More summer recap...

I went to see the Health in Enamel exhibition at the Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. There was a beautiful selection of Martha Banyas’s work on display and an enameled “quilt” in her honor. I was invited to participate in the quilt, and so contributed the following tile and story…

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Once upon a time, there was a very young girl whose daddy was in the hospital. When it was time to visit him, she wanted to bring flowers. She asked her mother if the flowers would die. When her mother said 'yes,' the very young girl asked if rocks die. When her mother said 'no,' she decided to paint a rock for him and take it to the hospital instead of flowers. The daddy got better and came home. Our Rock People stay alive in our hearts.

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Rocks Don’t Die, enamel on copper, 4 x"4in., 2024

Forging Community… a year ago

Last March I had the privilege to attend the Austin Forging Competition at Mobile Loaves and Fishes’ Community First! Village. It was about a week before the world closed and life as I know it changed. I drove to a different town. I stayed in a hotel and ate in a restaurant. I think I even hugged people outside my family. Weird. The brief article about the competition that I wrote for Metalsmith Tech came out a few weeks ago. It’s a great reminder of what some seriously talented people can do with three hours.