Residency Blog
Week 3: In Which Our Fine Fellows Encounter Project Progress, A Visit from Gord and Kailee Bosch!
Week three was such a good one! It felt like all of us finally started to figure out how to work in the space, we started talking and sharing more with each other (it is a group of introverts!). On Monday we got an unexpected and lovely visit from Gord Peteran and...
Week Two: Finding our places and feeling out projects
Week two started a little late for a couple of us - Janice and I didn't get back from the DC/Maryland trip until Monday afternoon. James was busy for the week, so from Tuesday to the weekend it was mostly Janice, Chris, and me. I did a bunch of carving and...
End of Week 1: The Maryland/DC Trip
Hello wood friends! We’re into week 3 and I still feel like I've just arrived, but we’ve had some great adventures and conversations so far, and soon Kailee Bosch will be joining us! I realize I have a zillion pictures to share with y’all about these first weeks,...
Week 1: Orientation to the Center and NextFab and settling in!
Hi friends! It's been exactly two weeks since I arrived in Philadelphia, and after a bit of travel in the first week, we are all settling in and figuring out how and what to make. I thought I would share some of the images from our first week, which included...
Introduction to the 2022 Windgate Artist Residents!
Welcome to the Center for Art in Wood 2022 Windgate Artist Residency Blog! My name is Katie Hudnall and I am the Visual Documentarian for this year’s group. I am so excited to be in Philadelphia and working with the Center for Art in Wood and the rest of these...
Week 8: The End!
I'm writing my last post from home, having moved all my stuff out on Saturday with the assistance of my patient husband. Unfortunately, the elevator in the dorms was broken, so we carried all our stuff down four flights of stairs. The shop was a lot easier, with...
Week 7: Carpe Diem!
Text and sketches by Amy Forsyth We're really feeling the end of this amazing residency approaching! This past week, everyone scurried around, trying to finish things. Some of the larger pieces have already been delivered to the gallery. In the midst of it all, I...
Week 6: More Inspiration!
Drawings and text by Amy Forsyth. Ellie Richards has added some wonderful photos to the earlier blog posts, so check them out! The weeks are flying by so quickly! And the studios are filling with amazing objects! This week, we've had to write artist statements,...
Week 5: Make first, think second?
Text and drawings by Amy Forsyth, 2019 Sketch Artist This week, our scholar, John-Duane Kingsley, joined us. His arrival gave us the opportunity to pause and assess what we've been doing over the past few weeks and adjust our course for the last three weeks. John...
Week 4: Work and Play
Text and sketches by Amy Forsyth, 2019 Sketch Artist The first half of this past week we were very productive. Everyone dashed about, carved, cut, shaped, turned, painted, drew, etc. And then, there was July 4 and 5, when the entire building, including the wood...
