We Went to a Garden Party...

...last Saturday. But first, we stopped at the Kopper Kettle on Yucaipa Boulevard for a little breakfast.


Tasty! (Remember, kids, never Blitz on an empty stomach.)

Once properly hydrated and fortified with breakfast Yum-osity, your PhotoBlitz team drove -- though after all that food, maybe we shoulda walked -- a little further down "The Boulevard" to Newell Nurseries for the Fourth Annual Artisan Faire, "Art in the Garden."


The fair is put together by artists from the Yucaipa VisionQuest. VisionQuest is a local non-profit which promotes the arts and local artists. Anyone can join and members of the group can display and sell their artwork in the gallery. Awesome! It's one of the things that make Yucaipa a pretty cool place, actually.


Newell Nurseries has hosted this event each April and it's a perfect setting for the art. A mellow place to hang out any time, all that greenery makes a particularly lush backdrop for this kind of event. The 28 artists taking part in the fair filled the greenhouse patio and spilled out into the gardens. (Not literally, of course. That would've been awkward, not to mention potentially hazardous.)


Tim and I didn't have a particular agenda for the fair (we never do, actually), except for one thing: We knew for sure that potter David Porras would be demonstrating his craft and we wanted to take pics.


Having spoken to David at previous VisionQuest receptions, we were impressed by his passion for his art, not to mention the work itself. (Tim gave me one of David's tea cups and I love it! Glazed with manzanilla ashes, the color is a soft shade of green and the handle-free, contoured mug rests cozily between my hands. It's an amazing treasure.) We were determined to get shots of David as he worked the clay so that we could share some of the process with you. And we did.


We were also fortunate to find glass artist Debora Seaver demonstrating her delicate -- and potentially explosive -- art. (That glass gets hot and can shatter suddenly. Scary!) VisionQuest recently held an artist reception featuring Debora's work and it's very impressive. We were really excited to find her wielding the torch and working the glass. Pics of David and Debora ahead, along with other scenes from the fair. Click here to see the artists at work. Hasta later, Blitzers!