I finally finished my last piece at 5:15 am on Monday morning. Installation began on Sunday and would extend to Monday. Opening reception on Saturday Oct 6, 2-4 pm, 12501 Alcosta Blvd. San Ramon, CA 94583 Show runs until Oct 28.
This beautiful piece is titled Unity by Ellen Bepp, hand papercut, 2017 This October, I am showing 5 new works, all resulting from what I learned on my trip to Indonesia this summer with my parents. It will be a great show. I am familiar with the artists and they…
I’m making new work to be exhibited at Lindsay Dirkx Brown Gallery, San Ramon Community Center. It is forcing me to process the information I received over my visit to Indonesia with my parents this summer. My father has dementia. It was a difficult visit for all of us, frustrating…
In an attempt to find some self care practice in stressful times, I’ve turned to a new craft I’ve learned recently which requires a sharp object and repeated stabbings. Needlefelting. And binge watching The Handmaid’s Tale. I’ve upped my game from Totoro. I’m now beginning to make handmade handmaids and…
Today I agreed to gallery sit. It was also the same day as the workshop for making a felted Totoro. It was taught by 11 year old Kiyomi. Here are the ones she made for examples. I made one and a friend made one too.
This is my grandfather. He was a misunderstood person. My mother didn’t have a lot of good things to say about him. She said everyone knew that he didn’t earn much money. He wrote pamphlets on “theosophy”. My grandmother was the primary supporter for the family of 7, becoming a…
I made it to the 4th class. Today we built a freaking robot! It goes forward until it senses something close, then it goes backwards and turns around! I made mine quite messy and unrefined, but it works. The wheels are just glued onto a piece of foamboard, but it…
I always underestimate how long it takes to install art. I think 4 hrs is enough, but actually more like 8. Part of it is because I am particular. Part of it is because each place I exhibit, the situation is different; the layout is different, the parameters are different,…
I volunteered for the second time to help out with the organizing of an art show with over 20 people. It has been a challenge to try to get people who’ve agreed to show their work to turn in their biography, statements, and headshots and images for the show in…