You never know when something unexpected will appear, it seems, out of nowhere, to influence your art. I’ve been decorating table tops and birdbaths with stained glass mosaic for a number of years. And here’s what happened to bring a welcome change.
I had a visitor from Norway here for a while, and we took a walk through Dogtown, part of the wilderness in the center of Cape Ann . As we were passing a quarry that I was familiar with we saw someone cutting stone. I was anxious to show my Norwegian visitor how a quarry was worked, so we approach the man, Terry Dutton, and watched him for a while. The wonderful outcome was that he agreed to let me pick out blocks of granite in which he would grind out a bowls, making birdbaths for me to decorate with mosaic design. I’m thrilled to have these so that now my mosaics can be in local, natural materials.
Judith Wright, Finch
I’m also a painter and love to paint local scenes in Lanesville, the part of Gloucester where I live. Most recently I have been doing a series of paintings of birds and really having fun with this.
Judith Wright, Multinecklaces
Another thing you will find in my studio is jewelry that I make in collaboration with a friend. We use semi-precious beads mixed with old and sometimes ancient beads from other parts of the world to create necklaces and earrings. We love thinking about all the places that these old beads have been and how many hands have touched them.
2024 will be a year of rest and reflection by the Artisans. There will not be any tours, but follow our social media and our individual members for ongoing events and developments.
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