One thing leads to another

Teaching has the wonderful reciprocity factor, where your students give back as much as they get.

My students inspire and challenge me through their own wish to learn. My goal is to keep them daring to create their visual fantasies, by giving them my support to find ways to realize them.

The very small wedding dress collection started when I was demonstrating how to make clay look like folded fabric. I made a sample and the other wedding dresses followed .

Never too late - a work of growth in progress.

Being responsible to others, taking work seriously, committing and meeting deadlines - these are easier for me than taking responsibility for myself.
Were I my friend, my boss, or my student for example, I would be taking far better care than I do of just me. I am not unique in this, I know.
My finances, my food, my exercise and my paperwork - ugh what an irresponsible person takes care of these. As though waiting for someone else to manage them better for me, to take over.

The outcome of years of living in defense mode,living up to expectations and trying to appease the 'everyone' God instead of staking a claim on who I can be, are not going to be resolved completely.

But its never too late to become the person you want to be.

In some areas I am already on my way. In others - I am hereby committing to MYSELF as my friend, my boss, my student and my reliable one and only self - to do unto myelf as I would unto others.

Been away and come back

Yes, I have been away.

Not just in another country, but in another life.
A break from my studio, my home, my clay, my students, my family and my friends in Israel. Three weeks in LA with my American Branch. You can see them on Shani's website too.
It was a relaxing, loving and fun break.
Now I am back and well.... kind of awake.

I have set up a small gallery just outside my studio; you are welcome to pop in and take a look, have a cup of coffee (COLD) Monday and Wednesday mornings, On other days just call first.
Classes are ongoing and lots of new things are happening in them, some of which you can already see on my website in the Class gallery
If you would like to join a class or try out some of your own ideas, just give me a call.
I am starting work on new pieces and new ideas for the September " Artists of the Moshava" around Rosh Hashana and I am planning to be working in the studio a lot this summer.
Welcome!