The season of giving has arrived. I love this time of year and have been busy making small affordable and giftable Raku pieces. 
Most of them have been inspired by courageous women, real and fictional, whose story has moved me. You will find Rosemary from ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ next to Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife.
I’ve also made a couple of small angel sculptures – to be held in your hand to focus your thoughts, meditate or feel protected.
All of these pieces can either be displayed lying on a surface or hung on a wall. They have all been Raku fired and the more experienced I get in this process, the more beautiful the results are becoming! These pieces turned out pretty much flawless. They have the typical metallic effects, delicate cracklé and blackening that’s so unique to Raku.
To take a closer look and get more of of a backstory to each piece, visit my online store. Scroll all the way down to see my newest pieces.
There are only six pieces total and one sold already, so if you’re interested, check them out asap.
I have another small scale ceramic series in the making that will be in my shop soon – in time for the holidays!

At the opening for the 36th Artistry member art exhibition, my struggling father and daughter piece ‘Papa’ won ‘excellence in 3D’! I’m very grateful for this recognition, and that my visualizing ambiguous emotions has been rewarded this way. I will never forget the moving conversations I had with visitors that night, and the thoughtful and poignant words that juror Suyao Tian found to describe this piece, and why she chose it for the award. Also, a huge thanks to gallery director Karlee Holets for installing the show so beautifully. The Artistry member exhibit will run until
October 18th.

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1800 W Old Shakopee Rd,
Bloomington, MN 55431

Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. 
Sunday: 12 – 6 p.m.

This post is coming a leeeeettle bit late, but is still a worthy news item. Here’s my piece ‘Stories’ and I at the Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts exhibition! To have made it into the Fair again and to connect with so many people through my art means so much to me. Thanks to all art enthusiasts going to the fair!

My pieces ’Mama’ , ’Lumpi’ and ’Where I am coming from’ have been selected to be part of ‘Chroma – a spectrum of beauty’ at the MSP airport, terminal 1, C Concourse gallery.
The show features 81 works of art by 65 artists based in Northeast Minneapolis and will be up until December. I am very happy about my work being included!

Thank you so much to the Northeast Minneapolis Arts District and Arts at MSP for putting together this wonderful show.

Clown birds, Dude birds, Garden heads, Emo busts. I have it all. Come see these pretties this coming weekend during the Northeast Minneapolis ArtAWhirl! I’ll be a guest artist at the Grain Belt Bottling House again. Hours are Friday, 5 to 10 pm, Saturday noon to 8 pm, and Sunday noon to 5 pm.
All of these items will also be available in my online shop.

The recent assault on Ukraine has affected me deeply, and I will donate 15% of my net sales to Ukraine and refugee help organizations.

World Central Kitchen
USA for UNHCR
Unicef
International Rescue Committee

My pieces ‘Mama’, ‘Where I am coming from’, and ‘My Mama’s stories’, have been selected for exhibition at MSP airport! I poured so much of my heart, soul and history into these pieces, so this is immensely gratifying, and I feel so honored that my stories are deemed significant enough for this show. The show will be up in the Concourse C Gallery in Terminal 1 from June – December 2022, together with the works of other NE Minneapolis artists. A huge thank you to the jurors @g_raye_art , @hellokeishairene and @sile.ann.d , the NE Minneapolis Arts District, and the universe.

I have been very busy throughout these last three crazy and sad months, creating small and affordable pieces for the upcoming Northeast Minneapolis Art-A-Whirl. I have discovered the subject of birds, and am amazed at how much I am able to express through them. They have become my vessel to spontaneously express my thoughts and feelings of the day I am making them. The thoughts I have engraved on them have changed from hopeful/inspirational to protesting the Ukraine war and prayers for peace, and back to escapist/silly/ self comforting themes. Then an idea struck me and I made three small busts advocating the de-stigmatization of mental health struggles.
All these pieces will be Raku fired – a process that I am infatuated with because of the uniqueness and drama it adds to each piece.

The 2022 Northeast Minneapolis Art-A-Whirl will take place on the weekend of May 20 to May 22 throughout the NE Minneapolis Arts District, and will be in person again! I will be back at the Grain Belt Bottling House as a guest artist, and am so looking forward to it.
I will donate 15% of my net sales to Ukraine and refugee help organizations World Central Kitchen, USA for UNHCR, UNICEF and International Rescue Committee.
The assault on Ukraine has shaken me deeply, and has opened my eyes to the plight of refugees everywhere.
So lets meet up foe Art-A-Whirl, raise some money for refugees, and remind each other of the good that‘s also out there!

I am thinking about making a sculpture series about the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale ‘The Snowqueen’. I found the fairy tale collection that we had growing up, with the amazing and magical illustrations by Jiri Trnka on eBay today! I don’t think any other book has ever woven such a spell around me when I was a child as that one. Can’t wait for it to arrive, and get more inspiration!