Atherley Arts

Update: SOLD Foragers feast," my father would say, and we'd set out into the woods, cedar bark baskets in our hands. In the summer, we harvested bright red huckleberries, and salal berries so dark blue they looked like night in your hand. In the fall, we found mushrooms hiding under the trees- I was captivated by the convoluted morels, each one a labyrinth of nooks and crannies. - Erica Bauermeister, The Scent Keeper #mosaic #mosaicart #canadianartist #porcelain #handmadetiles #backsplash

See that in the distance? That is open water! You know what that means? #kayaking #kayak #summerscoming #hurrayhurray #lakesimcoelove

Remember these? They’re done! 2.5 x 2.5 porcelain leaf baby tiles #handmadetiles #porcelain #backsplash #kitchenrenovation #porcelaintiles #canadianartist @ Atherley Arts

I love being able to sign my work! #claystamp @metalclays.com_

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle #milkweedformonarchs #handmadetiles

Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons. Al Hirschfeld #workinprogress #oneofakind #handmade #kitchenbacksplash #kitchendesign #porcelain #

My birdhouses are now available for sale.... each one will be unique.

For the artisan, craft is an end in itself. For you, the artist, craft is the vehicle for expressing your vision. Craft is the visible edge of art. - David Bayles, Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Oh my goodness.....everything’s a photo in the studio today..... #inthestudio #artstudio #createalifeyoulove

An artist should always sign their work. Thank you @metalclays.com_ #stamp #signature #ceramicarts #ceramicartist #ceramicartists #ceramicartistsofinstagram

It’s all just too much for my co-worker.... #mosaic #yousayyoulikepuzzles #artistslife #inthestudio

In the end it all comes down to this: you have a choice (or more accurately a rolling tangle of choices) between giving your work your best shot and risking that it will not make you happy, or not giving it your best shot and thereby guaranteeing that it will not make you happy. It becomes a choice between certainty and uncertainty. And curiously, uncertainty is the comforting choice. David Bayles, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

Making art now means working in the face of uncertainty ; it means living with doubt and contradiction, doing something no one much cares whether you do, and for which there may be neither audience nor reward. Making the work you want to make means setting aside these doubts so that you may see clearly what you have done, and thereby see where to go next. Making the work you want to make means finding nourishment within the work itself. - David Bayles, Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking