Grad school kinda takes over your life

Hello from Minneapolis everyone.  It's been quite a while, but don't worry, much has been progressing and moving along in the studio.

I moved into my beautiful studio at the U of M at the end of August and got things moving quite quickly.  I've been throwing, hand building, altering thrown pieces, drawing, painting, and trying to combine a lot of those elements together.  It's been exciting having this time to experiment and see what comes from letting go of self constraints I had.  It's been such a wonderful group of ceramic grads to work among along with the other graduate students in the program.  It's been a very supportive atmosphere to work in.  It is such a necessary thing for me to have in a studio practice, especially during big transition times.

I have been thinking a lot about the idea of space and place and how these two inform my work.  I know that's pretty vague but I'm still trying to solidify in what ways they are inspiring me and moving me to develop my work to what it is becoming.  It's a pretty exciting place to be actually.  But for now, here are some pots I've made and some in progress thoughts and ideas in the form of "constructions".