100 Day Project reflection: 2024
Summer events: Ceramics fair and workshop
Happy summer solstice!
Summer Solstice ceramics fair
Saturday! June 22nd 2024
Hosted by Clay Room at Groundfloor, 455 Valencia St, San Francisco
11am - 5pm
At the beginning of the year, I had a goal of adding a watercolor feeling to the ceramics I’ve been creating. I’m excited to share my Imagined Horizons collection I’ve created along with some summer-inspired ceramic treats. They’re a nice complement to the watercolor palettes I sell. If you’re local I hope you can see everything displayed together and shop from my Clay Room studio mates.
(For those not local I’m hoping to offer some items online in July.)
I’m teaching a workshop! Turn photos into paintings
Sunday, July 14th 2024: Monoprint postcards and travel sketch souvenirs
Hosted by Arch Supplies
11am - 2pm
Using pen, ink, shape, pattern, and color we’ll go on a 3-hour tour of simple sketchbook, watercolor, and monoprint techniques. We'll learn the techniques I use as warmups for detailed drawings or for quickly capturing a memory on-the-go. Then we'll put it all together to turn photos into paintings!
Over the last 7 years, I’ve been consistently dedicated to creating drawings and art from my experiences. It’s changed how I look at the little things in my environment. The monoprint painting technique I’ll be sharing is a way I add to my travel journal after I come home from traveling or enjoying a local experience.
This is a beginner friendly workshop. I’d love to introduce you to memory keeping through sketch booking.
Reflecting on 100 Days of Creative Reflection
This year’s 100 day project concluded at the end of May. Being my 10th year participating I celebrated it with my project #100CreativeReflections. I wrote reflections on my past 100 day projects and shared them on Instagram. I’d also planned to reflect on past creative experiences in unfinished pages of sketchbooks, especially the art from my Italy travels.
The project became more internal than any previous project. I found myself in a swirl of reflective writing about my art practices and the creative problem-solving I do in my design career.
All my past projects produced a lot of visual output. As the project went on I realized I’d subconsciously given myself a writing project. Which was perfectly what I needed at this time of life.
In contrast to all the internal reflection, it became a prolific time for creating new art unrelated to the project. I made a ton of ceramics, continued my sketchbook practice, and designed the monoprint workshop I’ll be teaching in July. A direct correlation between reflection and creation? It’s definitely a tool I’ll be using with more intention as it relates to my art practice.
Writing is an integral part of my self care routines. I often bounce back and forth between drawing my thoughts and writing my thoughts (which I categorize all as reflection). These practices have come to exist in my life almost like water. The project highlighted how integral writing is to my art practice even if my words are just for myself.