http://www.cameronannemason.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:33:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I continued my studio tour the other day by visiting my friend Leah Adams, a neighbor, fellow parent, and felter. Leah has her studio at Ballard Works, a building near the Ballard Locks that houses 19 artist studios and also Sev Shoon Arts Center. Leah originally rented a small studio ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/02/04/in-the-studio-with-leah/ For me, the hardest part of being an artist is rejection. As artists, it's so hard just to get past our inner critics and put our work out for the public/curators/collectors to judge. And when we do, we open ourselves up to criticism and rejection. Now I've been very lucky, ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/02/03/disappointment/ [caption id="attachment_3077" align="alignright" width="640" caption="coffee and dye nuts"][/caption] This last weekend I taught a class at Made Sewing Studio, a new business in the Greenwood neighborhood in Seattle. At Made you can sign up for all sorts of classes in sewing. I'm their new dye expert and look forward to teaching ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/31/shibori-class-at-made/ Continuing my January of studio visits, I spent a lovely afternoon with Alicia Tormey last week. Alicia is an encaustic painter and has a studio at Inscape, the old INS building which has been turned into studios and now has 100 artists all working in the same building. Alicia showed ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/30/studio-visit-with-alicia-tormey/ [caption id="attachment_3057" align="alignright" width="640" caption="Lou Cabeen in the classroom"][/caption] Today I had a lovely visit with Lou Cabeen, an artist and surface design professor at the University of Washington. Lou will be one of the presenters at the upcoming SDA Washington Symposium on March 3-4. She has such an interesting perspective, ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/24/field-trip-to-uw/ It's 40 degrees and raining in Seattle, a weather report that most of us here take comfort in, even though it's not in the least bit "nice" weather. But the snow is turning to slush, people are driving again, and life is beginning to return to normal. The kids are ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/20/slush-bound/ [caption id="attachment_3034" align="alignright" width="640" caption="the geometry of dried fennel flowers"][/caption] Surprisingly, our "snow event" has been sticking around. It's snowing like crazy right now and isn't supposed to warm up until tomorrow. I guess that means the kids are getting a whole week off from school. Lucky them. I took a walk ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/19/snow-in-the-garden/ [caption id="attachment_3025" align="alignright" width="640" caption="our snow covered back yard"][/caption] We don't get much snow here in Seattle. Whenever it's predicted the kids are glued to the windows, waiting for any sign of flakes. In the last two days we've been having a "significant snow event" as the weather men call it. ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/18/seattle-snow/ In January the gallery has a Back Room Gala where they clean the preview area from top to bottom, put up as much art as they can tastefully include, and invite their collectors over for some wine and cheese. This year they thought, as long as they were going to ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/14/back-room-exhibition-at-fosterwhite/ [caption id="attachment_3001" align="alignright" width="473" caption="Stone One: Boulder, 2011"][/caption] Here's the artist statement for the new series. This new series, Stone, is inspired by recent travels through the landscape of the American West. Evoking concepts of time and memory, the work explores the idea of stone as both permanent and ephemeral. The Earth ... http://www.cameronannemason.com/2012/01/13/stone/