I’m packing to go to Chengdu tomorrow but here are a few more photos from Tianjin. All were taken within 200 yards of the Art Academy. I am invited to dinner tonight so it will probably be another orgy of food. I hope the prints for the Polish Printmakers Show have arrived in Chengdu by ...

Lunch with Tianjin Printmaking Faculty This is my fourth trip to China and I am still fascinated with this culture and people. I am in Tianjin now but will only be here for two days. Next I will go to Chengdu to set up and open the Contemporary Polish Printmaking Exhibition of which I am curator. ...

Mike Adams with Terry Sinnard, Craig Link & Mike Sciachitano Friday & Saturday, April 8 & 9 Saddle Club, Grand Island, NE 7:00 – 11:00pm Face At My Door Music ...

Bracelet collection of Red, Blue and Creamy white Gooseberries Gooseberries are possibly my favorite trade bead. A fact I find kind of strange because they are a pale color and I usually go for the flashy colors, being basically a Raven personality. Maybe the fact that the good ones are hard to find makes them appealing, ...

20mm Cornaline d'Aleppo bead on necklace with mixed Venetians We can now talk about Cornaline D’Aleppo’s. They came much later to the trade route but never the less were a huge impact on that route. These were originally mandrel wound glass beads of various sizes but as the demand grew a technique of cane drawing, cutting ...

We are controlling them. - Screenprint 2010 The works which I present here are made in serigraph technique. I have always prepared projects and layers for expose by my hands, so it’s a directly transfer of painting and drawing gesture. I like this effect, because it is personal like my graphics. Where are my hoofs? This print is ...

Mt Baker & 3 Sisters I went out early this morning to see if I could get a good photo of the sunrise. My favorite painting medium is pastel chalk and this sky seemed to be painted with those pastel colors. A little steam is almost typical of Mt Baker but is more obvious with the sunrise ...

Man In The Moon On March 19, 2011 the moon passed by earth at a distance of 356,577 kilometers (221,567 miles) – the closest pass in 18 years. The earth, moon and sun were all in line, with moon in its nearest approach to earth. The moon passed earth at it’s closest in the past ...

Garth Foss photos by C. Kelly Nowicki One nice thing about our Lummi Island ferry commute is that there is always something interesting to see. That is why I always have a camera with me. This photo is of Garth Foss, a green and white tug known within the industry as an enhanced tractor tug, ...

Trade Beads With Walrus Ivory Opening Celebration & Show First Thursday, April 7th, 6 – 8 pm Strands of dentalium shell, strings of glass beads and pendants of fossil ivory artifacts embellish the glittering jewelry made by Janet and Owen Walker. Known for their exquisite metalsmith work, the Walkers turn to the antique trade beads of ...