October 25, 2020 Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary “I like making things out of trash,” says Iain Gunn of Animal Cracker Conspiracy, the award-winning San Diego puppet company.  He […]

March 2, 2020 The Hubbell property is a cross between a hobbit village and a dreamscape. Stairways arch around curved walls and scalloped, ribbed and asymmetrical domed ceilings meet whimsically […]

Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary August 9, 2019 “Rock music is very limited—guitar, bass, drums, that’s about it,” says sound artist Francisco Eme, explaining why he grew tired of […]

ABOUT POETIC LICENSE: The artist studio is a sacred and personal space that the general public seldom has access to. Chi Essary documents her visits to artists’ studios in the […]

Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary June 8, 2019 EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to the political sensitivity of this article, certain areas have been redacted, purposely misspelled, and in some places […]

Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary August 13, 2018 I wandered mesmerized through what reminded me of other-worldly bacterium or lattice-like smoke puffs, softly twisting into circlets and throwing off […]

POETIC LICENSE: Organizing Chaos with Irma Sofia Poeter Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary Walking into the adobe studio of textile artist Irma Sofia Poeter, we are greeted by a […]

POETIC LICENSE: Alexander Kohnke – Playing with Negative Space Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary “I admire artists that can do the same thing for 60 years and are just […]

POETIC LICENSE: Robin Brailsford Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary “More scorched trees?!” I think, passing another grove of charred branches and blackened trunks as I make my way down the […]

POETIC LICENSE Artist Studio Visits by Chi Essary I looked at the HUGE suitcase I agreed to bring to the de la Torre Brothers for their upcoming installation at the […]