I can see from this photo I took this morning that the legs are wrong and I’m going to need to extend them more. It’s easy to get deceived when thinking through a problem and only see a part of the whole. I can’t put the top figure on the bottom without holding the two […]
it begins. Sketched out and crafted the dress this morning. Here is the research I’m doing for a full standing figure for the garden. I plan to do a couple to see if I can gather some momentum going into the summer. I’ll get back to the angel bowl soon, but craving to work on […]
I’m smiling only because of the great learning that happened the studio this past week. The preceding mess and trouble in clean up has me not smiling so much, but you can make a soufflé… etc. So I broke some eggs on Monday morning trying to do my first very large scale sculpture using a […]
The Angel bowl will have the words from Jane Sidberry’s “Calling All Angels” embossed on the outside. My goal is to craft a four part plaster mold and then pour porcelain slip to craft numerous reproductions. I would like to give these bowls to those who are suffering beyond the usual level of human suffering […]
I pulled the two halves from the kiln last night and glued them together. I’m amazed that it actually stands and that I got the balance of the two sides right. Tomorrow I will cover in clay, then let set a bit but not allow the clay to crack. Then a plaster mold in two […]
Began this this morning. Took about 1.5 hours. Will buildout the other side of the grid and then add cross ribs to finish. Fire, fill in and shape the gaps, dry, plaster mold. Press porcelain into the plaster.
Now painting the boxer for bisque firing. I’ll be entering this work in next weeks application to the figurative show at the Claymaker gallery. This will be my first full figure work. The challenges around this are related to the size of the kiln and getting the arms right. As a two piece work, the […]
Watched 6 hours of season 2 of Fargo last night. I have just one episode left, but while watching and listening I whipped this out. I’ve done crazy elaborate drawings in the past but this one just fell out of me. It feels good to be back in the sketchbook fooling around.
Working on a series of sculptural pottery these days. Intrigued by porcelain slip casting and making plaster molds. Hoping to get a plaster mold done this weekend after the first firing. We’ll see how it goes. Lot’s of efforts in the works these next few weeks to kick off the new year. Trying to finalize […]
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 […]
