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For the down-to-earth
Goldgewicht, inspiration is
getting her hands dirty.
merchandise and display gear
she typically hauls to and from
those events. In fact, it’s not
untidy at all, just pleasantly
lived-in and casually stylish,
the home o f a creative young
fam ily. G oldgew icht’s 6-year-
old son is in his room , playing
dinosaurs. H er husband, Leo
G otlibow ski, an art director for
film and T V w ho also makes
jew elry, is aw ay on a visit to
his native Argentina.
In the sunny living room that
doubles as her studio, G oldge-
w icht has her potter’s w heel
and a w ork table covered w ith
ceramics she’s fired in her back-
yard kiln. Later she’ll paint and
patina them , then slip w axed
thread into little holes along the
rims and start to coil. O n the
floor are big bags stuffed w ith
needles, scavenged from her
current favorite tree at a church
a few blocks away.
G oldgew icht always travels
w ith a rake and sacks in her car,
just in case. “W h erever I go,
I’m constantly looking up at
pines.” She picks up a single
needle cluster and admires its
long, graceful tapers. “Isn’t it
cool?” she says softly.
Lined up on shelves are
com pleted pieces, ceramics in
luscious rainforest colors—ruby,
turquoise, persim mon, terra
cotta, cocoa, jade—w ith a
leathery matte finish that com -
plements the texture o f the bas-
ketry. T he shapes are organic,
suggesting gourds, boats, tree
hollows or the human form.
T h ey’re w onderful to touch,
and fragrant, too, w ith a hint o f
pine. G oldgewicht makes them
in a range o f sizes, from small
boxes and pencil holders for less
than $50 to larger vases for up
to $500; on the higher end, she
does wall sculptures in copper
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