It has been a busy year for me. Once again I had an opportunity to return to Oaxaca Mexico to work with a group called Guenda. We have been collaborating and exhibiting work for the past five years internationally. We have had shows in Mexico, Germany, USA and Cuba. The purpose of this visit was to conduct a ceramic sculpture workshop for members of the group and invited artists. We were hosted by Alejandro Santiago Ramirez who generously offered his large facility in the puebla of Suchilquitongo, north of the city of Oaxaca. Many of the artists who participated had never worked in clay. They were painters who wished to extend their repertoire and they already had a well developed visual vocabulary which they brought to the new medium.

After the firing of the ceramic sculptures, we continued our endeavors with print making workshop using pronto plates. Ellen Emerson, print maker from Portland, Oregon facilitated this one and once again many of the professional print makers joined us to learn what was a new technique for them. Through this collaboration, there was lively discussions and explorations of our joined aesthetic sensibilities.