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douglas j fisher: life, reinvented

Susan Lomuto — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:00:39 +0000

Are you struggling with the notion (or the reality) of reinventing yourself in midlife? As someone who has done that more than once – and is doing it again – I am uplifted by wood sculptor Douglas J. Fisher’s journey.

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gwen murphy’s shoe fetish

Susan Lomuto — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:57:21 +0000

Gwen Murphy sees shoes as a kind of fetish, which she defines as “an object believed to have magic powers to protect or aid its owner.” Shoes hold a power we don’t often think of – to transport and protect us.

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robyn gordon’s south african wood carvings

Susan Lomuto — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:50:39 +0000

Carved wooden totems, doors and panels tell the story of Robyn Gordon’s life in South Africa. I am drawn to her niche carvings, resting places for symbols of the land she calls home and her British ancestry.

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anne gant’s hot glass drawings

Susan Lomuto — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:47:31 +0000

Anne Gant created her own process of printing and drawing with glass that is both fascinating and haunting. Gant, who hails from New York, currently lives in Amsterdam where she blows and sculpts hot glass into shapes and lines, pressing the glass into wet sheets of rag paper while the glass is still smoking hot.

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jiro kamata: through the lens

Susan Lomuto — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:17:50 +0000

After traditional jewelry training in Japan, Jiro Kamata continued his studies at Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Munich, where he began to experiment with different materials, including camera lenses.

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