Put in about five more hours over the weekend. Arms are next, button and shirt details, and some adjustments to the mask, paint. Hands. then it’s pretty much completed. The upcoming legs effort could be more of a challenge than I realize, but this work by itself doesn’t speak to the message I’m working on. […]
Ceramic Sculpture Sketching Finishing Building …is both my favorite stage of the work and the most stressful. It’s here that the real character of the work will be defined. After the forms and details are worked out, I’ll need to consider the finishes and stages of firing, all while trying not to have cracks and […]
I just crossed over that hump and am finally starting to get a flow around this development. Went out sketching on Sunday night at Cocoa Cinnamon cafe and finalize some of the details around this work. Still need to attach a head of course, and the detailing on this could take a week, but now that […]
To date this is the most popular form I have created. I’ve had at least 5 offers to buy this, unfortunately my friends who offer don’t really have any money, so this remains in my collection. I am however thinking about doing a series of resin editions which would have a price point that is […]
Getting out my Old Standard 420 clay and will begin a new “Sanctity” with more well worked cathedral forms. This should be fun. The initial version of sanctity sits vigil over our home and is a very peaceful figure.
This clay body is fairly light on the grog, the result is that it’s tough to get the joins to take. I’m also seeing a lot of cracking during the drying stage. The clay is cracking on the seams even though I slipped and scored the crap out it. I’m going to keep trying out […]
This is a purely slab built figurative work that was supposed to include the legs. I started at the torso level and thought that I would work both up and down and then assemble pre and post firing. As they say, ‘the best laid plans…’ I will try to take a run at the full […]
Ceramic Sculpture Torso Begins Started this a couple of days ago. I decided to work freehand without really a plan or a sketch. The result is that I will not be adding legs this time. I am trying to create hollow forms to keep the weight down, but of course this will create problems as […]
Almost forgot to vent these, I left them uncovered last night to dry, but thankfully this morning they were still wet enough to poke. Not certain about the finish here, and if the pedestand should be one piece. I guess it should be so I best cover again when I get home. Stopping by Granny’s […]
My first experience with a slip ball and it came out nice. The effect is to represent something akin to the set design from “Queen of the Night” in Amadeus, but also references the concept of stars and pearls. The Queen of the Ways represents a symbolic work that is the tragic collision of industry […]
I just crossed over that hump and am finally starting to get a flow around this development. Went out sketching on Sunday night at Cocoa Cinnamon cafe and finalize some of the details around this work. Still need to attach a head of course, and the detailing on this could take a week, but now that […]
Swimmer one of three completed this weekend. Started a new corset form and fired two bisque and 1 glaze. Will aim to complete another swimmer this weekend, and finalize a corset form. Working on researching in the background as well. Started a texture and color sample sheet and started reading my Slips book . May […]