april showers bring...

hand pinched tea bowls approx 3 3/4" x 4 1/4" $48 each


...tea bowls? Well that is not really how the saying goes but in my little world (which I get to create) that is how it goes.

Today is a good day because...

1. My new intern starts working with me and I couldn't be more excited.

2. My shop page is being built and should be going up in the very near future thanks to my wonderful and amazing big sister.

3. I have use of a borrowed computer at home now (I have been frantically typing on bought minutes at Internet cafes for the past month and a half) The cherry on the top of the cake is that I will be getting a new computer of my very own at the end of the month (I am doing a happy dance, can you see?)

4.I am in love. (big smile)

5. I get to cook a sausage pasta dinner tonight (her favorite) for my dear friend, the ever amazing Lisa C.

6. and last but definitely not least I have 10 (8 left) of these tea bowls for sale. These little guys are very special items that I make every now and then and do not ever sell in stores so get em' while they last. They are all hand pinched, painted ivory (on the inside) and a bright white (on the outside), etched with a drawing of a sprig and glazed with the utmost loving care. They are something I have been making since the beginning of my ceramic making time and are kind of a signature item. They are $48 each which does not include shipping . Email me at diana@dianafayt.com if you would like one to be yours. Please note that they are all individual and no two are alike.

Happy Friday Friends. Spread the love!

the whole sh'bang

work for xen gallery show 2007

I feel as if I am stealing moments on computers in all kinds of interesting environments...this morning's adventures included an Internet stop in at a local print shop "one stop printing" that is around the corner from my apartment. Wilson the owner even took the time to buy me a cup of tea and later showed me his behind the scenes swanky bar he had set up in the back "office". He said "any time I'd like to stop in for a drink I should not hesitate." So the loss of the computer has made me some new friends and now I have a new "underground" watering hole.

So here is the table full of work before I shipped off for my show. It is very pleasing for me to see it all together like this. I wanted to share it with you too.

You have all been so wonderful with your comments and have really made me feel so much better and richer for my loss. There a many computers out there in the world to be had and I know one will come my way soon. I have to admit I am kinda having fun frequenting all different Internet cafes and meeting all kinds of new and interesting folks. As Wilson said to me this morning " Well, Diana I am sure glad you destroyed your computer otherwise you would of never come in here and I wouldn't have ever met you." Cheers friends! It's time for a drink!

hangin' in there

I have to admit I have become totally attached to having computer and being without one is really cramping my style. Today the stress of being an independent artist really broadsided me. I packed up all the work for the Xen Gallery show and shipped it off and I made the deadline for the calender to be finished. It is relieving but working for the future does not always bring money in today. It is sometimes gets very tight financially and the loss of my computer has just exacerbated my feelings of struggle.

I am doing my best not to feel sorry for myself...and I am constantly reminded of the good fortune in my life but I gotta say being an Artist does not make one financially secure. Sometimes it gets really,really scary. These are the times when I think to myself I am going to go to work for a big company designing nic nacs and get a regular paycheck with benefits.

I know it will all work out. It always does and now that I don't have my computer to distract me maybe I will finish that book that I have been trying to read for the past three months.

composed

this photo was taken of me in December 2005 by my friend Eszter

...is not how I am feeling at the moment. It all started with the thumb slicing. Fast forward to Friday...I am walking towards my desk, tea cup in hand, grasped by my fingers and bandaged thumb and then I don't remember what happened next. All that I can recall is the vision of my tea cup falling from my hand (slipped out of my grip because of the bandage) and no, not on my computer...yes on my computer...tea all over my computer. Folks funeral services for my trusty, ever faithful laptop will be held tomorrow at dawn. Please, no flowers, just well wishes and prayers that a new laptop will soon be mine. Not a good week for this black bird. I've had bad electronic luck for the past month. My digital camera died about three weeks ago and if it counts my blow drier died while I was trying to dry out said computer. This lovely bird saved me by lending me her extra camera, which I am extremely grateful for and my ever fabulous neighbor saved my butt by letting me use his laptop to finish my calendar which is due on Monday...holy crap!

On a brighter note, the work for my show is coming along swimmingly! I am doing my final firing this weekend and then I ship off all the goods on Monday. I will try to keep posting when I can but due to the sudden, unexpected death of my computer, it may be bit spotty.