today i am leaving california to continue my love affair with the SOUTH OF FRANCE ! i’m doing another residency  and am so excited and ready to be far away from my “work” here and to stir up my creative juices. i’m looking forward to making things that I want to make, just for the sake of making. i’m also looking forward to daily farmers markets, swimming in the mediterranean sea, gorging on cheese, rosé season, warm weather, sea glass, and so much more . . . 

(if you want a quick synapses of what i’ve been up to, my new newsletter is out.)

guess who else will be marching . . . back to the south of france ? . . . MOI ! i am so excited i can barely stand it. i will be doing the residency again this coming may-june. this is the place that truly  inspires me to the core. the food, the people, the light, the mediterranean sea, the colours, the life style, the landscape, the language, . . . i wish everyone could find the place that truly resonates with them. there is nothing better to really feed your soul.

MERCI to jan, at poppytalk, for the great story she did on my residency in the south of france.

you can read the post HERE.

luckily, my studio tools are very minimal . . . my main tool is my left thumb !

i’ve started working in the studio, but for some reason i am off to a slow start (well, slower than last year). we went to the clay store the day we arrived. i decided to start with french porcelain and then move on to my FAVORITE spanish black clay. since my studio is small, working with white + black clay at the same time is near impossible. more studio updates soon . . .

i finally made it down to the south of france to start my residency, and it’s as if i had never left. the weather here is just perfect. it’s like coming home again . . . i grew up in fresno, california which has mediterranean climate and so it feels subliminally familiar to me. i am ready to get my hands dirty and to see what inspires me. this is where i will be living for the next 5 weeks . . . top floor.

i leave on wednesday for my residency in france . . . i’m so ready to be in my french studio on RUE REY to make some NEW WORK ! i’ve been advised by my advisors to NOT close my online shop, but rather leave it open for purchases that will be shipped in JULY. there is an announcement in the shop, but i think very few people actually read the small print, so . . .

if you order between now and july 1rst, your order will be shipped mid july.

merci beaucoup.