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Hanging in my current studio is one of the oldest gargoyles I’d ever made (1996?). Dark brown and lovely, Della Robbia clay is an “air dry” clay that can be heated in a kitchen oven to obtain a certain hardness but it would still dissolve in water.

Gargoyles

January 27, 2023

Sometime in the mid-90s, I had the opportunity to visit Harlan Ellison and his wife Susan at their home in Thousand Oaks, CA, and what I remember most was the gargoyles they had hanging over the garage entrance. When I got home, I just had to try making some of my own….

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In Life of an artist, Creativity, Pottery Tags gargoyles, wall sculptures, Ellison Wonderland, batch2
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Did you ever think about running away?

January 13, 2023

There was a poster hanging in the hallway at the art college I attended that was a call for artists/ artisans to come to New York City to apprentice as a mason/ sculptor on one of the cathedrals there in the city.

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In Life of an artist Tags art school, art students, artist life, life choices, running away to NYC, dreaming of being a sculptor, batch2
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Death to the Dictator

November 8, 2022

I brought this recent drawing, “Death To the Dictator”, to IlluXCon 2022. Like most of my work, when I look at it, I remember where I was or what was happening at the time, perhaps down to what music I was listening to. All of my work is freighted with meaning for me, it becomes a sticky note of my space in the world…

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In Philosophy of Art, Life of an artist, Fine Art Tags batch1, resistance, graphite drawing, mushrooms, fungi, ink caps
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Kristin Kest Fine Art, Illustration, and Ceramics

A working artist living in the beautiful Susquehanna Valley of York, PA

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