful fall day in San Francisco, with three city landmarks as seen from the end of Pier 8.

The tanker and tug boats passing below the bay bridge remind me of something from long ago – the colors are just right. I think the memory is from an old childrens book which has a tanker drawing covering two pages in the middle of the book.

At 3 pm, as the sun still shines brightly, the fog is starting to take back it’s hold on the city.

30 November 200831 August 2017

Clear Water, Clear Mind

SCUBA diving in clear warm water clears my mind, and a result I have new ideas for some earrings to create for this next weekend’s

The Virgin Artists’ 6th Annual Show and Sale in Cupertino.

Look at the lush coral landscape in this minimally impacted area of the Carribean.

And, views like this when I’m above the water sure help!

18 November 2008

Summer in the City

View of the Cliff House from sea level

There’s nothing like a November day that feels like summer with clear skys and temps in the high 70s and low 80s. 🙂 And, it was on the first day I’ve spent time in this part of Golden Gate Park – right on the beach. Soooo perfect.

Careful!

WPA Murals in the Beach Chalet

A Beach Chalet “Sand Castle”

Some friends, who are fellow jewelry artists, and I visited the San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design on Sutter St. We viewed the jewelry exhibits, participated in the toy jewelry / photo exhibit, and made some jewelry out of toys.

Catherine Witherell and her toy jewelry creation

Patrik Kusek and his toy ring

Pat Accorinti and her pipe cleaner and button necklace

8 November 2008

Bactrian Treasures, Velvet da Vinci, Maya Lin, YSL, and Stanford Taiko

Friday was a gorgeous fall day in San Francisco. Clear skies and warmer than average temps were much appreciated in our day spent out and about in the city.

In the back of my mind, I knew there was a mint in SF; and I had visited mints in other cities. Friday I noticed the fortress-like SF Mint for the first time just as public transportation was rolling by.

The Bactrian Treasures at the Asian Art Museum were worth the visit. They were made of very high karat gold, and made with different techniques. Many were made of sheet, many were created with the repousse’ and chasing technique, and some looked cast (although the descriptions on technique were often missing from the descriptions.) The pieces had great range, with the clearest garnet cabachons I’ve seen, inlaid turqoise, and elaborate sword decorations.

The crown shown on the National Geographic site for this exhibition can be taken apart and laid almost flat; fueling conjecture that the crown was worn by a nomadic princess.

The Pendant Show and re-invented recycled jewelry of the Radical Jewelry Makeover sponsored by Ethical Metalsmiths are accompanied by an exhibition of Jillian Moore’s new work at Velvet da Vinci. The friendly staff at the gallery was very informative about the jewelry makeover project.

At the De Young Museum, Maya Lin’s installation art, Yves Saint Laurent’s artwork, Ruth Asawa’s hanging wire sculptures, and a view from the tower at the de Young Museum were capped off with a listen to the Stanford Taiko groups first two songs.

The Academy of Sciences as seen from the tower of the De Young Museum.

Maya Lin’s “2×4 Landscape” installation in the lobby of the De
Young reminded me of favelas.

If you know if anyone wore this YSL wedding dress, I’d be interested to know who it was.

Having learned Ruth Asawa’s basic technique from Nancy Banks at a Metal Arts Association of Silicon Valley meeting this year, it was very nice to see Ruth’s work in person.

The Stanford Taiko group performed in front of Maya Lin’s installation inside the De Young Museum.

31 October 2008

Visit to the Cantor Center

On the day before All Hallows’ Even, I spent the afternoon with a friend at Stanford’s Cantor Center for the Arts. We viewed the exhibit of Diebenkorn drawings and paintings of Santa Cruz Island. Santa Cruz Island is one of the Channel Islands off the coast of CA.