ceramics
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Gears and pigs in clay
My little three legged pigs are done. They turned out really cute and my daughter likes them. Which is good since they were her special request. My first gears wall hanging was also ready to come home today. I spent… Continue reading
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A good day for clay
Today I was back in the pottery studio after our break last week. My daughter asked me to make her a chanchito, and as I had some terracotta clay left I was able to accommodate her request. She had shown… Continue reading
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Poppy flowers.
I was going through some of my piles of pottery and art today and came across my bin of ceramic poppy flowers. I made a whole bunch of them a couple years ago and made some into pins and others… Continue reading
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Glazy day
Today I had quite a few pieces ready and waiting for me that have gone through the bisque firing, and needed to be glazed. My flowery face was the most time consuming piece of the evening, followed by the gear… Continue reading
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Clay face
Today at pottery I spent nearly the entirety of my time on making this one project. I once again used the bisque mold I made of my face to start and then I made a combination of three dimensional flowers… Continue reading
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Gallery Talk at the Scarab Club
Today was the Gallery Talk for the Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition at the Scarab Club. I love hearing all the artists talk about their art. I didn’t have much to say in comparison to some of the great stories I… Continue reading
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Day 109 – More Clay
Today was a good day for pottery. I took home my gear bowl which turned out fantastically as well as a couple of pears. Then I experimented with the bisque molds and stamps I made last week. I also spent… Continue reading
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Art field trip and pottery studio
Today my daughter and I took a trip down to Toledo to visit the Caravaggio exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art before it closes this weekend. While we were there we also checked out the Marisol Retrospective, which I… Continue reading
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Giraffe glazing today
Today I spent the entire three hours in the pottery studio working on glazing my giraffe sculpture. As I was, maybe a quarter of the way through I remembered that during this process of making my zebra sculpture last year,… Continue reading
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Art Demo and some self portraits
Today was our monthly art club meeting and it was followed by a demo from a local artist who I’ve followed for a while. Debbie La Pratt gave us a great overview of her process and was extremely interesting to… Continue reading