Nick Bloom, Historian & Artist

Phew!  Some January-- wonderfully  hectic for me,  beyond description for my son, first-time father.  Barely three weeks after Roxie was born, Nick's ceramic work was included in a faculty exhibition at New York Institute of Technology.  He's an urban historian who began working with clay when he was ten years old.      

A group of artists started Baltimore Clayworks in an old library a mile from our home.  Nick went to the first class for children.  Clay became his medium; he has always found a place for it--Boston, Santa Fe, New Orleans--in and around his "day" job.  He once made a card, "Potter-historian."

Ron and I have watched his style evolve.  Even in his latest work, clocks and indescrible figures, we see echoes of earlier pieces, often architectural.  Roxie, in her mother's arms, slept through the event.        

Some of the time it was my turn!

Comments

[claude]

I particularly like that intricate oval clock on the right.
Roxie just looks ecstatic ;)

[Beth]

What beautiful art work! What a talented family. Roxie is so cute and what a joy.

Have a wonderful week-end

[donna]

Wow, cool clocks....

And cute lil bebbie!

Happy Gramma....

[Ronni Bennett]

Baby and clocks are both devine looking.

[elise]

You have a great blog and it really got me thinking about the ways that women have used textile art, historically for political purposes. There is a monument in the small city I live in to the WCTU and I was thinking about all the money they raised with their quilt making. I will be back when I have more time to read more of your entries.

[Karen]

The clocks are amazing. Roxie is just adorable
:-)

[Bethene LeMahieu]

This (you and Roxie) is what happiness looks like!

Bethene