I’m working at the FOR-SITE Foundation up in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada just outside of Nevada City with a group of graduate students from CCA this weekend as part of a studio entitled NorCal Musings which has its own blog. I’ve been coming up here on my own, with Sandra and with students for 5 years now and every time I come here I find fresh inspiration.
Its raining here today, in a sweet soft NorCal way.
And so I’m in the ‘barn’ working through images I took yesterday down at the Yuba River. I’m making a set of digital prints of water and another set of stereoscopic images of the local environment as my contribution to the NorCal studio – and of course doing a bit of whittling by the fire when I can.
Here’s a taste the textures of the Yuba.
I’ll post more of these images when I have them better resolved.
Walking back up from the river through the the manzanitas.
Reminds me that its time to get off the computer and do some whittling.
I love that river canyon and lived there for five years. So many great people and groups there. Some of my faves:
http://www.yubawatershedinstitute.org/
http://www.eastwindinc.com/
http://www.northcolumbiaschoolhouse.org/
http://www.ericksonwoodworking.com/
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