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Brenda Griffith

Glass artist, author, spinner, weaver, wife, mother, gardener, novice beekeeper, intrepid creative explorer.
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Day 139
Buying Glaze At Armadillo Clay
#friday #afternoon #may
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Day 140
Music at the Dirt Dauber Festival
Went down to a ceramics art festival in San Marcos today at Eye of the Dog Art Center. Great music, really great pot...
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Day 233
The Eclipse At Its Peak (Austin)
This photo is the closest I got to seeing the actual eclipse. We only got 65% in Austin anyway. I didn't have glasses...
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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 80
Spring in the Texas Hill Country
A fading poppy growing in with the Baby Blue Eyes at Medina Garden Nursery. The Baby Blue Eyes are a favorite of the...
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Day 213
Blue Pine
Ready to unload the slabs of beetle-killed blue pine from Montana from the trailer. They're going to be a bed frame and a desk. Can't wait t...
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Day 242
The Last Solder On My Hollow-Form Ring
Soldering the lock on the pin of the ring so I can change out the beads in the ring. #afternoon #food #drop #we...
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Day 306
Bowl Ready for a Glaze Firing
Today was a magical day in my ceramics class. Every piece I threw came out well, I trimmed a vase and glazed this bowl I...
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Day 230
Products From the Apiary
These wonderful candles, lotion bar and lip balm are not made from honey and beeswax from my hives, but I learned to make the...
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Day 261
My First Attempt With an Oxy-Acetylene Torch
I learned how to cut metal tonight with a torch. Next week I'll see if I can weld with it! #old #evening...
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Day 4
Spinning Wool Into Yarn
Hand-spinning hand-dyed Corriedale wool roving into fingering weight yarn. #evening #wednesday #january #shoe
#21
Day 21
Max's Wine Dive
Vanessa's 40th birthday, celebrating at Max's in Austin. #afternoon #saturday #night #january
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Day 110
The beds are almost all planted!
My husband likes to say he's always liked botanical gardens, he just never thought he'd own one! #thursday #afternoon...
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Day 226
Harvesting Cochineal from Cactus
While we were in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago I harvested a bunch of cochineal (little red bugs that feed off th...
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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 126
The Last Of the Easter Candy
Cleaned out all the Easter baskets today and consolidated the candy into one bowl. The poor bunny is missing most of his...
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Day 173
Working In My Montana Garden
I love summer in Montana! It's not too hot to garden. In Austin now it's too hot for me to even be outside for more than...
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Day 196
Scale and Proximity
Is it an enormous cat or a small dog? Neither--it's a matter of proximity and scale. The truth about cats and dogs... #portrait #s...
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Day 268
Wood and Steel Class Tonight
Zaga and I learned how to plane boards, trim the sides with the table saw, and use the biscuit joiner tonight in class as...
#270
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...
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Day 10
Pavlova in the Roving
#portrait #afternoon #tuesday #cat #animal #people #face #eyes #child #kitten #fur #january #pet #mammal #vertebrate #carnivorou...
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Day 57
A Door Full Of Yarn
The fruits of my labor today--organizing all the cotton carpet warp in to hanging door storage. Got to make use of every inch of s...
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Day 253
Hay Bale Bison
In some areas of western Montana in the fall, it is a tradition to make art from big round hay bales. This bison is made form a round b...
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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...