The Tiny Room

We’ve been busy moving, painting, unpacking, etc., but wanted to post a quick update for now. Gary and I haven’t been able to work on much of anything besides the house for the past month! I have a few pictures to post, though, from various projects each of us started a while back.

First, here’s Gary’s finished bronze “Bubbles”.

Gary Persello bronze

Bubbles close up back

Bubbles close up front

Next is a pencil drawing Isla is hard at work on for her friend Jeremiah’s birthday present. It’s not quite finished yet, but you can get a pretty good idea of what it will look like.

And finally, my newest knit/beaded sweater combination. It only needs sleeves, but you can see I’m incorporating more beadwork into my knitwear than I did previously. Well, maybe you can’t tell because I haven’t gotten around to updating my website with my other sweaters yet! I need to finish unpacking, finish Gary’s website (it’s 3/4  done), redo my website, and then maybe finish this green man sweater. No, I’m not overworked…

Bonnie Van Hall new work "Guardian of the Green"

Guardian close up

     Welcome to our  first post from The Tiny Room! This  is the tiny (10 x 10′) space where Gary Persello, bronze sculptor, and Bonnie Van Hall, textile artist squeeze in every day to create our art! It is at the back of our equally tiny house, with its tin roof, no insulation, and a woodstove as our only heat source. And yes, it gets cold here in the mountains of central Arizona!  But we do have a lovely view, and can watch the roadrunners, red fox, coyotes, wild pigs (javelina) and white tailed deer darting past our little window.

     The purpose of this blog is to keep everyone updated on what we’re currently working on. It will also help to insure that we keep at it even when we’re ready to quit (which is every other day, lately). I’ll be posting some new photos of each of our works-in-progress soon, but in the meantime, our finished work can be viewed at

http://www.bonnievanhall.com          and

http://www.persellostudios.artistportfolio.net

Also, check out our new artist pages on Facebook, and please become a fan!  http://www.tinyurl.com/yf2clgl (Gary) and http://www.tinyurl.com/yf6qe4m (Bonnie).

Most of the tiny room

The rest of the tiny room

See you soon!