{"id":31261,"date":"2018-04-07T06:19:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T13:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=31261"},"modified":"2018-04-07T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T13:39:38","slug":"enjoy-the-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;enjoy the now&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31265\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague1-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/6454566\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Smoking baby doll. Yep, crazy. This was such a fun episode, but it wasn&#8217;t the normal format. I had my questions ready for Canadian ceramics artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.susannahmontague.com\/\">Susannah Montague<\/a>, but she had a list for me too! Why the shake-up? Well, I was <em>not<\/em> in my pillow fort studio for this one&#8230; we were LIVE at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubkwench.com\/\">Club Kwench<\/a> in Victoria, BC <em>{photos below}<\/em>. So, we talked about everything &#8211; from her movie-prop-making days to her beautiful twins who were the wonderful miracle of IVF&#8230; hence the baby dolls and blastocyst bubbles! Listen right up there under that &#8220;sweet&#8221; baby, or\u00a0you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>First, those beautiful baby bubbles I was just mentioning:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/susannahmontague3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31267\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague3.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague3-210x1024.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stunning. Susannah&#8217;s level of detail blows my mind. Flowers, skulls, and &#8230; belugas:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/susannahmontague2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31266\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31266\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"6484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague2-27x300.jpg 27w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was so happy to finally have a chance to ask her what all of these tiny tidbits are about, and of course, I should have known the answer. Susannah is inspired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanitas\">Dutch Vanitas<\/a> &#8230; beauty through decay and the inevitability of death&#8230; so enjoy the now!<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of death, how about a couple of beautiful porcelain ghosts connected by their life-breath, as if to say \u201cwe are all one, we are all connected\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/susannahmontague4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31268\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31268\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"2495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague4-70x300.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague4-240x1024.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>See?<\/em> This is why I said &#8220;crazy&#8221; so many times! CRAZY. Look at that bunnicorn on the left!<\/p>\n<p>And of course, I have to show the process for these ghostly beauties. FYI, people who cast their children in the name of art, well, you know they mean business:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/susannahmontague5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31269\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31269\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3751\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Love, love, love! Don&#8217;t you want to spend a day in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.susannahmontague.com\/video\/\">her gorgeous Bowen Island studio<\/a>? Be careful though&#8230; she might cast you!<\/p>\n<p>Ok, and then it was my turn. The first question Susannah asked me was about my new book&#8230; and yes, I could talk about it FOREVER:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/susannahmontague6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31270\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31270\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague6.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague6-89x300.jpg 89w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague6-305x1024.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runningpress.com\/titles\/danielle-krysa\/a-big-important-art-book-now-with-women\/9780762463794\/\"><em>A BIG IMPORTANT ART BOOK&#8230; Now with Women!<\/em><\/a> Seriously, I could not be more proud of this project. I hope there are <em>many<\/em> more volumes to come! <em>{It will be on shelves on Oct 2, but you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.runningpress.com\/titles\/danielle-krysa\/a-big-important-art-book-now-with-women\/9780762463794\/\">preorder it now<\/a> if you wanna.}<\/em> So, those last two photos above are my &#8220;book nook&#8221;, both the interior and exterior view : )<\/p>\n<p>Next, just a few of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daniellekrysaart\/\">my mixed media collages<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/susannahmontague7\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31271\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31271\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"3456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague7.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague7-173x1024.jpg 173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The top-most image was the first piece I ever did in this series <em>{that I started just over two years ago}<\/em>, and the final piece is the one that Susannah owns! It is titled, &#8220;BARB AND CANDICE WERE LIKE TOTALLY NAILING THIS WHOLE LIFE \/ BALANCE THING.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And here we are &#8211; recording live &#8211; at the sun-filled, dreamy, creative space that is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubkwench.com\/\">Club Kwench<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/07\/enjoy-the-now\/susannahmontague8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31272\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31272\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"1743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague8-101x300.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/susannahmontague8-343x1024.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>HA!<\/em> That&#8217;s me, Susannah, and Tessa <em>{the dynamo behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubkwench.com\/\">Kwench<\/a>}<\/em>, chugging a little Creative Juice XXX! Can you believe Susannah made those for us a few days before the event!? I didn&#8217;t make anything for anyone. Oh, and I had to include a shot of the lovely little Liz-inspired bud vase that she made for me last year. Isn&#8217;t it gorgeous? Now I have two pieces by Susannah, so I guess that means I owe her one of mine! Thank you so much to Susannah, her super sweet twins, Tessa at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubkwench.com\/\">Club Kwench<\/a>, our fabulous audio guys\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewlloydgd.com\/\">Andrew Lloyd<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dottnick\">Nick Francis<\/a>, and the lovely live audience. Without that giant list of people, this sunny Sunday event wouldn&#8217;t have happened. AND, this podcast wouldn&#8217;t happen without the support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\">Saatchi Art<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thriveartstudio.com\/\">Thrive Mastermind<\/a>, and YOU. There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ecuaa.ca\/\"><em>Emily Carr University of Art &amp; Design<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thriveartstudio.com\/\"><em>Thrive Mastermind<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clubkwench.com\/\"><em>Club Kwench, Victoria\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Sound by:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewlloydgd.com\/\">Andrew Lloyd<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/dottnick\">Nick Francis<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seymourartgallery.com\"><em>Seymour Gallery, Vancouver<\/em><\/a><em> {her show is up until Apr 14}<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/susannah_montague\/\"><em>Susannah on Instagram<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.madronagallery.com\/\"><em>Madrona Gallery, Victoria<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/26\/girls-are-my-vocabulary\/\">Amanda Smith, episode no.6<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/11\/hoozy-thinky-iz\/\">Wayne White, episode no. 30<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/16\/step-by-step-every-day\/\">Tina Berning, episode no.68<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.krysa.com\/danielle\/\">My art site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/daniellekrysaart\/\">My art Instagram feed<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.runningpress.com\/titles\/danielle-krysa\/a-big-important-art-book-now-with-women\/9780762463794\/\">Running Press {preorder the book today!}<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smoking baby doll. Yep, crazy. This was such a fun episode, but it wasn&#8217;t the normal format. I had my questions ready for Canadian ceramics artist Susannah Montague, but she had a list for me too! Why the shake-up? 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