Ms. Jessie Leigh
@flourishfair.bsky.social
human bean for world peas
ceramic art & gardening
ceramic art & gardening
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Book Cover of the Day:
April 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which trunks, branches or roots of two trees grow together in a manner biologically similar to the artificial process of grafting.
my sculpture will be on view for the rest of march at the flower city arts center. hope to see you at the opening this friday :)
my sculpture will be on view for the rest of march at the flower city arts center. hope to see you at the opening this friday :)
March 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which trunks, branches or roots of two trees grow together in a manner biologically similar to the artificial process of grafting.
my sculpture will be on view for the rest of march at the flower city arts center. hope to see you at the opening this friday :)
my sculpture will be on view for the rest of march at the flower city arts center. hope to see you at the opening this friday :)
todays inspiration is gunta stolzl www.guntastolzl.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
todays inspiration is gunta stolzl www.guntastolzl.org
“If art is the establishing or breaking of aesthetic rules, then AI art, as practiced by the right, says that there are no rules but the naked exercise of power by an in-group over an out-group. It says that the only way to enjoy art is in knowing that it is hurting somebody.”
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“If art is the establishing or breaking of aesthetic rules, then AI art, as practiced by the right, says that there are no rules but the naked exercise of power by an in-group over an out-group. It says that the only way to enjoy art is in knowing that it is hurting somebody.”
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Ceramics tech info. Tony Hansen (Digitalfire) is wonderful ceramic materials nerd, and he shares his info generously. His web site is chock full of useful info. In his latest newsletter, he covers how to make your own brushing glazes or underglazes: digitalfire.com/picture/3074
February 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Ceramics tech info. Tony Hansen (Digitalfire) is wonderful ceramic materials nerd, and he shares his info generously. His web site is chock full of useful info. In his latest newsletter, he covers how to make your own brushing glazes or underglazes: digitalfire.com/picture/3074
this little worry doll is taking a trip to the clay studio in philadelphia for their small favors exhibition!
the show runs from april 10th to june 29th :)
the show runs from april 10th to june 29th :)
February 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
this little worry doll is taking a trip to the clay studio in philadelphia for their small favors exhibition!
the show runs from april 10th to june 29th :)
the show runs from april 10th to june 29th :)
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How Our Gut Microbiome Can Drive Sugar Cravings erictopol.substack.com/p/how-our-gu...
How Our Gut Microbiome Can Drive Sugar Cravings
More Evidence for Our Gut Taking Center Stage for What We Eat
erictopol.substack.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
How Our Gut Microbiome Can Drive Sugar Cravings erictopol.substack.com/p/how-our-gu...
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🌊bowls for flower city arts center chili cook off. get em february 22nd.
January 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🌊bowls for flower city arts center chili cook off. get em february 22nd.
sunday is my studio day. i’m simultaneously sculpting two bodies of work, to simplify i refer to them as flora and fauna. here’s some wip in the fauna department. they’re my worry dolls. i may elaborate in another post, or you can read the full artist statement on my website flourishfair.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
sunday is my studio day. i’m simultaneously sculpting two bodies of work, to simplify i refer to them as flora and fauna. here’s some wip in the fauna department. they’re my worry dolls. i may elaborate in another post, or you can read the full artist statement on my website flourishfair.com
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Great piece from NPR about the Mingei influence on craft:
Japan's Mingei art movement is having a revival as it turns 100 years old
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/n...
Japan's Mingei art movement is having a revival as it turns 100 years old
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/n...
Japan's Mingei art movement is having a revival as it turns 100 years old
Japan's century-old Mingei, or folk art, movement celebrates the everyday work of anonymous artists. It stands in contrast to both fine arts and industrially mass-produced goods. And it's having a yet...
www.npr.org
January 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Great piece from NPR about the Mingei influence on craft:
Japan's Mingei art movement is having a revival as it turns 100 years old
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/n...
Japan's Mingei art movement is having a revival as it turns 100 years old
www.npr.org/2025/01/23/n...
let’s hope this platform gains some traction! currently working on this series…
January 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
let’s hope this platform gains some traction! currently working on this series…