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		<title>Empty Space</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2010/05/18/empty-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 01:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are walls, a floor, a ceiling. Windows fill one wall. The walls are different &#8211; some are brick, some are smooth. Doorways allow one to exit the space, some into another room, and one to the outside. This space, this room, will be my gallery. In it I will place art &#8211; some created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating the Muddled Middle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 22:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An artist friend of mine is most affectionate about what he calls the &#8220;muddled middle&#8221; of the creative process. Beginning or ending a project are not his favorite moments, and I would tend to agree. Beginning a project is often a moment of heightened awareness of potential. Or it&#8217;s a time of being debilitated by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change of Venue</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2010/04/07/change-of-venue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gingermeekallen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Change is not the only constant. Love is constant. Mohs hardness scale is constant. And spring pollen in North Carolina is quite reliable, year after year. But, it is true that change is indeed a constant. Ironic as that clever statement is, I find myself thinking about the flow of change as I am preparing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ink on the Page</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2010/02/05/ink-on-the-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What good is a book? After all, we can find just about anything on the internet these days, right? Call me a romantic, but I&#8217;m the one who argued in a graduate-level journalism class that the internet would never completely replace newspapers because there is something about the crinkle of the paper and getting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studio Tour – Have a look around….</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2010/01/31/studio-tour-%e2%80%93-have-a-look-around%e2%80%a6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gingermeekallen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the metals studio! Messy, perhaps, but to me it&#8217;s full of nothing but potential.  It&#8217;s a space that is designated for creating. Ideas are born and culminated here. This is a beautiful thing. . I know. I know. It&#8217;s a mess. I resisted the urge to clean up before snapping these shots. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No More Starving Artists!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May the starving artist be a thing of the past! Van Gogh is the perfect example. He produced an incredible body of work during his lifetime &#8211; 864 paintings, 1,037 drawings/sketches, and 150 watercolors. But he only sold two pieces before his death. Two. Of course, if you know Van Gogh&#8217;s story, you might say, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Elizabeth Locket</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2010/01/26/the-elizabeth-locket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gingermeekallen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The story of the building of a locket &#8211; noting its purposes and the techniques used in its creation. Be it a story of  love, loss or lore, folks have long used lockets to contain symbols of the precious in their lives. Building a locket is a special challenge for a metalsmith, as it requires [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lore, Love and Lockets</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2010/01/15/lore-love-and-lockets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gingermeekallen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember being mesmerized by lockets as a little girl. And now, I still am. I love surprises. And secrets are exciting. Loving something enough to circle your neck with it and wear it on your chest gives strength. For all these reasons, I adore lockets. Lockets throughout history American Civil War soldiers headed off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Me Change</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2009/12/14/make-me-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>gingermeekallen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am open to change. I am open to change. I am open to change. Does saying it make it so? Whether spurred by  the choices of others, the flow of nature, or just the circumstances of life, change happens. I find myself at the moment approaching the bench in a completely new way, after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloody Fear: Dust on the Bench Pin</title>
		<link>http://ganoksin.com/blog/gingermeekallen/2009/11/04/bloody-fear-dust-on-the-bench-pin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I greeted dust on my bench pin. This is a first. Never before, in 18 years, has there been dust on my bench pin. For a metalsmith, the bench pin is the center of the studio universe. It&#8217;s like the bottom of a skillet for a chef, or the fretboard for a musician. My [...]]]></description>
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