http://newyorkamera.com My life and work in New York. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 01:43:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's taking me a long time to tell about the trip to Canada. In the meantime, since that trip there was also a week in Santa Fe with our friends David and Mary Jane, there's a backlog of photos and I want to talk about current activities. I have registered ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=3118 Leaving the Travelodge in Watertown the next morning I saw this amazing hybrid Rose of Sharon in the parking lot near our car. We drove to Rockport in Canada, it is just across the St. Lawrence Seaway in the middle of the Thousand Islands area.  We wanted to take a short ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=3059 The last week in July I took a trip with my friend george into Canada.  We intended to take at least five days to explore a little and get to an old mine in Canada that is known for the fluorescent rocks in its tailings. Driving through upstate New York, ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=3017 The bowl got an over all light planishing to even out the surface. I still had some deep hammer marks in a few places but wanted to soften them later.  I was more interested in adding something of interest to the base for  visuals inside the bowl. I drew a star ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=2936 The Van Duzer Saturdays have begun.  These are four Saturdays in July  when the street is blocked off to vehicle traffic and the local merchants and  neighbors fill the block with activities for kids and adults.  The merchants show case their stores and services, local musicians perform and there's even ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=2918 Colman showed me a drawing in the last week of June and gave me a scanned print of it. I thought it would be interesting to see if I could make  a bowl like the drawing, so I and bought a couple 7 inch copper disks at Metalliferous and on ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=2889 It was a beautiful, if a bit warm, day yesterday. It was the occasion of the first Raritan Bay Arts Festival held on the grounds of the Conference House on Staten Island. There were displays of crafts, some food, demonstrations of Kayak making and, in the afternoon, live music ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=2867 I'll open this entry with a shot of my display for Art by the Ferry  which took place the first two weekends of  June. The photo was taken by  our friend Sarah Yuster. It turned out to be a successful show. It was on the tail of that energy that ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=2844 Last Wednesday (June 2nd) we were invited to a BBQ at Gennady's Home in Long Island. It turned out to be a beautiful day and a lot of my classmates arrived for what turned out to be an extraordinary feast.  The garden in front of the house was a grand ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=2815 I am working on a new silver wine cup and have decided to take people along with me as I begin to chase the surface. The first 7 parts have been posted on you tube. You can get to my channel by clicking in this LINK to see the ... http://newyorkamera.com/?p=2811