The longest night breaks into bright snow....The longest decade ends and will hopefully bring brighter tomorrows.

Holidays are bringing me back to older images. I begin a set of Lavendar Guitar Girl and Bloodroot. Spent hours etching and ready to glaze!  (both sold)

Upcoming Bloomington Art Center "Art in The Home" Show. January 15-March.

Open Studio At Margy's
Four artists
December 6th Sunday 10-6pm
(You are WELCOME ANYTIME call ahead 778-4473)

Margy Jean Balwierz Tiles

John Turula, John and Sophie Koch

Contacts:

Directions to Open Studio:
From Hwy 94

SOUTH at Baldwin (about 7 mi) to Red Barn Gas Station

EAST/ LEFT at Hwy 29 EAST about 1 1/2 miles
SOUTH/ RIGHT at County Rd N towards El Paso
EXACTLY 2.5 miles to N 7107

Oh Man O Man, Fall is set and I'm going in 16 directions making tiles with John Turula (nopointinK.com and alocalvoice.com ), Making tiles for Austin Texas (Stratacaster/Tele imagery), Tiles for Northfield, MN (fish-haven't started these), and Frig magnets (OMG) for a Telaquepaque shop in Sedona. Hmmmmmmmm what would I like to see created now? I'd like to see Gary create a radio station to outlest his massive comedic and revolutionary talent! HMMMMMMMMMM.

TWO SHOWS!

The Tile Festival

THIS SATURDAY

September 19th
at the Sweedish Institute

2600 Park Avenue

Mpls

10:00-5:00

AND:

FRESH ART Studio Tour

October 2,3,4 (Fri-Sun)
(I'll be at John Turula's site15 on the map)

http://www.freshart.org/

Tiles shows coming up:

The Handmade Tile Festival in Minneapolis September 19th at the Sweedish Institute.

Fresh Art Tour the first weekend of October.

A few tiles that are new and a couple of older favorites.

Kitchen Color

ART AT ST KATE'S is coming up quickly. The beautiful campus lawn and select art should make for a lovely day. July 25th

http://www.artistscircle.info/

Here is the huge platter GALLAXY featured on my last posting. It is an outdoor piece, sitting on the deck.














Beads are one way I use up scrap clay and I aspire to make a perfect gem.














Flower Themes are a constant endeavor.





I continue to make fish, also out of leftover clay and have a growing collection. This one is called Fish in a costume.

2009 Shows

Tiles are available at these fine home furnishing shops:
Cabin Chic and Cabin Chic Garden Shop, in Osseo WI
(across from the pie shop). and
Abode, in Stockholm, WI on Spring Street
http://www.abodeinteriorsltd.com/
2009:
August 22, ARTigras
Rochester Art Center
Rochester, MN
August 31-September 20th "The Nature of Tile"
Edina Art Center Showhttp://www.edinaartcenter.com/
September 19 The Minnesota Tile Festival
Minneapolis, MN http://www.handmadetileassociation.org/
October 2,3 and 4th Fresh Art Tour
www.freshart.org
May 2&3 The Creative Drive at The Silver Bison Ranch Baldwin, WI http://www.thecreativedrive.com/SilverBisonRanchInfo.html
June 7 Art Along The Willow River Willow River State Park 1034 County Rd A, Hudson, WI
June 20 Summer Solstice Art Show The Cook-Rutledge Mansion 505 W. Grand Ave., Cheppewa Falls, WI
July 25 Art at St. Kate's 10am-6pm On the lawn at The College of St. Katherine St. Paul, MN http://www.artistscircle.info/