I finished the last piece for the show just a couple hours before set up on Wednesday. Thursday I cleaned up the studio during the day and attended the opening that evening. Friday I decided to take a weekend break […]
Maybe there is something to be said in favour of getting your work made in China. The technical frustrations can be the problem of others. Just be the idea person who gets the credit… All kinds of thoughts go through […]
The first part of the week was spent getting the greenware cleaned up for firing. Once that was done, I started cleaning and clearing the work space for glazing. I almost couldn’t believe it when I took the last mould […]
Not everything went as I imagined at assembly time. There was a critical flaw with the trees. They were top heavy and unbalanced when put together. Had to give the branches a trim. Found myself liking them a lot more […]
It took two days instead of one to finish the bear. Six months of model and mould making left plaster and wax bits everywhere. Not the conditions you want to get your porcelain out in. Two days of cleaning and […]
Two stand alone pieces from the garniture, a bench and a tree, and a pair of the wall mounted cat heads are the best I can hope to have fired by the end of this month. The bench with two […]
Much time this past week was spent finishing up the wax figures. Just about there. Panic set in which caused me to move up the clay part. My show date is the beginning of August, not the middle as I […]
Never did get back to mould making this week. Continued to work on the wax figures and heads. A little closer to the end but still some distance to go. I would be lying if I said this was not […]
“Things take as long as they take”. So many times I have said this to myself. I estimated that each figure would take three days to model and be ready to mould. Last week I thought there were just a […]
I spent the week on the first of the furries. Didn’t quite finish the model but close. “Free Hugs” are offered by many furries. That is what this figure is all about. Call it a “Huggy Bear”. As it turns […]