Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity Book
Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity Book
$35.00
What makes a creative life? For artist and author Frances Palmer, it’s knitting all of one’s passions—all of one’s creativity—into the whole of life. Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity brings us into the rich inner world and artistic life of Palmer - and what an inspirational life it is!
Stepping into Palmer’s carefully crafted world is to be surrounded by a life that has been intentionally—and painstakingly—constructed as a wellspring of creative inspiration. An airy, light-filled studio in which to make her pottery, cutting gardens that overflow for gathering as the mood strikes, museum catalogs and art tomes that spark the production of new pottery silhouettes and shelves of cookbooks to peruse as she mulls her next dinner party menu. With whimsy and exuberance Frances Palmer offers insights and tips throughout —the importance of centering, the discovery that clay has a memory, strategies for how to turn a passion into a business, the value to be found in collaboration, what it means to persevere, how to develop and maintain a routine that sustains enthusiasm and productivity. There are also step-by-step instructions for throwing pots, growing dahlias, and building an opulent flower arrangement. Even some of her most tried-and-true recipes.
After three decades as an artist and entrepreneur, Palmer has learned the secrets to cultivating a life that brings out her optimal creative self. While the pursuit has been at once rewarding and challenging, fruitful and fraught, through it all she has discovered the things that matter most to her: determination, routine, prioritization, perseverance, and perspective. She has distilled these hard-won lessons, and more, into this powerful book. While envisioned as a practical manual for established and aspiring creatives, this beautifully thoughtful book is a portrait of a unique artist offering hopeful guidance for anyone seeking to create a life that feels more personal and meaningful.
Hardcover. 256 pages. 8.5"W x 10.25"D x .9"H.
Learn More About Frances Palmer
A renowned potter, entrepreneur, gardener, photographer, cook and beekeeper, Palmer has over the course of three decades caught the attention not only of the countless people who collect and use her ceramics but also of designers and design lovers, writers, and fellow artists who marvel at her inspirationally-crafted life. In her first book, she finally tells her story, in her own words and images, distilling from her experiences lessons designed to delight a new generation of makers and entrepreneurs.
