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Brenda Griffith

Glass artist, author, spinner, weaver, wife, mother, gardener, novice beekeeper, intrepid creative explorer.
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Day 293
Halloween in Our Garden
I hung the rest of the Halloween decorations in the yard today. This ghostly woman is my favorite! #october #friday #evening #...
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Day 292
My Bees Have Gone Sculptural!
This is a frame I pulled from one of my hives today. The bees not only filled out the middle part of the frame, but they...
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Day 291
Banana Bike?
Saw this guy on his bike as I headed home on Capital of Texas Highway today. #october #outdoors #nature #afternoon #landscape #water #wed...
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Day 290
Kaiju on my Camera
If the cat sleeps on my camera, how am I supposed to take a picture? #portrait #october #evening #little #tuesday #cat #animal #one...
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Day 289
Proto Ikebana
Right now these flowers look like, well, a bunch of flowers. But tomorrow they will be a graceful ikebana celebrating fall. #october #fa...
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Day 288
Needle-felted Sheep from Arrowmont
Does this little figure remind anyone else of Shaun the Sheep from Wallace and Grommit? #october #nature #food #nig...
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Day 287
Every Yard Needs a Tyrannosaurus Rex for Halloween
We have decided to make Halloween our big outdoor decoration holiday--even though we live at the en...
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Day 286
On the Grounds at Arrowmont
Like the Art School at Laguna Gloria at home in Austin, the grounds of Arrowmont have lots of lovely little surprises tuck...
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Day 285
Every Intense Class Deserves a Break
After a hard day of enameling, nothing hits the spot like a little Apple Jack! #indoors #thursday #october #food...
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Day 284
Inspiration is Everywhere
When you are immersed in an art activity, everywhere you look there are patterns and colors of inspiration--even in a hole i...
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Day 283
Cloisonné and Foil Set-ups for Enamel
I can't seem to get out of my production mindset and do one piece at a time--even for samples! These pieces all...
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Day 282
First Day of Enameling Class
Two blending samples, a black and white study, a copper blank prepared for enameling, and a blank with the first cloisonn...
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Day 281
A New Kiln at Arrowmont
There are several gorgeous new kilns outside the ceramics building at Arrowmont. They were built after the fire when the old k...
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Day 280
Home for the next week: A dorm at Arrowmont
Taking a week-long enameling class from Ricky Frank at Arrowmont. Ah student life! #indoors #october #satu...
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Day 279
My bees built a very creative comb
#morning #october #outdoors #nature #friday #food #wood #wooden #insect #honey #honeycomb #summer #medicine #bee #w...
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Day 278
Harvest Moon
I wish I hadn't had to ditz around trying to figure out how to get this shot with my Nikon. When I first saw it, the moon was a deep oran...
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Day 277
Statues In the Garden at The Contemporary
I love these carvings/castings at the Art School at Laguna Gloria where I take my ceramics and wood and stee...
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Day 276
Spinning Yarn is Harder With a Kitten
Pavlova wanted to spend part of the afternoon in my lap as I was spinning for Spinzilla today, and it was possib...
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Day 275
I Welded!
Tonight I cut and sanded my redwood (from reclaimed deck boards) tabletop and welded the square frame that will go under it. I love the way...
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Day 274
Dave's Birthday Shirts
I made my husband seven Hawaiian shirts for his birthday because seven is roughly the square root of his age and he is a math g...
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Day 273
Lemon Curd Birthday Cake
Our next-door neighbor and friend made an incredible lemon curd cake for my spouse for his birthday today. It was the most de...
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Day 272
The Spouse On the Sectional
The spouse doing one of the things he does best (coding) on the new sectional. Cosy! #indoors #portrait #friday #music #ev...
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Day 271
Is There Anything Better Than a New Pair of Chuck Taylors?
Dark teal Converse sneakers arrived in the mail for the spouse today. I have one happy hubb...
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Day 270
Gabriel, the Zebra
I honestly never thought I'd be visiting a friend's ranch and taking pictures of his zebra. But such is life in Austin. It's a wild...