The historic Marshall jail – more Andy Griffith than Alcatraz – will soon be renovated for mixed use by a small group of artistic developers that includes my son, Josh. During Saturday’s housewarming party, Josh gave a couple of tours. The one I went on took place at night, which made for an eerie yet […]
It was Australia vs. Myrtle Beach and marked the beginning of the “We Bought a House! Housewarming Party,” hosted by my son Josh and his girlfriend Emily in Marshall, NC (just outside Asheville). The game was played on “the island,” which is just off downtown Marshall and surrounded by the French Broad River. The island […]
We’re in North Carolina. Asheville to be exact. Home of Tom Wolfe and his Memorial Angel. Where there’s always good street art and entertainment. And comedy tour buses drive by. I tried on a dress in a boutique shop on Wall Street (not that Wall Street) but it was a too tight fit. A stop […]
We’re Stronger Together came from a sign that I read at the Mobile Community Brick Factory that my Asheville Potter Son Josh Copus and Marian Glebes are running in Baltimore. When Joe and I visited they were on the lawn at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where Marian has an exhibit in the Imagining Home […]
We’re at the Mobile Community Brick Factory that my Asheville Potter Son Josh Copus and his fellow artist Marian Glebes have been running in communities throughout Baltimore, including at the Baltimore Museum of Art in conjunction with the Imagining Home exhibit, where Marian, BMA artist in residence, has an exhibit. The Brick Factory has moved […]
The pot that my son Josh’s girlfriend Emily has her hand on, was already sold by the time Joe and I arrived for the tail end of the spring 16 Hands Studio Tour, part of which was at our house. Because Joe and I were at a wedding in D.C., we missed most of the […]
I’ve been calling it a cross between the Academy Awards for potters and a Filene’s Basement bridal sale. We were told by our son Josh Copus, one of the exhibitors, that you have to see it to believe it, and over the weekend Joe and I finally did. The Mint Museum Potters Market Invitational in […]
It was actually a barn building, a workday and Copus family reunion at my son Josh’s property outside of Asheville, NC. He could give a better narration of what these construction photos show. What I saw was the generosity of many hands, family coming together from across the miles, bonds rekindled and new memories made. […]
It’s that time of year again. The spring 16 Hands Studio Tour is like the Camelot of pottery tours and, being in the country, it can include scenes of free range chickens. Kyle Carpenter’s plates in the sun remind me of stack of warm pancakes. Kyle is my son, 16 Hands member Josh Copus‘s, guest artist. […]
“That old dirt ain’t worth nothing to me. It’s what ya’ll do to it that gives it value.” – Tobacco farmer Neil Woody. Read more the tobacco farmer with a drainage problem in the field where my Asheville Potter Son, Josh Copus, digs clay HERE.
Our Australian house guests, Bonnie and Harmony, picked out some Josh Copus mugs for family members at our house-turned-pottery-gallery, one of the sites on the 2014 fall 16 Hands Studio Tour. One tour-goer fell in love with the pot by the front door on the porch, which she described as a pot that was “full […]
It’s that time of year again, the annual 16 Hands Fall Studio Tour. Stop by our house Friday, Saturday or Sunday to see my potter son Josh Copus’ latest wood-fired work. And the functional porcelain pots of his guest artist Wendy Wrenn. See some photos from last year’s fall tour HERE. Check out my blog […]
My son Josh’s Miata is so famous that it has its own Facebook Page, and that began when it was a red sports car and before its latest space shuttle rainbow incarnation. Josh has a lot of creative friends who share his love of art performance and when he went to Australia for three months for […]
In early April my Asheville Potter Son, Josh Copus, posted a Facebook status update that read: “Kangaroo steaks on the barbie and Australia rules footie on the tellie, big Friday night downunder.” During that same time he started blogging, documenting the month spent with his fellow Asheville potter mate, Dustin Fowler, as the first wood-fire potters […]
The sound of packing tape being torn off the roll and pots being wrapped in paper started early Friday morning at our house. We got off to a good start for the 15th biannual 16 Hands Studio Tour that my Asheville Potter son, Josh Copus, is a part of. His returning guest artist Joey Sheehan […]
This was the third year of Floydfest’s Teen Scene at the Imagine Tent and the first year that guest artist Josh Copus presented daily collage journaling workshops for teens throughout the four day festival. Teens were provided with blank journals, magazines and art supplies. There was a color printer for printing out self-portraits, taken with […]
We used to go to Asheville more often, but since Josh comes to Floyd 4 or 5 times a year (for holidays and 16 Hands), it had been awhile. I knew we were overdue to see the up-cycled landscaping improvements he’s been making to his 3 acre property in rural Marshall County. My interest […]
A lot can happen in 24 hours, as we just found out during a quick trip to Asheville to visit my son, which turned out to be a feast of artistic sights and tastes and a fulfillment of loving connections. After the 3 ½ hour drive (we arrived at 4 p.m. and left at 4 […]
