tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20479442190391388512024-03-13T21:18:48.038-07:00urban chicken coop myths and talesoccasional musings from the backyard studio.Lisa Neimethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03343408482448188248noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047944219039138851.post-25709133681813004792017-04-29T18:11:00.001-07:002017-04-29T18:11:56.206-07:00Where Women Create..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">So pleased and thrilled to be one of the artists selected to be a part of the Winter Edition of <u>W<a href="http://www.wherewomencreate.com/"><span style="color: #38761d;">here Women Create</span></a></u></span><span style="color: #38761d;">;</span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> just a luscious print magazine. They specialize in beautiful photography (thank you Sunday Hendrickson) that honor the sacred spaces that women inhabit in their creative endeavors.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">So much going on, in the studio, in the world and trying to track and manage both can become a bit overwhelming. So I choose to consider both in my approach to my work...my world. Building on the directed giving with Prison radio, I also did a campaign of "good giving" "good getting" for an amazing community radio station here in San Francisco. KPOO provides a voice and a conduit for communities slowly being silenced here in the Bay Area- as well as providing some amazing music that certainly help me get in my groove at the studio-</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am going to continue to organize donations of work to benefit a single organization. But I also worked on fulfilling my self imposed mandate to donate a percentage of proceeds of my work to the causes and groups that I believe in.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Making and creating is so satisfying, but I love the idea that it can also benefit a larger good.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This year, my end of year donations were made to groups pertaining to the following issues: hunger, women's health, community radio, new media, rural libraries, prison reform, migrant workers and more.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Give your time, give money if you can. Give back and do more..</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In 2016 I hope to do more hands on volunteering as well as figure out more ways to engage.</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">so many possibilities!</span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Happy New Year to all...</span>Lisa Neimethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03343408482448188248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047944219039138851.post-15851787660102508032015-08-25T09:33:00.001-07:002015-08-27T10:58:39.513-07:00Prison Radio Project Plates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">As some of you may know, prior to becoming a full time ceramicist, I worked in community development, focusing on issues of homelessness in families and individuals in New York City and in San Francisco. My work took me to all corners of those cities- and enabled me to meet many different people, who I would not have otherwise had the opportunity to interact with. It was a rich and complex experience, and I learned a lot about the politics of homelessness and how disenfranchised communities remain so. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I have looked for ways to bridge what I am doing now with ceramics to benefit many of the wonderful non profit organizations that work tirelessly supporting these folks that no one else can or will. I always donate a percentage of my annual proceeds to community groups but this year wanted to take it to the next step.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am often asked to donate work to auctions that groups have and hesitate because often they do not bring in nearly their worth and this leaves valuable donation money on the table. I am an avid listener to publicly supported radio stations like KQED and KPOO here in San Francisco. They rely heavily on listener donations and offer multiple perks to give. It is a good strategy as it incentivizes people to give if they feel like they are also getting something tangible in return.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I thought that maybe a more targeted donation of product would be a better way to support these groups than the traditional auction route. I had become interested in the work of the Prison Radio Project- first hearing the powerful recordings on KPOO radio. They offer a voice to incarcerated individuals who simply can call in and record a message that is broadcasted on various radio stations around the country. No matter what your views on prison, or prisoners rights, offering a voice to those in prison who have lost theirs, is a powerful part of rehabilitation. If they feel as though they are being heard, they can begin a road to renewal and entry back into society. No one else is doing this work and they are very small and always in need of financial support. I offered to create a set of plates for them to use as an incentive to give--that reflect my own interpretation of the work that they are doing.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Please visit their website <a href="http://prisonradio.org/">here</a> to learn more about their work and if you are interested, making a donation and getting these special edition plates.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can also order them directly from me and 100% of the proceeds will go the Prison Radio Project. I am hoping to build on this more directed donation concept with some other groups and also hoping to get other artists involved. If you are an artist interested in working with me to enhance the donation value of your work in your community-please get in touch <a href="mailto:lisa@lneimeth.com">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">There is something about miniatures that inspire awe, interest and curiosity. who doesn't love to see a shrunken version of familiar places, people and objects. I am fortunate to have a really talented person helping me out in the studio who happens to be a gifted artist himself. His specialty and obsession is making miniature versions of streetscapes, buildings and iconic or emblematic scenes that instantly evoke a sense of place. I thought it would be fun to commission him to do a version of my chicken coop studio. I had no idea what he would come back with and was stunned and overjoyed at the result. It truly is a "mini-me" of my beloved workspace..clay dust, objects, chaos and all.. I want to share some images of his creation along side of images of the real thing- every detail! the magazines, bags of clay, the ceramic tiled floor! he made each thing completely from scratch and scrounged materials..just brilliant!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I will be bringing this to @NYNOW where I will be exhibiting in handmade/designer maker in august: booth 9416</span>Lisa Neimethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03343408482448188248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047944219039138851.post-47844041798498014442015-01-22T07:42:00.002-08:002015-01-23T10:43:40.314-08:00the plate as talisman..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">I was thrilled to be featured in the My Space column in the Dec/Jan 2015 issue of House Beautiful. Not only do I still love and appreciate printed magazines and cherish the ability to tear out images, it is also a lovely way to connect with the public and I love letting people into my world here a little bit.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;">Often times the things we purchase and collect are made by people we never see or get to know in any way. The days of walking into the village and interacting with the crafts people making your utilitarian and decorative items has withered, though there is a resurgence of small shops showcasing local work--I like visiting those places when I travel and surely appreciate learning about what is being crafted where I am.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;">As a maker/crafter myself, I enjoy being represented not only here in San Francisco, but all over the country in small shops and larger ones where people can interact with the tableware.</span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;">It is also why I love to make the work I do for places like the DeYoung Museum here in San Francisco and Silver Oak Vineyards up in Napa-- the feedback I get from those places is how people come in and collect pieces as a way of reminding them of their time and experiences there. I can totally relate as I do the same thing when I travel- it can be a local artist's work or an interestingly shaped twig or stone that I will cherish as a memento.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Working mostly solo here at the studio I don't often get to see firsthand people interacting with my work so am always grateful when folks reach out and tell me about it. Recently I have had some particularly touching experiences with users of my work. One is from the most lovely family who recently suffered a tremendous loss. They were housebound for a long time caring for an ill child who finally succumbed to his illness this year. She had ordered plates during this time of convalescence as a way of cheering up the house a bit and enhancing meal time. The imagery of the plates and the meaning they had for her was "healing" she told me and truly lifted their spirits. While we often think of 'things' as materialistic or not necessary, we forget that objects can act as talismans and vessels of spirit and an outlet for emotions. Religious art has played that role forever as well as folk art's place in many cultures. It can be rustic, it can be crude- but if it conveys something to your soul and helps, that is what's important. So hearing about the healing properties of the plates was special to me indeed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">People will often pick up a plate, examine the images and tell me what it is, what they see and perhaps what it means to them personally. That is always fascinating to me as two people will look at the same plate and see completely different things and take away, something totally separate and unique.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">In addition, having worked with some restaurants to make their plates has elevated this process to a level of true integration of experiential opportunities. The other contacts I have been having lately are from several folks who used to frequent Station 1 restaurant in Woodside, where I made all of the tableware. It was such a special place that Zu and Kristi put together and it was a sad day when they had to close due to lease issues. A lot of people celebrated important occasions there and have contacted me to commission a set of plates to remind them of their time spent there..and eating on the tableware was a big part of it. One particular comment I loved was from a young woman who loved bringing out of town visitors there and spoke of how excited they were to "see which of the pieces we'd been 'dealt' with our meal"-- I love that.. She is getting married and is interested in having this experience to offer in her own home.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">It is with great joy that I get to do what I do. I am very fortunate to satisfy my own creative urges while feeding someone else's. This is a new year now full of opportunity to create more, observe more and record what I see in clay. It heals me and I like that it does so for others as well.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2014 was a busy year and I was happy to delve deeper into my work and continue being inspired by so many things that influenced my designs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">wow. august 31st. it has been a busy summer. kids moving in and out of their own life experiences that will carry over into their older selves as sweet important memories.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">but having fun exploring contexts and textures and color, putting unexpected concepts together and fantasizing about spending more time in new mexico and creating the summer studio there (maybe maybe next year???)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">and back to new york city to do the big trade show at NYNOW..new booth, salvaged table..color of fog</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">much to get done now..new shops, more for old shops, fun projects for individuals wanting a highly personal set of still life plates for homes to inspire..</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I don't get to post here as often as I would like..so in the meantime follow me on instagram <b>@lisaneimethceramics</b> for regular snippets and images and as always, get in touch if you want to come by the studio here in San francisco.</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">more soon..or as SF Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow likes to say.."in a bit!"</span>Lisa Neimethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03343408482448188248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047944219039138851.post-65178176063348917452014-06-12T13:47:00.002-07:002014-06-12T13:52:53.532-07:00wine.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love to drink wine. It is my complete beverage of choice and brings me much pleasure. It is a social experience and it is a solitary meditative experience. It enhances food, mood and if not too indulgent, just really relaxes you at the end of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am so fortunate to live so near to many amazing wine regions here in California. I do not get to visit them nearly as much as I would like to, but do get to visit vicariously through my work.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I love bringing my work together with food and wine and the utilitarian relationship they all share-</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">as well as creating mementos for folks to take home with them that will always remind them of the pleasure and retreat they experience when visiting these amazing places. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Over the past few years I have had the pleasure of creating what I call "high end curios" for the <a href="http://www.silveroak.com/">Silver Oak </a>tasting room in Oakville, in the Napa Valley. These are one of a kind pieces using found and vintage objects with hand etched details--all with a wine region theme. These were just delivered:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This year I was asked to create platters riffing off the blue/white rustic chinoiserie line- for the retail shop at<a href="http://www.auctionnpavalley.org/"> Auction Napa Valley</a> 2014. It was great fun creating nearly 80 one of a kind pieces for this event that raised over 18 million dollars for community health care services.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">And I recently shipped off pieces to the new <a href="http://www.lafondwinery.com/">LaFond Winery</a> tasting room in Santa Barbara. They just opened a beautiful "in-town" tasting room showcasing their incredible wines as well as curated artisan pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is the enduring value of a curio when traveling. I always make sure to collect something when I am away, either a purchased object or something I find lying on the ground. This collection of things remains a big inspiration to me when conjuring up designs. It is the coming together of differing shapes, notions and elements of a culture- natural and ethnographic. Much of ancient pottery, besides its functional use as water and food vessels, evolved to incorporate more design and aesthetic elements as people began to collect it.It was traded and sold and re-sold. And often became incredibly valuable over time. But more importantly keeps memories alive and helps put perspective on where we </span><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">have been.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">One of the features in their current issue no 7, is an essay on the value of an "interesting" plate, not just one that entirely reflects the food on it, but one that invites conversation and atmosphere as well. I loved the slant of this article as it is something I have promoted for years with my work. And it is what many restaurants are now jumping on.. the importance of the plate as well as the food when considering the intentional culture of a restaurant.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The feedback from customers I receive from some of the restaurant projects I have been involved with, does not ignore the food, but celebrates the presentation and when the food is cleared, a secondary appreciation and experience to enjoy the effort gone into creating a utilitarian piece of art.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A chef I have been working with recently commented on actually how similar the process of creating a beautiful meal and a special plate is-- creating from raw materials, a finished product that touches on many senses.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I am honored to be called out on my plateware in this article as well as thrilled that the culinary world is heading full on in this direction.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Read the full piece on "dishes that command curiosity" in Countlan <a href="http://issuu.com/countlan/docs/140429__countlan_issue_seven_sp/70">here.</a></span>Lisa Neimethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03343408482448188248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047944219039138851.post-16916278824274397242014-04-21T16:14:00.000-07:002014-04-21T16:15:20.895-07:00limited edition pieces online at anthropologie: coastal plate box set..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I am always taking notice of the subtleties around me as I walk or run around the city and the coast. There are so many amazing patterns casually juxtaposed on walls, sidewalks and trees. Some are naturally occurring while others quite deliberate and utilitarian perhaps unknowing of their aesthetic qualities. I love seeing these geometric and circular shapes and forms and try and snap them when I can and use later to inform plate designs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">but i still keep tabs on what's going on weather wise there and know it has been challenging. while we have had an unseasonably warm and sunny winter, we have our own vortex of drought to be concerned about.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">but there are distractions from all this..fresh blooms on the trees, birds mating, scent of renewal, and just knowing a transition is afoot.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">If you follow this blog or know that before I put all of my work energy into ceramics, I was an urban social worker, heavily involved in many different communities helping to create and support affordable housing in new york city and san francisco. When I ceased to work "professionally" as a social worker, I retained my sense of duty, service and the importance of giving back. It is something I feel strongly about and try and instill in my kids. you can give time, attention and of course money to causes, organizations you believe in. Even if you are not a philanthropist on a grand scale a la bill gates, you can still demonstrate your support in whatever way you can, and believe me, anything helps.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have pledged to donate a portion of all of my annual income from my ceramics work to different community organizations spanning the arts, LGBT issues and community health. Some of the places I have supported this year:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b>Abiquiu Public Library- serving a remote part of northern new mexico and preserving local history and culture</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I am hoping to carve out some time this year to do a bit more hands on work- but am proud to support where I can. I like to say that giving what you can annually "keeps you in shape" for future giving, involvement and general citizenry. Toiling away in my studio in a singular way, it is important to remain connected in this larger way.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That and walking my new pup at the beach to remind me how very small we really are..but that we can still imprint.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">oh the ephemeral beauty of new mexico..always a bit of an exhale for me to be there.. so a wonderful excuse to go came up at the last minute, dear friends Char Vazquez and Sherry Stein were having a final event at their iconic White Studio in Santa Fe.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I loved the <a href="http://www.lneimeth.com/news.html">Anthology</a> piece from last year, and was excited to have <a href="http://www.californiahomedesign.com/gallery/inside-studio-ceramicist-lisa-neimeth#1">Ca Home and Design </a>and <a href="http://www.handfulofsalt.com/profile-lisa-nemeith/">Handful of Salt</a> recently publish some cool images of the studio and thoughtful interviewing around process..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and Handful of Salt has just launched a curated marketplace of artisan pieces: <a href="http://www.allthingsartisanal.com/">All Things Artisanal</a> is well worth a look through-beautiful images and information about artists of all kinds and links to where you can buy..</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">see for yourself..</span>Lisa Neimethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03343408482448188248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047944219039138851.post-67286798325574341262013-11-11T10:33:00.001-08:002013-11-11T10:33:46.470-08:00rustic chinoiserie ..ready made<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">An again, you can always contact <a href="mailto:lisa@lneimeth.com">me</a> to order anything in tis collection as well as any other design and sizes.</span>Lisa Neimethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03343408482448188248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2047944219039138851.post-49236418623892901342013-11-10T13:51:00.000-08:002013-11-10T13:52:18.756-08:00Dish(es) now out in paperback..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So when Shax told me that the publishers were issuing a new version of the book- a less expensive paperback- I was excited to see it. I just received a copy and it is fabulous! Bright fuchsia, chunky and almost pocket sized. It is a different experience than the more formal coffee table version- but a fun have for the plate obsessed and also a great reference book for the history of designed tableware.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And I have been especially busy with this coming back from Los Angeles and the Dwell show and New York and the NYNOW show-which always yield some amazing new shops, people and territories.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">As well as re-connecting with existing folks who come to deepen what they already carry of my work.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Really thrilled about some of these new shops where new work has just arrived- here's a sampling of what's there now..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Classic blue and white pottery. It is a tradition dating back to the 13th century when cobalt, imported from Iran, was used as an underglaze. The stark contrast between the blue and the white was quickly admired and adopted by the chinese in the 17th century and exported to northern europe and influencing the production of classic dutch "delft" ceramics.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Do <a href="mailto:lisa@lneimeth.com">get in touch</a> if you are interested in ordering...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was thrilled that <b>House Beautiful</b> included this new line in their September issue..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Though the set up and prep for these shows can be a bit arduous, once there, settled in the booth for the 4 days..it becomes a small home away from home, albeit in a 10x10 space...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The days are long, but it is always fun to connect in person with folks who I work with through the year who sell my work as well as other people involved in the makers world...and for a studio artist, it is always gratifying to meet other makers, share ideas, get support and reinforcement in an otherwise solitary work world.. the camaraderie is welcome...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is also a good excuse to organize, and create new work to show new and old customers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But the 5 and 10, that made me sad. It is a crazy kind of a place, disheveled, with dusty plastic dolls sitting next to a box of ball point pens. Faded oaktag paper lying near thimbles, bandanas and other notions. There is something for everyone here though. Stickers and packaged plastic animals for the kids; yarn, cups, laundry lines and wooden clothes pins for the seniors. I love walking in there and trying to find something and then sifting through boxes with typefaces from the 70's holding needle threaders and erasers. There was a 5 and 10 where I grew up that I also loved. It was called Jacobsens and my sister and I would head straight there whenever we had some cash and we would usually buy baby clothes to put on our dolls and embroidered patches that were in a display that rotated. We would scout out the coolest patches- a butterfly, a rainbow peace sign and some thread and needles and rush home and sew them on our jeans and jackets. That store was magical to me. SO much to look at all jumbled up together. I know my fascination with this store influenced my later delight in collecting and putting objects and images next to each other in crazy and unexpected ways. And I know that Joseph Cornell also frequented his local 5 and 10 and his finds fueled his intense creations of mini-worlds in a box.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I have such a vivid sense of what the air felt like on july 4th growing up- heavy, humid warm evenings-waiting impatiently for the first blast of a firework..holding onto a burning "punk"-basically an incense stick and waiting for dark to come..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and now on the west coast in chilled san francisco..we hope for the semblance of a clear evening on the 4th so maybe we can see the distorted light through the wafting fog and pretend we saw a full fledged firework over the golden gate..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I honestly had not thought much about the show since then and only recently discovered that it had moved to LA where apparently most of the readership of dwell magazine resides. I do subscribe to dwell now after a lapsed period...but as we continue to research what we want to put on our land in New mexico that is sustainable and low impact-we resurrected our subscription in hopes of finding some fresh ideas to ponder.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My husband Peter and I took to the road and headed south to LA and stayed in the very fun Little Tokyo section. One thing I truly love about LA is the energy and the constant movement of people and the possibilities. Growing up in NY- this is a familiar sensibility. One that I somewhat intentionally moved from when I moved to San Francisco- a much slower urban lifestyle-but still crave and appreciate for sure.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">But the nice thing about getting out of the solitary studio life and doing the meet and greet--is just that--standing on one spot but getting to talk to so many interesting people. One of my favorite conversations was with a man who is retiring and moving back to costa rica- for fun, he would harvest clay near his home in SoCal and create pots- burnishing and pit firing in his yard- and he loved it. I also loved being next to Lourdes and Addie from Quombo- a women's craft collective in San Salvador- and will be sure to journey there sometime in the next year for sure..the people from Danko- makers of beautiful wooden chairs using old seat belts...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and great to meet Regina from Handful of Salt based up here in Berkeley- who is driving a California made (100% California) movement celebrating the amazing hand-makers here..</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and potters Kristin Nelson and Sara Paloma who came by-whose work I admire very much...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I think it was in the late 1970's when the concept of the "box set" came into my consciousness. neil young..decade--for those of you who may recall--it was a wonderful compilation of all his early and significant songs. then came the more official "box sets" that actually came in a box-- these were albums--so as you can imagine quite cumbersome. then came the CD and the box set was much more manageable-- and usually arrived around the holidays with archival recordings, hard to find singles, B sides (what??) and rarities "never before released"..not sure how well the digital box set translates for those of us oriented towards the tactile..</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">which brings me to my box set..</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I maintain a steady stream of images in my head that are collected visually--some I will capture with my iphone, others may be torn from a magazine, others just conjured from hearing someone speak of something..and still others drawn from a fleeting glimpse.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">sometimes many of these images will come together in some way.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and sometimes its fun to keep them together to tell a bigger story.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Objects are prevalent in my work. like many before me, the portrayal of everyday objects invite more examination and elevation. I collect. I collect images and objects that I find.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">and one of my favorite places to do that is the beach out near where I live in the sunset district of san francisco.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">housed in handmade boxes made by my husband peter- using found and recycled wood to create the perfect container of a sensibility.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">there is also a more basic box of objects--perhaps referencing jaspar johns and the beautifully simple way he evoked and considered basic objects-</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">he said: "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The relationship between the object & the event. Can they 2 be separated? Is one a detail of the other? What is the meeting? Air?"</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">this box set celebrates the simple object- something we may see everyday but deserves its reverie.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">these boxes are available direct from <a href="mailto:lisa@lneimeth.com">me</a> so do get in touch if you are interested.</span><br />
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