Getting Settled

This week marks 3 months since our giant move from Brooklyn to Kingston, Jamaica. It has been a whirlwind of activity to try to get settled and find a groove. Unfortunately, art has been put on the back burner until "the other stuff" gets sorted out. Our To Do List was enormous when we landed and included: enrolling Cy in school, getting Jomo settled in his job, finding a baby doctor, getting our shipment of personal goods from New York, immigration plus all the other stuff that comes generally with moving...like figuring out how to get around the new neighborhood to setting up utilities. I'm happy to report that there are really only two big things outstanding on our list...give birth to Baby Q and buy a car. Wednesday I go back to the Immigration Office for the last time to pick up my passport and all the documentation that says, I'm legal...phew! Cy is settled into his new school and has his citizenship certificate making him legit...and Jomo has already received payment for a freelance project he is working on and is happy in his new position. To say I've been preoccupied is an understatement! I'm happy to finally have our stuff which includes lots of art supplies and hopefully everything will have a more or less permanent home by the end of this weekend.

I've been thinking a lot about the new theme, Blue. The Blue Mountains that I see outside my windows are my inspiration. Once Baby Q arrives and the car, I will be making many trips into the mountains to gather materials. Coconut fiber is this amazing thing and I'm excited to get my hands on some! In the meantime, I have been knitting and looking through my art books. There are tons of ideas percolating. It's just a matter of time before there is something tangible to show!

Current project: booties for Baby Q

This is where the magic will eventually happen.

Our towers of art supplies, tools and hardware waiting to find a more permanent home.

Finished art hoping to one day be hung on the walls.

My Temporary Studio at EFA

I have been awarded a 2 week residency program through the Elizabeth Foundation for the Art Project Space, conceived by Director, Michelle Levy. A Studio Residency for New York City Arts Works was basically a residency for artists who are arts administrators and have served the artistic community through their administrative roles for over 6 years. Basically, myself and 7 other artists got the privilege to work in the EFA
gallery in a collective studio environment. It really has proved to been a great experience that I sorely miss. During my time at the residency, I continued to explore ideas of masking and facades through layered masking tape drawings and through thickly impastoed paintings utilizing cake tips and decorating bags filled with oil or acrylic paint. I was interested in exploring how decoration relates to meaning and value. Here are some shots of the studio space and some works. Now I am in the process of settling back into my former studio.

Other Residency Participants:
Tova Carlin
Sean Carroll
Paul Clay
Chantel Foretich
Felicity Hogan
Sebastien Sanz de Santamaria
Amber Hawk Swanson

For more info, please visit: http://www.efanyc.org/residency-blog/

One day it will be ready...

Well, here it is still in progress. We will finish the studio, we will finish the studio, we will finish the studio... and then it will be "buttons, buttons all around". Stay tuned for the completion.

denver/lacoste blog

trixie, my temporary lacoste cat - how i will miss her!
no bones, pencil, 160 x 150 cm
my dear friend bernardo poses by elephant, pencil, 150 x 150 cm
elephant, pencil 150 x 150 cm
trixie, my lacoste cat, a small pencil sketch
swifts (african birds that live in france during the summer) mixed media, a small artwork
cherry orchards, mixed media
an installation i made
moinillions (sorry the spelling may not be accurate!) french birds. acrylic on canvas.

untitled (tapestry) somewhat large acrylic painting
untitled (skeleton) somewhat large mixed media painting
this is lacoste

oh boy. first of all, i have been living in lacoste, france, for the past 2 months as a part of my graduate studies (m.a. in painting). I am currently enrolled at savannah college of art and design, and they have a satellite campus here in a medieval village. there are maybe 200 people living here, and it is kilometers away from any type of convenience. but it is beautiful! i can't go into too many details in a concise blog, but know that it has been an amazing experience that i will cherish always. mostly i want to share the art i made here with you.

i apologize this blog is backwards, the blogger is not functioning the way i am used to! perhaps because it is currently french.

love,
timi

"Studio" at The Tokyo

This is the WAAAAYYYYYYY too small desk upon which I cram sewing machine and all metal working materials.

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This is my current messings arounds.
I have to get ready to go into the city to do some supply shopping. Part 2 of "Studio" at the Tokyo is yet to come....

Wow!

Okay, so here it is, my new home. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I live here now. Well, that is as long as I get all my immigration papers in order...but assuming that I will and I do, then, wow, yeah this is home. And yes, those are mountains you see in the background.

Kingston is a working harbor and yes, those are more mountains in the background with white fluffy clouds hanging over them. There are lots of big ships and little boats that dot the waters around Kingston. So no, no white sandy beaches like most would picture when thinking of a tropical island. But they are not far. In fact nothing is truly far on an island that measures 146 mi (235 km) long and 35 mi (56 km) wide! There are still adjustments to be made and more settling in to do, but I just thought I would drop a quick line to say, "Greetings! I'm here, I'm well and I'm thinking about art and all the lovely OSC ladies back in the states!" I miss you and will write more soon. In the meantime, you can catch me blogging about the settling-in process here.

Peace, wellness and creativity...

Long time no Blog....

Hey world, the One Stone has been taking a break. In the last 6 months all our members have been going through some major life changes & relocation's, all while putting together our last show. Since the show came down and we had our rehash session, we've been taking some time to ourselves. Whether it was to settle into our new surroundings, or to pack our lives for an international move, starting a business, or just taking the time to be with ourselves, we've been busy.

We are thinking some thoughts for our next show and hope to share with you our working processes a bit more. We'd also like to share our studio spaces and the other things we are working on outside the collective. So, hopefully you'll enjoy the ride with us, cause some things are brewing....