This year is
coming to an end and my thoughts naturally dwell on everything that happened in
2014. Since this blog is an important part of my life, I'd like to take one
last look at this year in blogging. Here is a quick look, if you'd like...
During
January, I was finishing my preparation for my first exhibition in Vienna which
was held through February and March.
In my second
hometown, Vienna, I met some dear, old friends; I went to many exhibitions and
museums. Also I went nearly daily to Naschmarkt, which is probably my favourite
place in Vienna. The highlights of my stay there were the visits to the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory Augarten and the University of Applied Arts Vienna.
In May I broke my shoulder so I was forced to slow down... and to think about my life and my
work.
In June I went
to Croatia with my dear friend Lea and my son. There, I made my first wooden board and a butter knife for my son in my father’s wood atelier. In Croatia, we
went hiking through the national park Plitvice. My three year old had a lot of
fun immersed in nature. He was hiking with us for about five hours and didn’t
complain once.
We also went
to the nearby islands Cres and Losinj which I can only recommend. I love the
sparse landscape of Cres and the ethereal fragrance of the Losinj’s pine trees.
Back in
Switzerland I still couldn’t work with clay because of my injured shoulder so I
was spending many precious moments in the nearby woods and mountains. The post
about quiet moments in the foggy wood is probably my favourite. I felt so close
to nature and to my true self.
This summer I
also opened my internet shop on Etsy. There will be a few updates soon so I
hope to awake this sleeping beauty soon.
In autumnal
October I inhaled the new favourite of mine, the steel blue, with my whole
heart. Also, I finally made the transition from contemplating ceramics to
creating ceramics. That is when I decided to start a daily challenge for the
whole month of November – A Fish A Day Challenge.
A very
talented Swedish potter who lives in Spain, Melker Hansson, joined me in this
challenge. We actually did pull through our fishy challenge to the end and we
gained some tremendously precious experience out of it.
In December I
attended the Craftsman market in Bern with two of my friends. It was a new
experience for me to present my work this way. We had direct interaction with
our customers about our work. Also we had a lot of friends coming over and
bringing us some hot spiced wine to lift our spirits.
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| Photo by Silvan Mahler for danci ceramics |
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| Photo by Silvan Mahler for danci ceramics |
I wish you all a healthy, happy new year full of love and
light. And for me and all the clay lovers out here I have to add: I wish you a
year full of clay.
