Welcome Artichoke Season

One evening recently, I welcomed spring and celebrated artichoke season. I did so by making a meal of grilled California grown artichokes with creamy garlic butter dipping sauce, Italian sausage, baked creamy white wine potatoes and fresh vine ripened sliced tomato. As my Grandma Bette used to say, it was delicious, if I may say so myself! Now I just need to work on my food photography skills, as I don't think the photo really does it justice. On a side note, the dipping sauce was in one of my new ceramic pinch pots. Here's to eating in season, Cheers!

A Little Bit of Everything

Welcome to my 1st attempt at a blog. I have a website with my fine art and photography portfolios, http://www.360spoons.com/, if you have not yet seen it, please check it out. I also have an Etsy store, http://www.360spoons.etsy.com/ where you can purchase a selection of my photographs as handmade note cards.

This blog is for a little bit of everything else that doesn't fit into those other venues. It is a place for projects that are not either commercial or portfolio ready. This is the place for half baked ideas, inspirations, causes dear to me, as well as any anything else that comes to mind but has no where else to go!

The name 360spoons has always been about the full spectrum of what I do as a creative person. As an artist, I do not fit easily into a single category. In art school, I was into painting, sculpture, installation art and lighting design. Professionally I have found my niche in photography. Personally, I love ceramics, garden design and culinary arts.

I believe that a truly creative person needs to have many outlets for expression. I do not see a division between function and art. I find the process of making just as important as the concept. And I also think that sometimes dinner can be a masterpiece. These are some of the themes that will underlay the upcoming posts on my blog.