Baur Studio
Diana Strinati Baur is a ceramic artist, mixed media painter, and historic home restorer in Germany and Italy.
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The House Is Coming Together. I’m Falling Apart. (opens the original)
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The last two weeks have felt like two months. I’m raw and jumpy and dancing to the rhythm of what’s been done, what’s to do, how much it’s going to cost, when we have to pay, and when exactly shit is hitting the fan next. <img alt=""
Remember the Why (opens the original)
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I came here to write about renovation again, but really, I don’t want to. It’s taking up a good deal of my time right now, and as this guest house project in northern Italy winds towards its conclusion, I find myself grasping at the frayed threads of final decisions that are not unimportant, and yet somehow feel insignificant—decisions that make me feel like I’m walking in a vat of cold molasses. Backwards. So many decisions were made in the last seven days that I can barely remember to record t
Creating a Studio for Connection (opens the original)
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My creative life has been mostly solitary. I’ve spent countless hours slab‑building or at the wheel, making endless decisions, good or bad, about what to create next. There’s been satisfaction in that, mostly because it was what I needed to find my own authentic creative voice. Starting out in an art co‑op in Hamburg almost thirty years ago, I was immediately crushed by the thoughts and judgments of others about my work. In a way, that experience pushed me into a vacuum, and when we moved to Ita
There Is No Dream (opens the original)
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Note: A link to a podcast between myself and creator for both Spotify and Youtube can be found at the end of this post.It’s probably a consequence of living an untypical life, of being an artist living and working in Europe. But I’ve heard, many times over, “You’re living my dream.”It might be spoken with kindness, with astonishment, or sometimes envy. My answer is consistent. And because I’ve never had a bucket list, or even come close to mapping out anything that’s actually happened to me in a
Alignment Lives in the Body (opens the original)
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