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Toda¥s wo®kshop wAs an aMazing ∂a¥’s eƒƒort by 15 riSk tAking s†µ∂ents… Ever¥One crea†e∂ incredible and fun works !!! TOmmO®o∑ pi©†µ®es will ƒollow. I lit oNe oƒ m¥ al†e®s wHi©h you sEE he®e to ∂emonSt®ate it’s ƒun©tiOnalit¥. More to ©Ome. ©Li©k pi©ture to enLa®ge. pE®®¥ hOƒƒmAn ©2009 løøk A† ravenMOsAi©s for the uploaded student work.

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The travel temple took it’s maiden voyage and all I can say is, “©osmic wheels” Doug and I have been wO®king hAr∂ on ge††ing the t®Avel †emple rea∂ie∂ fO® ßµ®ning mAn. We’®e hoping to pA®k on Lineage at 8’O©lo©k.

mOsAi© wO®kShøp this wEEken∂ in sAn†a ßArbA®a

This weekend I am teaching a mosaic workshop in Santa Barbara with 15 attendees signed up. With JUST enough room on the terrace under the øAk t®ees we will have shade and daPPle∂ sµnligHt … We will be using small glAss tiles and brOken pottery… pi©†µ®es ƒø®†h©Oming aƒter †He wEEken∂.

Mosaic Altars

A peek at the new mosaic altars I have been doing. To see more of the NEW altar mosaics …, go NOW ravenMosaics. size 18″x25″ ©2009 pErryhOffman magentaRaven.com ™

New Buddhas and Bowls

This weekends kiln, full of buddhas and bowls. The buddhas will be going into future mosaics.

Santa Barbara MOSAIC workshop

Join Perry in his Santa Barbara garden and learn the art of mosaics. Using tile and pottery, broken ceramics and special bits from his ocean bone yard. You will create a piece of work that you can finish and take home. Day one, August 8, 2009 we will start at 10 am to design and…

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California Quail…Botanical Gardens Santa Barbara

Went to the Botanical Gardens to see how it faired in the fire and was amazed at charred palms coming back and a gorgeous meadow full of flowers surrounded by burned and charred mountains. The California Quail was waiting for us !! Upon consulting the Peterson Western Birds Guide I found that Gambel’s Quail and…

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Santa Barbara Herons and Epiphytes

Th Great Blue Heron, I spotted from the 217 fwy near UCSB and went around the entire airport to drive back on the fwy again and pull over to get my great blue! Wooot! My epiphyte opened yesterday and UNFOLDED today. The COLOURS that you see are real. It’s an amazing bloom and very irridescent!

saving an insect

New photographs today. The raven is from last week in Neveda. The Sphinx Moth is from this morning. I saw the moth in a spider web, but it was not moving. Assuming he had been in this still position for some time (dead) I got my camera, at which time he moved and of course…

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Workshop and new mosaic tile work

First of all a huge THANK YOU to Diana from Native Tile for gifting me so many tiles… it’s an unfathomable gift to a mosaic artist. I have shared with my students and a few friends but will use the rest to finish my desert house and the beach/oak house as well. Thank you to…

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