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yes, being bored in the voix of the shire... getting ready to head to the big city, hopefully for some good employment. graduating has been anticlimactic thus far... we will see. i'm itching to make new work soooo bad it hurts.

and one more 'til graduation. my cup set was jurored into the intimate cup exhibition at charlie cummings clay studio and the show is up right now until january 6th http://www.claylink.com/currentexhib.html.  i've worked on many new ideas concerning my forms this past semester. of course i had some firing issues at the last minute and had to be sad. trying to figure out whether i want to stick with the pseudo funtional objects for the senior show or go straight for sculpture. applying for grad school for next fall. hope everyone is well.

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