Sep 27
These were porcelain cups that originally had handles except that they dried too fast and the handles got cracks, so I removed them and made them into tea bowls instead. I painted a thin black stain on it called “Seth’s Black Ink” after a ceramicist who uses this technique. After the stain dried, I scratched …
Sep 24
I certainly like the stronger background gradient with the new setup, but I’m going to have to fix that light issue with my next photo shoot. I’m thinking a spotlight suspended from two speaker stands, instead of a spotlight on either side.
Sep 16
I made this because I used to have a collection of too-tiny flower pots and teapots whose lids had fused to them that I put on top of the garden wall to look at. Unfortunately, the wind blew them over, and now most of them are broken. This was made to sit on top of …
Sep 06
My kids (one in particular) decided she wanted a phoenix for her room, because her friend had drawn her a picture once and it looked very pretty. I didn’t know how to make a bird look like it was rising from the ashes, so instead I painted the one from one of my favorite folktales, …
