August 2008 archive

Sweet and Creepy Shrine

You can definitely see the Mexican influences in this piece.  I found the Mexican lottery cards at a store in San Diego, and knew I had to incorporate them in a shrine somehow.  I tried to catch the cheerful + morbid feel of Dia de los Muertos.  I was going to go so far as …

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Green Chicken-Cooker

This is a dish made for a specific recipe, in which you fill the center part with beer, and rest a chicken on top of it.  I like to shove herb-butter under the skin and put seasoned salt on the outside.  It’s quite delicious.  You can also do it with a beer can, but the …

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Flowerpot One

This flowerpot is thrown in Soldate 60.  I wanted to decorate the outside with sprigging of grape leaves, but the sprigg mold didn’t cure in time.  The glaze is “Kurt’s Klear” over “Plume”.  The dimensions are 7 inches in diameter and 4 1/4 inches tall.

Leaf Designs

I’ve been thinking about ways to use 2-D art in my collage that involves neither stealing others’ art nor drawing.  Because, let’s face it.  I’ve been doing strictly 3-D art for so long that my drawing skills ain’t what they used to be. I have a scanner and a garden. I also have Microsoft Photo …

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Porcelain Teabowls-unfinished

These tea bowls are thrown from coleman’s porcelain. I wanted to make a series of teabowls and then chinapaint surreal images on them.  Unfortunately, I forgot that you shouldn’t throw composite pieces in the summer, as they dry too quickly.  Even painting wax on the joints and wrapping it tightly wasn’t enough to keep the …

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