The time of the year is BUSY

I am always saying I am busy but it is always a good thing not a complaint. After a great ski season this year, I visited Iceland and loved every minute of it. I saw the Northern Lights, walked on the glacier and soaked in the Blue Lagoon Geothermal pools. In June, I visited Florida for a five day jaunt. July took me to the western part of New York State where I hiked amongst the most beautiful trails in Letchworth State Park (the Grand Canyon of NY state) I continue to be inspired by working with clay and I love teaching my students at the Art League of LI. This summer we are working on Tar Paper Projects and I am continuing with my personal work with Raku Beads which is taking me into a new direction of making ceramic jewelry. I am loving this and have a fine collection of jewelry to wear and to sell. You can find some of my work in my etsy store. Look for me at www.etsy.com/shop/RuthSachsCeramics. I will have my yearly open studio in Jewett, NY (630 Cty.Rt.17, Jewett, NY) on August 4&5 and will be demonstrating on the wheel on Sunday, August 5th 1-2PM. Please visit me at my studio for a snack and a look around. I will be there with my daughter, Tracie of metal-smithing and speed-skiing fame and my dear friend Sheila Trautman who is a watercolorist. This is a part of the Windham Arts Alliance- ARTFEST. My studio in Jewett is accessible from the north on Cty. Rt. 17 by way of Rt. 23 and from the south from Carr Road off of 23A . The lower portion of Cty. Rt. 17 is still missing since the tropical storm Irene took it away, August 28, 2011. I was very lucky that the damage from the storm did not reach my home or my studio.