ceramics
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Pottery and poetry
This morning I awoke to confirmation of the way things were trending last night before I went to bed. The election results were not what I was hoping, although not entirely surprising either. As much sexism and racism that I… Continue reading
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Inktober Day 23
Today’s Inktober challenge of rust brought to mind old machinery, which led to gears which brought to mind my gear face sculptures. My drawing uses zig realbrush pens with warm colors, perfect for the rusty theme. For my photo a… Continue reading
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Inktober day 16
As I write this my cat is snoring really loudly. It always amazes me how loud such a small creature is while asleep. But back to my drawing, today I was working with the Grungy prompt for Inktober, and having… Continue reading
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Inktober day 9
So today’s Inktober prompt was ‘Sun’ and I couldn’t help but think of Aeryn Sun from Farscape. Peeking ahead at the prompt list, I predict more Farscape themed sketches this month. This morning was a beautiful day to take the… Continue reading
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Apples and openings
Today was the opening for the My Masterpiece show at the Grosse Pointe Artist Association. I have two pieces in this show, a Georgia O’Keefe inspired Watercolor and a ceramic face sculpture inspired by the plaster cast faces of Marisol… Continue reading
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Finished pieces
Today was a good haul day for my finished pottery pieces. I brought home two nesting nativities, a snowman, an espresso demitasse mug for my husband and my blue heron wall sculpture. I put away the heron in a safe… Continue reading
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gLazy day
Today was a productive day glazing some of my bisque fired pieces. I started the evening working on my blue heron wall sculpture. I decided to use some black underglaze on the areas of the heron that should be blue,… Continue reading
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Another clay Wednesday
Today I finished up the ankylosaurus figure which my son requested I make. I started it Saturday, but the clay was too dry. Today it was much more workable and I think he turned out cute. Next I worked on… Continue reading
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Little painting, lotta planning
Today I spent much of my art time deciding which of my pieces inspired by famous artist I would enter in the ‘My Masterpiece’ show at the GPAA. When I finished making sure I had good photographs for my online… Continue reading
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Day #251
I spent a few hours in the clay studio today working on a few things. The deadline for the Detroit Artist Market’s Holiday Market was today so that got me thinking I should have already started on Christmasy things. So… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 