Blogs - Edna Piorko
Secrets and being exposed
I've been asked about secrets and being exposed to criticism lately. I thought for just one second and replied that after many years of hiding, being afraid of what people might say or think about ...
The Funny Lady Is Me!
When I walk down a street that isn't my street, I try to look around as if I was a tourist. Even if I know the street, this way I notice new and different details I haven’t noticed before. I sudden...
Stones Are My Best Friends (Not Diamonds!)
I love collecting all kinds of stones and driftwood. I use them in my creations - as a small stage or pedestal. There are stones I collect and know exactly what I'm going to put on them and there a...
How Do I Start?
It always starts with an image, thought or a feeling. My hands touches clay and start building a generic form which slowly became a figure or several figures attached together. This time I was thin...
A Hanukkah Menorah Has Joined The World!
When I enter my studio each morning, I don't always know what I'm going to create. But there's that moment when I look at the clay and it looks back at me, I know I'm going to make a Hanukkah menor...
Creating Stories
When I was a teenager growing up, there was a famous children books author named Dvora Omer. I dreamt of being her. Everyone liked reading her books, but none of the other girls wanted to be her. T...
Connecting People Through My Artwork
I mostly create individual sculptures of figures and houses, all handmade. One morning, while the winter sun was doing anything but warming, the almond tree was smiling to me with its beautiful whi...
My 10 Points Of Living, Creating And Managing!
Giving a lecture and telling my business story in front of a group of women business owners, I was asked to share some insights and thoughts I find useful to me. The story started with me as a chil...