I've moved my blog...

Hey, everybody, I've moved my blog onto my actual website. I'll leave this one up for a little while to help redirect folks, but here's the new location:

Lulu Smith Studio Blog

Thanks, and drop me a comment over there!

Hey, where'd my bees go?

Symposium

O.K. So - the question is to go or not to go. We in Seattle have such a great metals scene. Some very hard working individuals who care about keeping the rest of us inspired get a great group of speakers together once a year for our symposium. Only hitch is that I and my girls are stupid sick - have been for 7 days now with no end in sight to this head cold. I really, really want to go...Some amazing speakers this year. Fred Fenster and Kristin Mitsu Shiga just for starters....May I please be well by 7 a.m. tomorrow!

I'm going to Milan!

Okay so not quite... But my work is there for a fabulous show with my new European representative. Pretty exciting....

Sleep deprivation....makes us say funny things

A conversation between Matthew and me.......

Him: "Aren't there too many pig jokes out there right now for you to be putting your face in the cake pan?"
Me: "You know I'm a heathen"
Him: "Heathen yes, cretin no"
Me: "Yeah, just put a little lipstick on me and I turn from cretin to heathen in no time"

Geeking out on Kuler

My husband found this fantastic site a while back and I've been meaning to post about it on here.
Its called kuler and has lots of amazing color groups created by media and graphic artists of all kinds. Very interesting and inspiring. Check it out.

My Girls

Alrighty, so many of you know I've been a bit preoccupied lately. I promise I'll get back to posting about studio stuff at some point. But, with enough requests from those of you who blur that client/friend/family line to see photos of the girls I figured I better get some up. After 8 weeks of colic from Viv, we are finally in the clear and she is a much happier baby. Georgia (BBSE) - best big sister ever - is attempting with every ounce of her existence not to constantly maul her little sister with love. And failing miserably, so I'm on constant patrol.

Some might ask "what is the relevance of postings of your personal life through your professional website?" Though the girls are a currently a huge distraction from my life as a maker - they are also a huge influence in the context of things. My blog is a discussion of my PROCESS and life... not an exhibition space. My studio and home are connected by a breezeway. Metaphorically, a blog is just like that breezeway. When Georgia was about 3 yrs. old she did a bunch of really cool line drawing back in 2003 that inspired a whole new series of designs that I unveiled in 2005.... and the beat goes on....


Let's make'um an offer they can't refuse eh Bun-Bun?


Vivian Rose...3 months old and 20lbs!
That's a pound every week ....I'm such the
proud breast feeding momma.....


Ms. Georgia Ruth & Ms. Vivian Rose

From crappy to worse to pretty damn good

My day had started off quite badly... Georgia(my 4.5 yr old) had me saying "them's the rules" and had lost most of her priviledges before 9:30 a.m. Already late for my daughters school I spin around to see red dots on my beautiful new Orla Kiely bag - tomato vodka sauce from last night's dinner had somehow made its way 10 feet from the dining table onto my new purse. These things -- I'm increasingly noticing -- HAPPEN when you have two little people in your house.

Then at noon, I spend a few vain minutes cleaning up to catch lunch with my accountant down on the water. After a lovely 45 minutes of adult conversation - my sweet bleary eyed Vivian awakes in her car seat, stirs slightly and then I realize it's time to pick her up. Upon reaching around her sides my fingers get gooed with that turmeric-colored poop! Every kid has blowouts, but this was a mess unlike anything I ever saw with my first daughter. Suffice it to say I needed to ask the staff there for a dish rag they would 'never see again' just to even get us out the door. Of course, these things always happen in public. At this point I'm angry... at this point neither the gods nor the fact that it will be a full moon can explain the crappiness of this day...

BUT ....I came home and checked e-mail to find out Emilie Kleiner wrote about me on her blog, which seriously made my day. Emilie writes about artists that she likes and also likes keeping current with B.E.S.T. (Baltimore Etsy Street Team), design*sponge and lesser know arts online zines like ESOPUS.

Thank you Emilie!

As she sees it

Being in touch with the right side of the brain is just not a problem for my 4.5 yr old right now. Like many parents, my husband and I are constantly mesmerized by the amount of sheer creative muster our daughter exerts. As we get older and all that darned conformity and rote memorization dumbs us down..... it is a really good idea to make babies so one can occasionally be reminded of just how open minded and cool we once were...

Rocky Mountain High

Always excited when I can say I've got new work for a show. Just about to head out the door to Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver and wanted to post an image of some of the recent eye candy I've been working on. Guess I went a little nuts on making pendants. There will be over 50 to choose from -- each poured a slightly different way. Jaw breakers, gum balls, long boards and just about anything else that looks like a lolly comes to mind. It will be a fun and exhausting trip, full of seeing other artist friends I haven't seen in too long and family from Nebraska.

It is always a privilege to jury into this event! Wish me luck!

My Month in Flowers!

You know those mags that promote giving one new flower to your special someone's door every month? Well, I've always wished for one and finally it happened! Well, sort of. But quite by accident. The combination of my daughters birth, my birthday and Mother's Day collided to make May a month-long flower extravaganza! I think I received more flowers in one month than I have in my whole life! Check out the parrot tulips and gorgeous bouquet from the farmers market! Also, Tiger Lilies, Skagit county pinks, and Forget Me Nots.....

A Prediction

A favorite pastime of mine is trying to predict things about the future. Mark my words... this is the next important color. It is an unusual yellow that I think will be appearing anywhere from compostable boxes to cars... The ancients long worshiped yellow - especially amber - as it holds the color of the sun after all! And as we hit this new time where we look for more elegant energy solutions... wherein solar power seems to be THAT most viable choice... It only makes sense that some variation of sunshine should end up in our everyday lives.