...And then it Happened!
My apologizes for being so far behind on blogs. Although I have a few workshops to catch you up on, I won't be doing that today because...
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bethbarnardart
- Apr 7
- 3 min
The Year that Less Became More
More expectations of myself as an artist? More identity confusion as an artist? Am I a craftsperson? A fine artist? All that I really...
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bethbarnardart
- Feb 11
- 4 min
Deconstructing the Construction:
And so, you ask, "How do you do this?" The good news about sculpting with clay as opposed to a harder material like wood or stone is that...
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bethbarnardart
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Reawakening the Sleeping Muse and Reclaiming the Clay
It's the first time in the almost 5 years I've been doing clay that I've become creatively stuck, and I did it to myself after displaying...
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bethbarnardart
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
The Sweet Sorrow of Selling
She'd been sitting around the studio for years and wasn't exactly the best piece I've ever done, but all it took was the right holiday...
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bethbarnardart
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
The Storm Before the Calm
A clay studio isn't always pretty, especially during that more intense making period before a show, but a blog is a good thing to do as a...
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bethbarnardart
- Sep 11, 2021
- 2 min
Remembering, Reflecting, and Respecting
Today is September 11, 2021, and while it almost seems sacrilegious to write any sort of sculpting blog on the 20th anniversary of the...
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bethbarnardart
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
Wishing for Summers at the Lake
I wish that this summer were one in which we were all simply enjoying the usual summer delights...playing in the water whether by the...
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bethbarnardart
- Jul 19, 2021
- 3 min
When Generosity Becomes Generativity
Creative generosity and generativity, that is. Having just returned from a six day figurative sculpting workshop taught by Brian Booth...
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bethbarnardart
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Joys and Exhaustion of Adult Summer Camp
This photo is from the last day of "Adult Summer Camp", where I sculpted my first attempt at expression, Pandemic Sadness. It was a...
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bethbarnardart
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Getting to Good Enough
You can drive yourself crazy trying to find that perfect shade. I've gotten to the "Good Enough" stage with a recent nude figurative...
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bethbarnardart
- May 31, 2021
- 3 min
We All Need It
Validation, that is. As a therapist, I've spent much of my career validating other's intuitions, judgments, perceptions, experiences,...
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bethbarnardart
- May 22, 2021
- 2 min
On Repairing, Replenishing, and Relaxing
After my mad rush staying up late making molds for the TN Craft Fair in order to be able to demonstrate the processes of mold making and...
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bethbarnardart
- May 9, 2021
- 3 min
Getting Your Feet Wet
You know that saying when you start something new about how first you have to get your feet wet? Well, umm...although no one formally...
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bethbarnardart
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
The Handy Dandy Tool Box as a Bridge
For so long, I was used to having just one studio at The Clay Lady Campus in Nashville, where I loved seeing my clay friends, having...
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bethbarnardart
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
Letting Go of the Great Expectations
If you want to learn to sculpt, my advice is to get rid of those self-imposed expectations and just enjoy yourself. Let yourself be a...
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bethbarnardart
- Apr 6, 2021
- 3 min
Hi, I'm Beth...Welcome to my website!
Thank you for stopping by and connecting! Art as a Life Transition: from being inside people's heads to sculpting portraits of heads As a...
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