Check out this Family

cute eh?
They are not really a family, but three works that I recently made... really four works, the little person on the guys shoulder was so tiny that I decided to add him to the composition, as a reminder that he deserves to be praised.
The woman and the cherub guy are going to be ceramic flower holders. Thats right, I will be adding polymer clay and cold porcelain flowers to those by placing them in their hands after they are fired... they will probably remain plain bisqued but I will experiment with glazing in the future. I cant wait, this is going to be interesting... I could even paint with acrylics if I want... the possibilities are endless, there are no rules!

BYE BYE BIRDIE

Hope none of my friends think I took them off my list, but really, who cares!
Today I said bye bye to facebook, my account will be permanently deleted trust I stay away for fourteen days... and while I was at it I deleted myspace (which I hadnt used anyway). It feels good, and now I can update my bloggy blog blog every single day since I have freed up so much time, time previously spent checking out status updates and hot profiles on facebook.

5:08am on Tuesday, September 2011

It seems to have just come to me that those who are not able to generate love to extend outwards into the universe will not be allowed to enter the new age.

smaller ones

Chirp is just a little chirp chirp chirp and just is so chirpy I cant stand it... I may make more of these in the future to be affirmation figures but im not sure yet... each might have a word on it like prosperity, success, hope, etc.

Below is my little man with the big dong, finally prob done for, if you recall he was just a glaze test piece, but I really think he might help someone trying to get pregnant, so I shall keep him. I plan on making a partner for him or a sidekick rather, the feminine side... a little venus of willendorf figure which will be a rotund little pendant-like figure that you can keep in your pocket for fertility success!

white seated sculpture

Much could be said about this or nothing at all.
The figure is interesting, the pose invites you to walk around it and see whats going on, she looks content, serious, and yet at some angles angry or upset... is this Avril Lavigne? no, is she just a pissed off spaghetti head? maybe.

I really like this work, even with its lack o hands which bothers me since the time was taken to create toes then why not fingers, right? I will have to get into doing hands, I have been shying away since I cannot roll out the fingers like in polymer, AND it dries out so fast, I would have to do hands last.

I also need an x-acto knife.

another tree lady, brand new and swelling everywhere!

Check out this brand new figure Ive made. She is interesting, her face is from my bronze mold for the masks work I did two years ago.

Extremely bulbous belly! and symbolism galore: figure is withchild; huge drop breasts - female nourishment; three birds - holy trinity, three eggs in a nest - incubation/fertility; rooted limbs - grounding ones self; butterfly (on the back of her head) ascension/change/transformation; flower on her head - fleeting/fragility of life.

I promise the next work will have hands... could possibly also be a male figure (full sized).

How do people photograph black ceramics?

WHA?

I wonder how people successfully photograph black ceramic works of art, they are BEAUTIFUL and shiny, but the only way I know to help is by putting the work on a background darker than it is, as this offsets the white balance of a digital camera, but I wonder how the professionals do it cause I cant seem to get it right.