Thursday, October 28, 2010

Sam's Mountain

This is a young friend working on a school project in my studio.
She made a model of Sam's mountain from the book My Side of the Mountain...complete with Sam's tree, a river, a pool with cattails, a grove, several rocks and Sam and his animal friends...I had great fun watching her come up with things to use from the yard and the studio....

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Swirly Spiral Goddess

This large icon box is SO much cooler in person
(or maybe this is just proof that I am, very much, not a photographer)
....anyway..... I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out and I'll definitely make more...although they'll be different...

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Studio Open House

I had my first studio open house this past weekend!  It was lovely....everything came together so nicely.....the weather was perfect, I got to see lots of friends I don't see very often, my art looked amazing on the walls....I really had a great time!
Now, it's time to concentrate on the shows I have coming up.  The first one is the 2010 All Saints (perfect...right?) Episcopal Church Fall Festival on November 6th and 7th.  If you happen to be out and about in Atlanta that weekend please stop by.....the address is 634 W Peachtree Street, Atlanta GA 30308.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

My Favorite

I really, really like the way this nativity turned out!  I used the new glaze I've been playing with...it sort of looks like hammered copper...very shiny... and the colors are pretty amazing....and best of all... all the pieces made it!

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

You Can Spit Later

Here's the thing......it's not that I hate glaze day...it's just that I have to stay SO focused....

Which reminds me...

A couple nights ago, while parking at the grocery store, a car pulled in next to me and a very tired mom got out.....this was her mantra as she turned to open the door for her son......

"Focus John, focus,
focus on getting out of the car,
focus,
focus on getting out of the car,
focus........

you can spit later".

SO, my glazing chant is...
Focus, Jenny, focus....
you can spit later.....
and the reason for all this angst?
See the paintbrushes in the picture?
Well, the top one is small, so small that some would question it's even calling itself a paintbrush... do I use this one...
NO!
I use the one below it...
which is basically eyelashes on a stick.
And the glaze?
Is it like water colors?
Nope....
It's like Silly Sand...all glumpy and dry but still wet... do I think about how I'm going to put three coats of glaze in the tiny little spaces I leave when I'm making the piece....
NO!
so, there is angst........
and, sometimes, the urge to spit.....

Now you know.