kat cole’s home base and an update

When 23 year old Kat Cole moved to Pittsburgh in 2007 after completing her undergraduate degree in Virginia she didn’t know that the move would give her the motivation, materials and tools she needed to shape found metal, silver and copper into the tiny houses, streetscapes, and neighborhoods that have become her signature. Gritty, rust-ic and time-worn the tiny houses stand together in solidarity and they appear as though they are trying to tell us something…but what?

Two House Brooch, found metal, copper

House Necklaces, found metal, copper, silver

Cole drew from her experience of moving to a new city to depict  “the loneliness of being transplanted and the strangeness of becoming familiar with a new place.”  Next month she will change her home base again when she moves to North Carolina to pursue graduate studies in metalsmithing. We wish her well and look forward to seeing how she uses the experience to develop her artistic vocabulary. More at Facere Jewelry Art Gallery.

House Earrings, found metal, silver

House Update

Remember this post about our new home? That sale fell through two weeks later and we immediately resumed the arduous task of finding a new home base. Earlier this month we found one and this morning we meet with a home inspector to complete one of the last necessary steps in the process.  If all goes well we hope to close in early August – maybe in time for my birthday? It’s a big one (the birthday) and cause for celebration for many reasons.  I’m collecting good thoughts, positive energy and warm wishes as offerings to a Universe that ultimately knows better and always protects as it guides us.