SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

Karen Kunc. Woodcut, etching and beeswax

No poetry today.... just thoughts .... ideas...

I'm enjoying images

of all the creative ways

artists scratch into or onto a variety of surfaces.

Paper, leather, wax,

clay, enamel, wood, stone, metal plates,

plaster, walls, sand.

Incised and painted wood panel by Cecil Skotnes

Ellen Johnson at Anderson O'Brien Fine Art

I love Ike Bushman's work!
Ike Bushman
Ivo Stoyanov. See more of Ivo's work here.

Rebecca Crowell. Scratching into wax.

Sgraffito Landscape by South African artist Walter Batiss. See more here.

Warding off Evil. Intaglio print on paper by Katie Kiley

"Kiley states that her art is about communication; the need to share something important and personal. For years, she has searched for imagery that conveys the thoughts, emotions, and spiritual insights that fascinate her. This search has led her to explore the imagery of the hand. She is particularly intrigued with gestures and their meaning."

Sgraffito pots by Demon Potters. See website here.

Ceramics by Lari Washburn. See Flickr photo stream here.

Sophie Milne. See website here.

Enamel Bowl by Helen Carnac. See blog here.

Stone Eye Idols excavated at Tell Brak, Syria. See here.

Landart by Andres Amador. See more here.

YELLOW BOWL

Rice Grain Porcelain by Eeva Jokinen. Website here.

YELLOW BOWL

If light pours like water

into the kitchen where I

sway

with my tired children,

if the rug beneath us

is woven with tough

flowers,

and the yellow bowl on

the table

rests with the sweet heft

of fruit, the sun-warmed

plums,

if my body curves over the

babies,

and if I am singing,

then loneliness has lost

its shape,

and this quiet is only

quiet.

- Rachel Contreni Flynn

Woman carrying bowls in Mali by Hansjoerg Klein. Flickr photo stream here.

Tiny wooden bowl from Herriott Grace, here.


Lichen Bowl by Joe Hogan. Website here.

Bowl full of Blues. Photo from Seldom Scene Photography, here.

Bowl by Lidia Serra. Website here.

A sea of little ceramic bowls by South African ceramicist, Cathy Brennon. Website here.

Exquisite little bowls by Priscilla Mouritzen. See Blog here.

Nasturtiums. Woodblock print by Cressida Campbell.

Beautiful enamel bowls by Helen Carnac. Read an interview with Helen here. Helen's blog, here.

Still life by stylist Nan Whitney. Website here.

Cambodian Amulets. Photo from Photography in Malaysia, here.

Bowl of Everything by RG