lucky number 13

Thank you to everyone who entered the give-a-way last week! Considering that facebook is deleting posts with links to my blog (now considered 'spammy'), I appreciate those of you who found my blog and commented!

It was also really nice to hear which posts resonated most strongly with you.  The most common post listed was the 'designer verses maker' post- which is one I've thought a lot about over the past year.  As I am currently preparing for my talk at the Gardiner Museum I'm trying to find ways to include some of the thoughts I have shared here on my blog at my talk, so it was good to hear what you find interesting (a give-a-way with a purpose, so to speak;-)!

Ok so I picked a number from a teacup and it was lucky number 13- which was the comment from Catharine! Please email me at heather@dahlhausart.com with your address and a colour preference of mug and I will ship it to you over the next couple of days!

Today is photo-shoot day at the studio with my photographer Curtis.  I couldn't justify making all this new work for the 'kindred show' and not properly photograph it before it gets shipped off to Toronto.  I really pushed myself into some new directions with the work and while there are a few pieces yet to be resolved, I think over-all the work is going to be beautiful alongside Krystal's work and in the bookhou shop.  So excited for next week!

700th blog posts give-a-way

Sometimes it's hard to remember why we start doing something.  I'm pretty sure that I started the blog back in 2008 because there were a lot of creative people getting into blogging, I had just gotten a digital camera and felt like a blog would be a good platform to talk about my work and process.  More recently I have noticed that not as many people are checking out blogs, and that formerly prolific bloggers have fallen off the blog wagon, and my own blogging or need to have it has changed too.  I have often wondered if I needed this space to still be a regular thing for me, but somehow it's still a place I get excited about sharing my thoughts with.  It's become part of my practice of art-making even though there are many other more interesting and exciting blogs out there to check out.  I find having a forum to connect with other people really amazing.  I'm not working in a vacuum and it's great to have feedback from readers like you, and it's really nice to know that someone is interested in what I'm up to.
As a little thank you for taking time out of your day to check things out here- please comment and let me know what your favourite post has been (if you have one;)! I'll pick a winner on Tuesday, May 29th with your choice of a Yellow striped or Turquoise striped mug!  Thanks for stopping by and best of luck! 
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