1. Craft Year 2015. Neat, thanks, Twitter, I had no idea this was a year of craft in Canada. Craft year 2015 is a project of the Canadian Crafts Federation. There are all kinds of events all over, and every Saturday crafters are encouraged to post pics on social media with the hashtag #craftselfie Saturday. Fun!
2. Mother Earth, the film by Ben Proudfoot, Breakwater Studios about the lovely Louise Pentz, master potter, sculptor and formerly a co-president of the Nova Scotia Potters guild, who has offered smoke firing workshops in her yard. Awesome to see Louise get celebrated in this film. She and her husband, painter Don Pentz, currently have a show at the Lunenburg Art Gallery, called "Paintings and Sculptures", it's awesome, and up until May 31st. Here's a Herald article about it.
3. Speaking of Master Potters I haven't actually made it into the new Made in the Maritimes Artisan Boutique in the Sunnyside Mall in Bedford, but I'm so happy to see that Carol Smeraldo has work there now. It looks like a fantastic shop that's generating some great buzz about all things handmade. The pics of everything on their Facebook page look awesome, just what Atlantic Canada needs IMO. And they ship all over!
4. Ted Talks. I've been carving away on some mugs and listening to a pile of Ted Talks on youtube, here are a few favourites:
The Art of Being Yourself by Caroline McHugh
The Discipline of Finishing by Conor Neill
Programming your mind for success, by Carrie Green, founder of the Female Entrepreneur's Association. Carrie Green also has a youtube channel with more inspirational videos.
5. This video for the song 70 million by French band Hold Your Horses. It's awesome! it's a few years old but I never saw it until a friend posted it on Facebook this week; the band imitates several famous works of art with it. Nice.
6. More videos from Infinite Waters, yes this is the sort of stuff I binge listen to while carving.
10 Things to Give Up to be Happy,
How to Set and Achieve Any Goal
Secrets of Truly Happy People: Dealing with Hard Times
7. The Present Moment! Haven't listened to Eckhart Tolle for awhile but enjoyed this:
The Power of the Present Moment: A Meditation
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