Saturday, November 10, 2012

Trash Flowers







In my Ceramics one class last semester Mike Tracey Came up with this amazing idea to collect trash and plant them in Planters.  In My Ceramics two class this is an installation that we are pulling together.  We first received some local clay after processing that down we made flower pots.  In the time that these flower pots are drying we are collecting trash that washes along the bank of the Iowa River.  This is my plant and one of my students Joanna that we collected.  Next step is to fire the pots and plant our plants in them. 

Attempting Kung Fu Tea


This summer while I was in China I had the opportunity to attempt to serve Kung Fu Tea.  I was not very good at it.  However I The young lady helping me was very kind.  Snow, Ping, and Jim are all laughing at me.