My FiRsT EtSY TrEASuRy

So if you are not familiar with Etsy, (GO CHECK IT OUT IMMEDIATELY) they have these little collections called treasuries that are selected by members and put together around a theme. It what you see on the home page of etsy, but there are hundreds more of those collections under the treasury button.
Well...
I got one of my favorite pieces included in a new treasury all about clowns
"Life is a Circus, and We are All Just Clowns"
go see...

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=16238

Thanks for the Visit and the Input!

Another couple of shots of the Studio Tour set up...

So wrapped up the Studio Tour! Thank you to all who ventured out my way and gave me your positive feedback. Its a lot of work to clean up a studio and invite people into my inner safe space of creativity. Thank you to those that recognized that and appreciated it.. Your words and comments made it worth my while. I am feeling pretty pumped and excited about making art. It can get pretty damn lonely and strange when you spend week after week working in the studio alone. So the input and reflection of my work from my visitors was a much needed lifting of the spirits. I am working on putting a few new pieces up everyday on etsy, so make sure you check it out. And finally I am getting a bit faster at that process.. I am feeling like i have good head start on Christmas which is great. Now have to tear down the gallery space and turn it back into a pottery studio got lots of clay to make between now and the middle of Nov..

Here is some pictures of the pottery process I took last production run...

OpEN sTUdio AgAin tHiS WeEKeND

If you didn't make it out an about last weekend for the open studio tour.. Put on your driving gloves and come out this weekend.

Its a rare and strange thing for me to invite people into my working studio.. Don't miss it! I don't know when it will ever be that clean again..

Sat and Sunday Oct 10,11 10-5pm

2252 Seamount Dr. Ferndale... email for directions and look for the yellow signs..mailto:signs..clarissacallesen@gmail.com

I have lots of pretty (and dark and scary) new things!

Whatcom Studio Tour Website

Oh and visit the other 53 fabulous artist as well...

Art Work Featured on Art Spread

So I googled myself recently, self indulgent and narcissistic I know, but useful also!

I found that my work had been featured on Paper Street's Blog in the Art Spread section.

How fun is that..

and Paper Street has all kinds of amazing downloadable collage sheets, and fun info on artists on a daily basis.. I appreciate there dedication to blogging...

Go check it out..

sTUdIO ToUR / a RaRE gLiMPse

I am not sure what I was thinking when I signed up for the studio tour. I have to make the art like usual but also clean up my very messy studio and somehow figure out how to do my usual displaying amid my working studio chaos... Well truly, who know what I was thinking...

BUT ITS Happening! This weekend and the next!
I am offering a rare glimpse into the creative chaos that is my studio space...
Along with demonstrations ...
New Work!
and cookies...

Stop by and say hello...
OCT 4, 5 and 11, 12 from 10am to 5pm..
2252 Seamount Dr. Ferndale... email for directions and look for the yellow signs..
clarissacallesen@gmail.com

Here is the official blurb....

" Whatcom Artist Studio Tour 2008The 14th Annual Whatcom Artist Studio Tour will be held 10 am – 5 pm on October 4 & 5 and 11 & 12, 2008.

This free, self-guided tour invites visitors into the working studios of area artists and provides an opportunity for visitors to purchase art works directly from their creators. Over 50 artists showing in 40 studios. Educational and fun for the whole family.
To find lodging in the area, call Washington Reservations at (888) 261-7795.
For more info or to receive our 2008 brochure, please visit http://www.studiotour.net/ "