tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38146958519099552142024-02-07T06:43:47.224-08:00Made It / Found ItDesireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-30718112702841643912021-11-29T04:05:00.001-08:002021-11-29T04:05:00.160-08:00More cat stuff<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since I've visited my blog here, I've been continuing to make ceramics and GUESS WHAT MORE CATS.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I was jokingly/cynically trying to make a fast/cheap thing to sell, and as it turns out, that's impossible. Even a form I can make relatively quickly is a canvas for a drawing that I can get overly involved in. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was one of the first ones:<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hp8g-LnNZ3nfR1ajQwLs1iJtxBADUTJD-TaH-oFBUO2g4WGgTsF_FPftGcTRYtGEXJJpzE7YSLQuRYr3cRF2fnunniXNet-LrKxfClVyhlDNYYyfVkja0cS0DFUCDIXTgqfbkU9potXs/s1000/kitten+vase+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5hp8g-LnNZ3nfR1ajQwLs1iJtxBADUTJD-TaH-oFBUO2g4WGgTsF_FPftGcTRYtGEXJJpzE7YSLQuRYr3cRF2fnunniXNet-LrKxfClVyhlDNYYyfVkja0cS0DFUCDIXTgqfbkU9potXs/w400-h400/kitten+vase+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Kitten vase<br />stoneware, glaze, underglaze</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> Simple, yes. But even a line drawing needs to be done to a certain standard, so these took a little more time than my original goal. (A big part of the time factor is that underglaze really looks best when it's applied in three layers, so I had to go over lines multiple times.) Then I got addicted and decided to make a few dozen, because that is how I do everything. Some of these are available in my <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank">online store</a>, and some I'm holding back for the <a href="https://kcclayguild.org/holiday-sale" target="_blank">KC Clay Guild Holiday sale</a> happening Dec. 3rd - 5th. I'll be set up at the Mother Ship (the Guild itself, 200 W 74th St, KCMO), as opposed to cleaning my own space at home and hosting there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The pieces are still affordable, but not, like $15--you want stuff like that, go to a big box store and buy junk made by a robot or underpaid labor.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFSHGoUpOTKNQJKOvx01o6NRPDY_ci-43KsfrI48s_vZBK2FvUEBQEzR2a-NBEr5roNqcxTd3saoqJT_sG5FCCQBxw8yu1lEKd0IMJKe-oQ9d7CnQBQTtI6nkeZ000-nWLYiAM0nWOQ8B/s1000/3+vases.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="662" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFSHGoUpOTKNQJKOvx01o6NRPDY_ci-43KsfrI48s_vZBK2FvUEBQEzR2a-NBEr5roNqcxTd3saoqJT_sG5FCCQBxw8yu1lEKd0IMJKe-oQ9d7CnQBQTtI6nkeZ000-nWLYiAM0nWOQ8B/w400-h265/3+vases.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cat vases<br />porcelain, underglaze, glaze</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVamRv22JcvpTWp0b1Tmr4DvJh3sy1ctqiOXmWahGXggisUS6orl4as8JqCtEeIIIu_32xse4Ie0qBlADuogM-zmkr4tgbyej1K-uUbURK2oT0b98lwRwIbiHI_59js9pTpaeT01CrzN0d/s1000/mugs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="1000" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVamRv22JcvpTWp0b1Tmr4DvJh3sy1ctqiOXmWahGXggisUS6orl4as8JqCtEeIIIu_32xse4Ie0qBlADuogM-zmkr4tgbyej1K-uUbURK2oT0b98lwRwIbiHI_59js9pTpaeT01CrzN0d/w400-h321/mugs.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">mugs!<br />porcelain, underglaze, glaze</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I started out just making drawings from my memory of what a cat looks like (I'm pretty familiar), but then I started looking at cats I know and using their markings as inspiration. Prepare for cuteness:</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYxVjeo6Y9hyphenhyphen82uJKv4CVgv5w5chM4Q_FN90xJ4rLT4bn-ozoWD4ynUJMYW6bQfiNqH-rDypJMDeIGQ_1Msa_Z7pxLRS4ZTJV_MK-Y3cpRDOQOya4ixNrdzrZLeYMnmi-NSYrHWWUhAr-/s2048/2013-03-09+12.57.06-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWYxVjeo6Y9hyphenhyphen82uJKv4CVgv5w5chM4Q_FN90xJ4rLT4bn-ozoWD4ynUJMYW6bQfiNqH-rDypJMDeIGQ_1Msa_Z7pxLRS4ZTJV_MK-Y3cpRDOQOya4ixNrdzrZLeYMnmi-NSYrHWWUhAr-/w400-h300/2013-03-09+12.57.06-1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Zevon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVoYkqZc9MxCRLZYpvK1R4SSUkhu2zKYNncLmCsYRYrkfQjKK2oZJjwU-UKCmNbRjssKCWSLANgu9SQSQBDDfrdmLRT6Lo1Eath2QHW3MiYYBvrZJ5hojQPlKM2UeE9TGyRPn6NWbaVnns/s2048/2015-03-27+23.20.52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVoYkqZc9MxCRLZYpvK1R4SSUkhu2zKYNncLmCsYRYrkfQjKK2oZJjwU-UKCmNbRjssKCWSLANgu9SQSQBDDfrdmLRT6Lo1Eath2QHW3MiYYBvrZJ5hojQPlKM2UeE9TGyRPn6NWbaVnns/w400-h225/2015-03-27+23.20.52.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Clover</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oqFCEGRwy77MtsEdNsQMBCIxxOP9_Q_eYJvzeBMZt8tGn5UA6k0MADcNrTZL7POgKO5x7toeZXo2dtj2ZJ71I4gZP5ZWPC98uyyEiLH1ZQvG3vS60NNFtLkwnZZ3HkMnf8AJ8CzFr3DO/s2048/2015-11-02+16.01.49.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4oqFCEGRwy77MtsEdNsQMBCIxxOP9_Q_eYJvzeBMZt8tGn5UA6k0MADcNrTZL7POgKO5x7toeZXo2dtj2ZJ71I4gZP5ZWPC98uyyEiLH1ZQvG3vS60NNFtLkwnZZ3HkMnf8AJ8CzFr3DO/w225-h400/2015-11-02+16.01.49.jpg" width="225" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tilly (foster)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvi3U_PWLS-edIinXuMTMgQVLvxiOS6tcALIOSQFWjWTW5cF2AOQdapQYhz9dDcE19pD7YeW3GKbxgjTnfmgYDSN-cOoXrnh0v9g-CuJSxpkcgdywRZnX9HkkZUqUoA2pOnmeqeMlhNxTc/s2048/2018-04-18+08.23.23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvi3U_PWLS-edIinXuMTMgQVLvxiOS6tcALIOSQFWjWTW5cF2AOQdapQYhz9dDcE19pD7YeW3GKbxgjTnfmgYDSN-cOoXrnh0v9g-CuJSxpkcgdywRZnX9HkkZUqUoA2pOnmeqeMlhNxTc/w400-h300/2018-04-18+08.23.23.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bruce (foster)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifN4EO-ctbRtN1LLcq5zIVByoizFt0rspJ6hBP69aa0L8xk5UZcy7yJ3MuqxrMbg9FK4IlT9ZimAnbAGF_4UQ2LA47wDdtRU8bufo4GkksBxEgPobsp_1j7pOw21-NyP1d5qAJERJixQlM/s2048/2020-12-04+17.33.57.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifN4EO-ctbRtN1LLcq5zIVByoizFt0rspJ6hBP69aa0L8xk5UZcy7yJ3MuqxrMbg9FK4IlT9ZimAnbAGF_4UQ2LA47wDdtRU8bufo4GkksBxEgPobsp_1j7pOw21-NyP1d5qAJERJixQlM/w400-h400/2020-12-04+17.33.57.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pauline</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It's been a while, hope you come around my many digital neighborhoods and reach out if you ever feel like it.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EightyAcresArt" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">FACEBOOK</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">INSTAGRAM</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">ONLINE STORE</span></a></p><p><a href="http://www.80acresart.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">WEBSITE</span></a></p><p><br /></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-266322496199894032021-06-08T04:00:00.001-07:002021-06-08T04:00:00.193-07:00Shop Update<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I've finally taken a look at my shop and realized I haven't updated new work since the Clay Guild Sale. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">So I updated it. All newest <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/shop/cut-and-push-series/8?page=1&limit=120&sort_by=name&sort_order=asc" target="_blank">CuPu </a>stuff is on there (that I've been able to photograph, that is...).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">These are all teasers...you gotta go to my <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/?page=1&limit=120&sort_by=name&sort_order=asc" target="_blank">shop </a>to see the whole thing.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz34W6Llfv26K35iI7OjKJl7jOcWL5Wxo5DEyJc2_6tnPcwoJfPQrGyhKx73854Bf0GA3YvcMSarsakPij3G-Ql9feDcB7M78_ivc1JFKQnOdsGkDHFeCF5rJqjH5mXtUwzOH-DJWgBBi/s2048/Big+Vase+cupu+d5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz34W6Llfv26K35iI7OjKJl7jOcWL5Wxo5DEyJc2_6tnPcwoJfPQrGyhKx73854Bf0GA3YvcMSarsakPij3G-Ql9feDcB7M78_ivc1JFKQnOdsGkDHFeCF5rJqjH5mXtUwzOH-DJWgBBi/w400-h400/Big+Vase+cupu+d5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Big Vase With Scallops</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys9s5NA-aDb16jUkS8xIujq8qJHXD6ogyuveXiy5yBSp3uetb-Z7othriM6lv7Sjw4H3MHNTtHG6G66uW3TUm7-6Px_3j30UyKsya3hZpxJ8ar8RI1HlSTuBnfICOgM6-K3eMycfkypdb/s1000/Creamy+CuPu+vase+d2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgys9s5NA-aDb16jUkS8xIujq8qJHXD6ogyuveXiy5yBSp3uetb-Z7othriM6lv7Sjw4H3MHNTtHG6G66uW3TUm7-6Px_3j30UyKsya3hZpxJ8ar8RI1HlSTuBnfICOgM6-K3eMycfkypdb/w400-h400/Creamy+CuPu+vase+d2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Icy Creamy Patterned Vase</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mAdwYfosbXCQDNErhSL2jroH_7JOVtW9qrHhReYWRYw9dmkk8MG4RNbJGL6Pt78YWpPZp-IY0UVe_ncoLvsnlzHtV9q1ISR8oMJRi2qtc5hEL2Jo1tGEUr74kP0GWwcQeUbaTpwwNtPw/s1000/Sm+Blue+Cupu+Vase+d4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mAdwYfosbXCQDNErhSL2jroH_7JOVtW9qrHhReYWRYw9dmkk8MG4RNbJGL6Pt78YWpPZp-IY0UVe_ncoLvsnlzHtV9q1ISR8oMJRi2qtc5hEL2Jo1tGEUr74kP0GWwcQeUbaTpwwNtPw/w400-h400/Sm+Blue+Cupu+Vase+d4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Little Blue Scaly Vase</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa221YCk6ZsHQ_uHB9H_aY1n8AuTg9mboH0M4BcgoFYm1uMM6WHOMo7WE9IR0kOeK34Z4PP79OFyThujItUJDkLTrwxSc4vHSxPMFTnxUaBEePhE-9sxHRXwhO5m9okLvOaM2PLTWydWq/s1000/Tq+planter+teeth+cupu+d5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa221YCk6ZsHQ_uHB9H_aY1n8AuTg9mboH0M4BcgoFYm1uMM6WHOMo7WE9IR0kOeK34Z4PP79OFyThujItUJDkLTrwxSc4vHSxPMFTnxUaBEePhE-9sxHRXwhO5m9okLvOaM2PLTWydWq/w400-h400/Tq+planter+teeth+cupu+d5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Toothy Planter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">There are more! Thanks for looking and spread it around.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Also: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a>! Check it out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have been making videos of my cats, so that's new.</span></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-11190923377062628012021-05-18T04:00:00.002-07:002021-05-18T04:00:00.200-07:00So I Think I Can Draw Now<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> ...at least, I'm happy with my style, or my "handwriting" as my terrible-except-for-a-couple-things first drawing teacher called it. I'm most comfortable with flowers, of course, because that's what I've been focusing on. But I think I could pull off other still lifes (lives?) competently. I have never, and doubt ever will be, the kind of person who can draw what I see in my head. Reference materials in real life, please!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">So...here are some of the completed drawings from the last year. After I went back to ceramics in the fall/winter, I neglected putting lines on paper for a while, but they ended up on clay, which I'll share more of soon.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5iOtAP7EU8S5ZSRJQtUsv93UoLWZfkEciW3Pjv8CrbVIVQ08tKthsEVgo_RjVDv6tdn2QLQ1Y3rneElwPwurtq4i_A1bhysWPcBnVBXB-ildj6ZuzVcM9lzOg66jMI0UM24V50A_723b/s2048/Big+Dogwood+34x23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1350" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP5iOtAP7EU8S5ZSRJQtUsv93UoLWZfkEciW3Pjv8CrbVIVQ08tKthsEVgo_RjVDv6tdn2QLQ1Y3rneElwPwurtq4i_A1bhysWPcBnVBXB-ildj6ZuzVcM9lzOg66jMI0UM24V50A_723b/w264-h400/Big+Dogwood+34x23.jpg" width="264" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Big Dogwood<br />34 x 23 inches<br />ink on painted paper<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZd996vcCaWJTVzsskMrOdhel5PluVE20Zf-vTSPmZlo5o88H2tFcNOHtpZc9H8GGk0YEpPtl3lGOUKM8kXTnK10Dv1hiB-bt1ugxzCEmBk4b7EfJw0oq7t_VZnRmN6CC4gN_TWJigFSnM/s1293/Big+Dogwood+detail+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZd996vcCaWJTVzsskMrOdhel5PluVE20Zf-vTSPmZlo5o88H2tFcNOHtpZc9H8GGk0YEpPtl3lGOUKM8kXTnK10Dv1hiB-bt1ugxzCEmBk4b7EfJw0oq7t_VZnRmN6CC4gN_TWJigFSnM/w309-h400/Big+Dogwood+detail+1.jpg" width="309" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Big Dogwood detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />Titles for these are hard because I could just name everything in them (long), pick and choose (simple but boring), or make up something esoteric and thought provoking (would be a lie somehow??). <br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgvpAbZSHf52649UWu3nLmGsC8se181OACf8MxAWgx-4E5fZ_uXcDz7iCpMs_Spr7WboU_ZeWBGNORt4FpCe7PGeu41cMkyGwi9J_TOcoj1cn9nXeReJxZ3aRfNXf_XS7c1vwWXnYPvaE/s2048/Big+Iris+19x15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1666" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgvpAbZSHf52649UWu3nLmGsC8se181OACf8MxAWgx-4E5fZ_uXcDz7iCpMs_Spr7WboU_ZeWBGNORt4FpCe7PGeu41cMkyGwi9J_TOcoj1cn9nXeReJxZ3aRfNXf_XS7c1vwWXnYPvaE/w325-h400/Big+Iris+19x15.jpg" width="325" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Big Iris<br />19 x 15 inches<br />ink on painted paper<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7TiToWirA5aiWnDHJDEF7XKS6-_zwp7UErULR5oxm_rmQ-Bu15Y4ohA244VDVerPNSRc6JpUZlZ5wIieYQlU3Tpl8_d0Lt21dyv3gYIlinQSizc6teIMB9in-FqS5yuqOlLkl1jBtOiA/s1521/Big+Iris+detail+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1521" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD7TiToWirA5aiWnDHJDEF7XKS6-_zwp7UErULR5oxm_rmQ-Bu15Y4ohA244VDVerPNSRc6JpUZlZ5wIieYQlU3Tpl8_d0Lt21dyv3gYIlinQSizc6teIMB9in-FqS5yuqOlLkl1jBtOiA/w263-h400/Big+Iris+detail+1.jpg" width="263" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Big Iris detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYRUbGlqjgmvqAMExeh8tIbBuHK17R9YvPrb2emF5dEzgitqsPwG4ZdhyphenhyphenMhHzX_KqC9yhzBUPW6747MuYOFdsHa3bEj-s_mT5dl9UksfRgpEec8k7QADcAno_ppZOUTrBEGM6uybJh8Nw3/s2851/Iris%252C+Salsify+22x9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2851" data-original-width="1103" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYRUbGlqjgmvqAMExeh8tIbBuHK17R9YvPrb2emF5dEzgitqsPwG4ZdhyphenhyphenMhHzX_KqC9yhzBUPW6747MuYOFdsHa3bEj-s_mT5dl9UksfRgpEec8k7QADcAno_ppZOUTrBEGM6uybJh8Nw3/w155-h400/Iris%252C+Salsify+22x9.jpg" width="155" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Iris, Salsify<br />22 x 9 inches<br />ink on painted paper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOxRQypst-IIL6O5PKgu0YvwLF1ng7mg-A9W_ng8k_3ChlDh-XSsfz6C05YPw5gt2S7zcWpkt76RRlQ6l1WsKbFvrlQGzD3BQwqrBdJd2_MUqIAMK1NI-GPo1L5B4LJNRkiUAgAK820LV/s3103/Peony%252C+Hyancinth%252C+Spiderwort+9x22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3103" data-original-width="1013" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOxRQypst-IIL6O5PKgu0YvwLF1ng7mg-A9W_ng8k_3ChlDh-XSsfz6C05YPw5gt2S7zcWpkt76RRlQ6l1WsKbFvrlQGzD3BQwqrBdJd2_MUqIAMK1NI-GPo1L5B4LJNRkiUAgAK820LV/w208-h640/Peony%252C+Hyancinth%252C+Spiderwort+9x22.jpg" width="208" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Peony, Hyacinth, Spiderwort<br />22 x 9 inches<br />ink on painted panel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZm-IqPyWcNFjuuSkhqSAZ3y79UFUzhf8vVvybNvAF7InzF1sI_whxtgy9cnUnDHaN3ONtmNs0h1yOeyh3dvYPEdMhm9dtrypGYFgUHakzT_WNME1JffITlAyPgMsy7R8_05YIGEfnR_k/s2048/Quatrefoil%252C+Coreopsis+34x23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1385" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZm-IqPyWcNFjuuSkhqSAZ3y79UFUzhf8vVvybNvAF7InzF1sI_whxtgy9cnUnDHaN3ONtmNs0h1yOeyh3dvYPEdMhm9dtrypGYFgUHakzT_WNME1JffITlAyPgMsy7R8_05YIGEfnR_k/w270-h400/Quatrefoil%252C+Coreopsis+34x23.jpg" width="270" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cinquefoil, Coreopsis<br />34 x 23 inches<br />ink on painted paper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFwzu0gTwQO3EDdhBUYMI-BTDhQfS2u_wKuqYCCdJCWvvm1Knvsl8favfP3BoUgEsvwQvf953Q3L5JPaJZ_xXR_XaAVjaFS5JwY-FKCsePjfx154Ptek6JIEppOVZDAky-o9AAxTT8kV7/s1218/Quatrefoil%252C+Cori+detail+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPFwzu0gTwQO3EDdhBUYMI-BTDhQfS2u_wKuqYCCdJCWvvm1Knvsl8favfP3BoUgEsvwQvf953Q3L5JPaJZ_xXR_XaAVjaFS5JwY-FKCsePjfx154Ptek6JIEppOVZDAky-o9AAxTT8kV7/s320/Quatrefoil%252C+Cori+detail+1.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cinquefoil, Coreopsis detail<br /><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3505" data-original-width="678" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_cXnCLSK4xmDwdL-woVv3ZHdNwLU5iAXz03aeb0KcTsR-WRTCzfskxIB-yTYBSNv5_2-YkjFKZ_G6cO3IDA0SIQDTDyC3ZczZJDOjU1lGck4SW5xSL_W0lA5tbmE0_zeOA-mLtgFPb5r/w125-h640/Spiderworts%252C+Peonies+42x9.jpg" width="125" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spiderworts, Peonies<br />42 x 9 inches<br />ink on painted paper</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8r3G8_fc14Wgl28lENzRbbsxTi-6Wvospgu38NBA3F5RLAVWLV9OcIGjLfdlOxEB1YJ4EGoiON1Y1uxZtqqY4xuNWUD_H7blFDksRmxOrjqKZy7KDQTl8ChK2UtqQ5DG2f-U074z5ZA0/s2080/Spiderworts%252C+Peonies+detail+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8r3G8_fc14Wgl28lENzRbbsxTi-6Wvospgu38NBA3F5RLAVWLV9OcIGjLfdlOxEB1YJ4EGoiON1Y1uxZtqqY4xuNWUD_H7blFDksRmxOrjqKZy7KDQTl8ChK2UtqQ5DG2f-U074z5ZA0/w193-h400/Spiderworts%252C+Peonies+detail+1.jpg" width="193" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spiderworts, Peonies detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Due to the nature of painting paper and the non-flatness of my materials, the drawings are hard to accurately photograph, and I am also not very good at that skill to begin with. I'm not set up with a big wall in a light-controlled area (nor do I ever think I actually need a tripod), so I'm going to spring for a professional one of these days to do that. I know my limits.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">In September I'll be in a show with the flower pieces at the <a href="https://kansascityartistscoalition.org/" target="_blank">KC Artists Coalition</a>! Pretty excited to have them up together. Now, to figure out how to present them...</span></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-66286486158379194292021-04-20T09:18:00.003-07:002021-04-20T09:18:45.451-07:00KC Clay Guild Spring Sale<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last year at this time we were wondering if we'd be able to have a Spring Sale...like, it's a likely chance this whole Covid thing will blow through by that time, surely!?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><i>HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAAAAAAA</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anyway, with proper safety precautions, widespread vaccinations, and careful planning, we ARE having a Spring Sale this year at the<a href="https://www.kcclayguild.org/" target="_blank"> KC Clay Guild</a>, and I am ready. for. it. Even though I took six months off from producing ceramics, I have more than made up for it since we got access back to the Guild, and I'm excited to share my work with more than just my humble social media circle.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>PREVIEW!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2021/02/learning-to-draw-ii.html" target="_blank">Drawn flowers</a> on mugs and vases</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQUHgCOhRCLsbaHYSocltT464mIWYAzBzdeV6CP96Tsio_Ws4acGj1wioe-hLx340SJCduLJ1G8SXowjkQ1hwvA2wh2y2LzcQer6F1bV72Vwb_o6nZvFESy9CG1AgrjhX4dIPzQnuR0u9/s1997/drawn+on+ceramics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1919" data-original-width="1997" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQUHgCOhRCLsbaHYSocltT464mIWYAzBzdeV6CP96Tsio_Ws4acGj1wioe-hLx340SJCduLJ1G8SXowjkQ1hwvA2wh2y2LzcQer6F1bV72Vwb_o6nZvFESy9CG1AgrjhX4dIPzQnuR0u9/w400-h385/drawn+on+ceramics.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hand drawn with brush in underglaze on B-Mix</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2021/04/cupu-series.html" target="_blank">CuPu series</a><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-FJLjdk2-QUkC6-ERnREukgjxvSu_sTwLD2P7pGdMWA62MffiS71Sn3EvxK9gfLAMT4r9BDpQnAd53jL6-u8e-T0oGZ6xX5YJYJ8XDLcE5myQrCowKm212CVt1Lwrs1kss4YMhppODV7/s2000/cupu+x4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-FJLjdk2-QUkC6-ERnREukgjxvSu_sTwLD2P7pGdMWA62MffiS71Sn3EvxK9gfLAMT4r9BDpQnAd53jL6-u8e-T0oGZ6xX5YJYJ8XDLcE5myQrCowKm212CVt1Lwrs1kss4YMhppODV7/w400-h400/cupu+x4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hand built cut and pushed vases, bowls, and planters in B-Mix with heavy glaze</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2019/08/cat-planters.html" target="_blank">Cat planters</a><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1YM5b3_N9OB8CSGMIya9vIev9Wbss1Z85NzgBo4ISayMGjJRHVCr5LtPQo-4c-MOsl5oILrPXIczwVWb9uKCxRNTW39fzkANDky0_wHBOuNjMC85ovLMW0dv81w_dwHLNAK721OsSFLa/s2000/cats+x+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1YM5b3_N9OB8CSGMIya9vIev9Wbss1Z85NzgBo4ISayMGjJRHVCr5LtPQo-4c-MOsl5oILrPXIczwVWb9uKCxRNTW39fzkANDky0_wHBOuNjMC85ovLMW0dv81w_dwHLNAK721OsSFLa/w400-h400/cats+x+4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hand built cat planters in various clay bodies</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nubby things<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69-ZZsDKtDs0vfQ6mDmwSzMZQ4ZZMfAQNFZK7iHio5ceXeiuQ66Sc3L9J4OdiBWSSQ2PEausPlFRiTpd_2JP4hfqcdyTmSzngLADPAZonKF7dIYE7EoGDFHSkxgacG5s0PpFRjmlUyA93/s2000/nubby+x4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69-ZZsDKtDs0vfQ6mDmwSzMZQ4ZZMfAQNFZK7iHio5ceXeiuQ66Sc3L9J4OdiBWSSQ2PEausPlFRiTpd_2JP4hfqcdyTmSzngLADPAZonKF7dIYE7EoGDFHSkxgacG5s0PpFRjmlUyA93/w400-h400/nubby+x4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hand built vessels pushed out with a nubby motif and experimental glaze combos</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I got my vaccine over a week ago, so by the time the sale is here, I'll be basically as protected by science as I can be. We will all be abiding standard safety guidelines and the artists won't be hanging out at their displays as in years passed. Small price to pay to be able to share!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">You can browse and still purchase from my <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank">online store</a> until Thursday, when I'll be blocking sales until after I can take inventory on Monday. The Guild only receives 20% of each purchase price--a good deal if you've ever sold consignment anywhere and a way to support both the artist and the facility that makes our work possible.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">When:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Friday, April 23, 5-9pm (this is when I'll be working the sale)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Saturday, April 24, 10-5</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sunday, April 25, 11-3</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Where:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">KC Clay Guild</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">200 W 74th Street, KCMO</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Links:</span></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/4035514873134023?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_calendar%22%7D]%7D" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Facebook Event Page</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.kcclayguild.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">KC Clay Guild website</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Instagram</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EightyAcresArt" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">My Facebook</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank">My Online store</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Tell your friends!</span></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-89912755382715497062021-04-06T07:23:00.002-07:002021-04-06T07:23:40.054-07:00CuPu Series<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I'm jumping all over the place, as is my way, and I jumped into a new technique a couple months ago and went crazy making...</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1YYk1IXw47hB-PY6Ear_yUbjl2IYpvlUTvueJsSaRbPX3VKoGbJGWic_ALznuZUq9zGPRFXD3O3-NnwkJPwDXx8PqKGUIA9k8RKVc49Ta6gQRexcJvx9BSgpUilBGDsAd-89YSDUyjqt/s1000/cupu+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB1YYk1IXw47hB-PY6Ear_yUbjl2IYpvlUTvueJsSaRbPX3VKoGbJGWic_ALznuZUq9zGPRFXD3O3-NnwkJPwDXx8PqKGUIA9k8RKVc49Ta6gQRexcJvx9BSgpUilBGDsAd-89YSDUyjqt/w400-h400/cupu+5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">CuPu vases and cups</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />The <b>Cut and Push Series</b>, aka CuPu, involves me handbuilding (by way of pinching and smoothing), cutting a design through the wall, and pushing it out to form a relief. I wanted to explore glazes and how they perform on deep surface changes. Some designs are free-form, some I measure out and try really hard to make even, and some start one way and end up being made another. I get too excited to stop and take action shots, but below is a bit of an inside to stages of one particular piece.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">First I make the vessel, let it set up a bit, and decide on a design--usually I go from one element of the design to the next and fill in along the way. With this one I made a stencil and played around with spacing and layout for some time before committing. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUPG1RXBRDczaVNLcQCJL2C9nu54reLm0FMqH4PBt5A8hpqO-_qfIiS1Ft84V-lWBmd4mysjm3NAaISphaB5g3T38kHwlBlgCmxPKHPVeUECnMUPyUCSpO0HIASUXclPF39h3fstJzZbN/s1008/cupu+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUPG1RXBRDczaVNLcQCJL2C9nu54reLm0FMqH4PBt5A8hpqO-_qfIiS1Ft84V-lWBmd4mysjm3NAaISphaB5g3T38kHwlBlgCmxPKHPVeUECnMUPyUCSpO0HIASUXclPF39h3fstJzZbN/w396-h400/cupu+1.jpg" width="396" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Planning stage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />I use an Xacto knife to cut through the wall and push from the inside out to create a relief.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9gWWnzlWzsRA3ZhbHkUuSukDCgNvGESj_kVdfTDjE-ko8_pHwNQKXClk9S4WiyteSsi6GIshFAngpxb6p1jRsO-I6dT392imuZf6UYwSMu1KKz-ChAB1YqqXikib3dRiZamiXB_pc7lK/s606/cupu+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="606" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9gWWnzlWzsRA3ZhbHkUuSukDCgNvGESj_kVdfTDjE-ko8_pHwNQKXClk9S4WiyteSsi6GIshFAngpxb6p1jRsO-I6dT392imuZf6UYwSMu1KKz-ChAB1YqqXikib3dRiZamiXB_pc7lK/w400-h354/cupu+3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Boy, that escalated quickly.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIs6gCFrLZvXPbb2CdPdrsEQD5OcPpfpnw4c3UP0p6vBMGYR97sSh_F6azpcKDiCMFn2I4PLAKIZGJ1QTsLi8H20_3FLzNgDIgcue_1pbN_cYt9suh4iaaFL30hyphenhypheniaF-bZAOdS7dpPOJo/s1000/cupu+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="1000" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIs6gCFrLZvXPbb2CdPdrsEQD5OcPpfpnw4c3UP0p6vBMGYR97sSh_F6azpcKDiCMFn2I4PLAKIZGJ1QTsLi8H20_3FLzNgDIgcue_1pbN_cYt9suh4iaaFL30hyphenhypheniaF-bZAOdS7dpPOJo/w400-h373/cupu+4.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Smoothed out but still in the green stage.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">After the bisque fire, I sanded the surface and glazed the hell out of it. Due to the conditions in the kiln, glaze ran down and puddled around the bottom, but the kiln loader was able to salvage the piece in whole so at least all my hours of work weren't destroyed, just a little ragged along the bottom.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsHaSK6HyUbwHpuzDHuyQoaCBpCnsvJR-MLlHHeaGp1rdM7kJxVtB3Jgj8jwwIu6HQOedhWC5LT1q0hqHmhVhyphenhyphenAQUI_NESJUQkEzEeOFfZjghQ8AmUGb-UR1WnoRTNUOnGhOw8_XxTziN/s1000/cupu+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDsHaSK6HyUbwHpuzDHuyQoaCBpCnsvJR-MLlHHeaGp1rdM7kJxVtB3Jgj8jwwIu6HQOedhWC5LT1q0hqHmhVhyphenhyphenAQUI_NESJUQkEzEeOFfZjghQ8AmUGb-UR1WnoRTNUOnGhOw8_XxTziN/w400-h400/cupu+2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Glazed.<br />Planter with Reitz Blue and Yellow Salt<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will not have this particular piece available at the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/4035514873134023" target="_blank">KC Clay Guild Spring Sale</a>, but everything in the first photo will be there, and many are already available online in my <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank">ceramics shop</a>. I have a lot more of these in me, but I am making an effort to cool it for a minute until I can clear some work out from under me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">See my process on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>! I love to share.</span></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-45002227667166796522021-03-23T04:00:00.001-07:002021-03-23T04:00:02.909-07:00Learning to Draw III + some ramblings <p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> As Spring sprang, I kept drawing and felt pretty good about my progress. Especially as new flowers and trees started blooming, I'd be inspired to run home and get right to my brush and ink. It was fun to see how my hand would render the flowers or if I could even be happy with the outcome. Here are two early but large studies...</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwES25XQgdXEM8EnKF3vEcwn46b2i37ajigOx5VSDzUjvjP42LMQZRBtk0q2jZJdV4UMQk9Hxx2Sn1Ykfojkp3yy3R0XcxQQKqdNSPMVRBh2X63AjkwZZiaUyJ-_8jUX9nPZY6MwNWKln/s1012/Crabapple+sketch+9+x+44+apr+6+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwES25XQgdXEM8EnKF3vEcwn46b2i37ajigOx5VSDzUjvjP42LMQZRBtk0q2jZJdV4UMQk9Hxx2Sn1Ykfojkp3yy3R0XcxQQKqdNSPMVRBh2X63AjkwZZiaUyJ-_8jUX9nPZY6MwNWKln/w395-h400/Crabapple+sketch+9+x+44+apr+6+2.jpg" width="395" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Crabapple blossoms details</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZyJXAW6r2FrKz7V3Yue-T1aVe8hR3MquVD0FJ8M2qy1S7MUWpS5-FGQTAzpyzXHiiosi2IcPEmI8CLak4lip3QN6y11OpEo1Q6wQmAzPTmpB0K1XlVHBALFOUehL0rjP45jVSwytSkou/s1000/Serviceberry+sketch+44+x+9+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1000" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZyJXAW6r2FrKz7V3Yue-T1aVe8hR3MquVD0FJ8M2qy1S7MUWpS5-FGQTAzpyzXHiiosi2IcPEmI8CLak4lip3QN6y11OpEo1Q6wQmAzPTmpB0K1XlVHBALFOUehL0rjP45jVSwytSkou/w400-h386/Serviceberry+sketch+44+x+9+2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Serviceberry sketch details<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBHkocTL1XfPyjb_vMQ4fTr85le0UcEN108NmLJu_Jsm6IsXv59A4w63u1HU7C2Sse-sniHH0_BlxrAJKnXPQuS16jsXDaKA7FyFyo593hoXn4mUGTvpYNlY0NMkYcaM6ZevcCC6MPkh5/s2825/Serviceberry+and+crabapple+side+by+side.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2825" data-original-width="1113" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyBHkocTL1XfPyjb_vMQ4fTr85le0UcEN108NmLJu_Jsm6IsXv59A4w63u1HU7C2Sse-sniHH0_BlxrAJKnXPQuS16jsXDaKA7FyFyo593hoXn4mUGTvpYNlY0NMkYcaM6ZevcCC6MPkh5/w253-h640/Serviceberry+and+crabapple+side+by+side.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="253" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">both sketches in full<br />46 x 9" each</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I like being able to see the rough, curled edges of the paper, but this creates the problem of how to exhibit the work (these were meant to just be sketches but sometimes sketches turn into full blown pieces). Also, taking pictures of the rumpled, wavy paper isn't easy. This is why seeing art in real life is so much better than looking at or buying a reproduction (not always possible, yes I know).</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Several years ago I was able to see Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" (after missing it twice before due to it being loaned out--<a href="https://www.moma.org/" target="_blank">MoMA</a>! Always sharing!). This is said about many famous art works, but it was much smaller than I expected, and you know what? I could see the raw canvas at the edge of the frame. Same with Dali and many more. This is not something you can appreciate learning from a text book, and it made it so much more <i>real </i>to me. "A person made this and this is where he chose to stop painting."</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3rrHSpZSs8lkSccojEcQSPiamj9Ho_7N7y2Pagrx_MN6SHEuDaqbCJL14ZKBpjJ_LCYUDGlo4QKBKdLGbdqGS9Q-kj-TNG0jxxSQ2xdjK5WurARhwhBSYk-kY-JRi3DBIviF4y1s9Txc/s943/VG+Starry+Night.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="751" data-original-width="943" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp3rrHSpZSs8lkSccojEcQSPiamj9Ho_7N7y2Pagrx_MN6SHEuDaqbCJL14ZKBpjJ_LCYUDGlo4QKBKdLGbdqGS9Q-kj-TNG0jxxSQ2xdjK5WurARhwhBSYk-kY-JRi3DBIviF4y1s9Txc/w400-h319/VG+Starry+Night.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You can see a bit of edge in this image, but that was all cropped out in the textbooks of yore.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">That tangent was brought to you by my current struggles on presenting my work for exhibition. It's one reason I love working with aluminum and panel wood--no need to frame, just set it and forget it. In addition to my pieces being in very non-standard sizes, it's expensive to frame a piece right and who knows if that's even the best frame for the collector? These are roadblocks I give myself. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'll end with a little about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelanchier" target="_blank">serviceberry</a>. Two years ago I learned of this delicious tree from a landscaper working on Main Street in my hometown. It was the end of May or early June and the berries were ripe and ready and he encouraged us to take as many as we wanted. They are quite tasty and have a bit of an apple flavor, but small like cherries. Turns out there are serviceberry trees all over and I'd just never known. They bloom in April. Keep an eye out.</span></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-77588795410556379732021-03-16T04:00:00.007-07:002021-03-16T04:00:16.627-07:00Shop Update<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Saturday, March 20, at noon, I'm going to have a <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank">shop update</a>--my first this year. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've been making a ton of new work. Here's preview!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hand drawn flower pieces...<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbK9w3FNWU7LMPXiJtdc6ezMOC18i7m7RDw4IGnO-m9TLj_97CLoScpbvk7SuRzXkVwqAJXp9bNt-4pyFzrH2R2_fR0jK6CGbYdwTSOeJrzTBod2LOMV9l-sxbCU0KudSLjr0sKfLswVr/s1000/Dogwood+Aster+Mug+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbK9w3FNWU7LMPXiJtdc6ezMOC18i7m7RDw4IGnO-m9TLj_97CLoScpbvk7SuRzXkVwqAJXp9bNt-4pyFzrH2R2_fR0jK6CGbYdwTSOeJrzTBod2LOMV9l-sxbCU0KudSLjr0sKfLswVr/w400-h400/Dogwood+Aster+Mug+9.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Dogwood mug</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxHHNGkt4dePusVCkPpkZeo5d1PHfo2Kj_Ctl0wyZ2c4IXzbFOaCzU-Pq4GFNHsX9pj6Mfv8rqRGC_fFUMH5HsDrhK0yf6PWGO5i2tw-hLzfJUgUMwDFyDZum9jEzOQptxIrNlGlacL2Y/s1000/Queen+Annes+Lace+vase+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxHHNGkt4dePusVCkPpkZeo5d1PHfo2Kj_Ctl0wyZ2c4IXzbFOaCzU-Pq4GFNHsX9pj6Mfv8rqRGC_fFUMH5HsDrhK0yf6PWGO5i2tw-hLzfJUgUMwDFyDZum9jEzOQptxIrNlGlacL2Y/w400-h400/Queen+Annes+Lace+vase+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Queen Anne's Lace vace</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Some mug experiments...<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP0fH6m2z8TMbtsKqeLi253zKE4meJr53eieLnKm4Qike-MpmeWaqyhmoAEWQqpuLFgzscrBCTsLnViTahJ2G_9dcc2ee7O3G0zf0zriklFIb_TtvXA6J_wm-UlhEiFki4Shg5CKyREIe/s1000/Croissant+Handle+Mug+One+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbP0fH6m2z8TMbtsKqeLi253zKE4meJr53eieLnKm4Qike-MpmeWaqyhmoAEWQqpuLFgzscrBCTsLnViTahJ2G_9dcc2ee7O3G0zf0zriklFIb_TtvXA6J_wm-UlhEiFki4Shg5CKyREIe/w400-h400/Croissant+Handle+Mug+One+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Cinched-waist mugs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Always have to include cat heads!<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccLIELB8EnrVLVr5u87ForFbfImbF3XPfkNKvGRqtpXW6t0p7Ws-tBWyFHLjMvnPlA_PKsUdlxZY2NCUpvjq3kRBs0B4X3d9AG06JOLAJkHQQM20XxKMvaCVqAl2yFHMpUPHHN6coB1pT/s1000/Orange+Tabby+Ppl+Bowtie+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiccLIELB8EnrVLVr5u87ForFbfImbF3XPfkNKvGRqtpXW6t0p7Ws-tBWyFHLjMvnPlA_PKsUdlxZY2NCUpvjq3kRBs0B4X3d9AG06JOLAJkHQQM20XxKMvaCVqAl2yFHMpUPHHN6coB1pT/w400-h400/Orange+Tabby+Ppl+Bowtie+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Small and medium cat planters</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nubby planters for the upcoming plant season...<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vWZSlzaa2oHvOboGRzxuOCD9acWYOswwnLw2KAEHb84V9SZZ3bGl_kJUei9UTHdhGZifk8W9lRTifF1rBOd5smG3UVmBjPUSIQJU5XOe9o3ugtPcDkWm7TUA3-LPAN8skJVl68zy0TfT/s1000/Cop+Del+Nub+vase+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3vWZSlzaa2oHvOboGRzxuOCD9acWYOswwnLw2KAEHb84V9SZZ3bGl_kJUei9UTHdhGZifk8W9lRTifF1rBOd5smG3UVmBjPUSIQJU5XOe9o3ugtPcDkWm7TUA3-LPAN8skJVl68zy0TfT/w400-h400/Cop+Del+Nub+vase+2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Nubby planters<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">And a new series, titled Cut and Push (CuPu for short) includes versatile vessels that can be used as vases, cups, or simply art pieces...I'll have a post about this process soon.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_WeNUh1Bmzhjpj97J6oKC7o88Ftl_rvG7PHbpdy3Gq6oWo8CpkzQnFsAYvNKeyb0bUBKtMJHeblguJq67k406GWisDc3MK7SyKQlIURRG6Czx121bCgVFynz7pH0TSYZ_ZK5H2O81aaL/s1000/Turq+Drips+Vase+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_WeNUh1Bmzhjpj97J6oKC7o88Ftl_rvG7PHbpdy3Gq6oWo8CpkzQnFsAYvNKeyb0bUBKtMJHeblguJq67k406GWisDc3MK7SyKQlIURRG6Czx121bCgVFynz7pH0TSYZ_ZK5H2O81aaL/w400-h400/Turq+Drips+Vase+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Turquoise CuPu vase</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjGQs7ALNIa8bpmpcYo9MjMKeOlX6TpdSxAy_oSgaDAvpAyQ8y4FiEqc4BRZqNys3G7oU3Cvgy_Q0F87pfXaHKOtIOBXpFZxxXpm1u3YErKakYdvrocRwqekepasLi0u4I3YsWN6lDAg1/s1000/Lg+Vase+Two+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjGQs7ALNIa8bpmpcYo9MjMKeOlX6TpdSxAy_oSgaDAvpAyQ8y4FiEqc4BRZqNys3G7oU3Cvgy_Q0F87pfXaHKOtIOBXpFZxxXpm1u3YErKakYdvrocRwqekepasLi0u4I3YsWN6lDAg1/w400-h400/Lg+Vase+Two+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Large mouth CuPu vase</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I will be sending out reminders all over social media, especially my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EightyAcresArt" target="_blank">Facebook </a>and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>pages. Let me know if you have questions about anything. As always, thanks for your support.</span></p><p><br /></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-30550390427915065222021-03-09T04:00:00.001-08:002021-03-09T04:00:04.195-08:00Missouri Art Now<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> This year, 2021, is Missouri's bicentennial. As a native of Kansas, I learned next to nothing about the Show Me State growing up, and I continued that ignorance for the fourteen years I've lived here. (Sorry!) However, I do know that we have a plethora of talented artists and the Missouri Art Now exhibit is showcasing a few of us. My work from 2019, "How Soft the Hazy Summer Night" was selected as one of sixty pieces to celebrate the bicentenary in a traveling exhibition from March to November. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvi2ty5eZqJrmPxQStUpHXJ0J1aeLTV1ibENGrqxF9ULTLRD5msk-OtDd74qz1FDTYqOl2WJEff2OFuMktyVPcPZi0BQDQogVzkaLlX5TyLuieNCkY_0b0vKWKVpHaLv3SumUV9cDA5Ovg/s2048/36dia+How+Soft+the+Hazy+Summer+Night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2044" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvi2ty5eZqJrmPxQStUpHXJ0J1aeLTV1ibENGrqxF9ULTLRD5msk-OtDd74qz1FDTYqOl2WJEff2OFuMktyVPcPZi0BQDQogVzkaLlX5TyLuieNCkY_0b0vKWKVpHaLv3SumUV9cDA5Ovg/w399-h400/36dia+How+Soft+the+Hazy+Summer+Night.jpg" width="399" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How Soft the Hazy Summer Night<br />36" diameter<br />aluminum, vinyl, acrylic</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">From the call for art:</span><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #535353; font-size: 15px;">On the occasion of its bicentennial, it is important to recognize that Missouri has and remains a significant site for visual artistic production. The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau, Hannibal Arts Council, Post Art Library and Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin, and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum in Saint Joseph are collaborating to create </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #535353; font-size: 15px;">Missouri Art Now</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #535353; font-size: 15px;">, an exhibition featuring sixty works from artists throughout the State of Missouri, together demonstrating the vibrant visual arts culture in the state.</span></span></div></blockquote><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv2aejXuP6ESGNzc1Ut0NJQOHhaIGKEponNuaPm4PVph5LKx2OC_qUNHLMMK_HeYbzATSlqb07nWMMsUDO4t3jTLdJVuiM_rx5p7Rxj80VGD6a32z55CfCuFFSlUT_BU0lueWZruthgfD/s1076/Screenshot_20210306-110837_Instagram.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1076" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJv2aejXuP6ESGNzc1Ut0NJQOHhaIGKEponNuaPm4PVph5LKx2OC_qUNHLMMK_HeYbzATSlqb07nWMMsUDO4t3jTLdJVuiM_rx5p7Rxj80VGD6a32z55CfCuFFSlUT_BU0lueWZruthgfD/w400-h400/Screenshot_20210306-110837_Instagram.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">You can see it hanging at the opening March 5th in Cape Girardeau.<br />photo credit: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMDwHJ6ndbG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">@Missouri2021</a> on Instagram</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">And now some detail shots...</span></p><blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquEbwnj6qNwQ8wtnoJ8LPNHUH_rFyThxC_dIfgM1EN1d8f_t7uHq10enhSNv-D73mymfz2y_CTmaXqwFHWZcRgPutM3WcLf2AJ-P_JKbN24HwaYPUhNKltJZqKZdMiiNH9fUjtvUH2dq6/s1000/how+soft+detail+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhquEbwnj6qNwQ8wtnoJ8LPNHUH_rFyThxC_dIfgM1EN1d8f_t7uHq10enhSNv-D73mymfz2y_CTmaXqwFHWZcRgPutM3WcLf2AJ-P_JKbN24HwaYPUhNKltJZqKZdMiiNH9fUjtvUH2dq6/w400-h300/how+soft+detail+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I slathered on the paint really thick and scraped an old mop brush through it before drying, adding texture. Then I sanded and did it again with a different color.</span></p><blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1LM_1_WCuy_fgPkMUDZS76VF8tjrfTkkY8MfLlqvottrgmzRs-u0SLViniZ3bzx89ktTR4wNKJtkQiWxx-UCPMkAIhjV_fGGg6LJADuVLrEwMdJQtDXtygtdvXTbL9R7YT-li0hLLwa8/w400-h300/how+soft+detail+4.jpg" width="400" /></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span> <img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2BlcLrqu82FsAMKDc-BpdJfefUytGsEQ6NihtKyLlbQYNxc_B1x3A84RBlPVfWH5qD52fq3l-9dg8uIHCD9Nsh5evXsrcdbKksSZmXRiGSq590TW1s16l7p0tTcaRPp1zmqOZWEJv1oF/w400-h300/how+soft+detail+3.jpg" width="400" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2BlcLrqu82FsAMKDc-BpdJfefUytGsEQ6NihtKyLlbQYNxc_B1x3A84RBlPVfWH5qD52fq3l-9dg8uIHCD9Nsh5evXsrcdbKksSZmXRiGSq590TW1s16l7p0tTcaRPp1zmqOZWEJv1oF/s1000/how+soft+detail+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></div></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">After all that was done I went to town with the vinyl orzos.</span></p><blockquote><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcpcM4ybNWU5tWafGpShE0-L226zmqZXM5QHR0JrZ_Zv4gv5leO8jMqZKTrdfkqksrbnvyXiNxjozyu3FhrzJ7r42t0YRRPi7rDylKKH24arftEO_i5yXWYp_qJ5AQn_U1iTn_RZMWE6a/s1000/how+soft+detail+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNcpcM4ybNWU5tWafGpShE0-L226zmqZXM5QHR0JrZ_Zv4gv5leO8jMqZKTrdfkqksrbnvyXiNxjozyu3FhrzJ7r42t0YRRPi7rDylKKH24arftEO_i5yXWYp_qJ5AQn_U1iTn_RZMWE6a/w400-h300/how+soft+detail+5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div></blockquote><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoitQIRN5WTvauO5uzSc2XKXZzyZPGBiQsg26jeGX-IPO2tH8mnFAeJ8XoP9l4vMNtaTqgbM4yBGObGkg0phUex37xAejYz8peJ129AxzPk4iFb2siXYZSPeVVo6EzwzvB8JQtSDMqZvQr/s1000/how+soft+detail+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoitQIRN5WTvauO5uzSc2XKXZzyZPGBiQsg26jeGX-IPO2tH8mnFAeJ8XoP9l4vMNtaTqgbM4yBGObGkg0phUex37xAejYz8peJ129AxzPk4iFb2siXYZSPeVVo6EzwzvB8JQtSDMqZvQr/w400-h300/how+soft+detail+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">The title comes from the fourth stanza in a poem by Ellen P. Allerton called "<a href="https://kotn.org/poetry/sflr1916/onfarm.html" target="_blank">On The Farm</a>,"</span></p><blockquote><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">How soft the hazy summer night!<br />On dewy grass the moon's pale light<br />Rests dreamily. It falls in town<br />On smoky roofs and pavements brown.<br />How tenderly when night is gone,<br />Breaks o'er the fields the summer dawn!<br />How sweet and pure the scented morn.<br /><i>(Get up! Old Molly's in the corn!)</i></span></span></p></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">And, as it is a traveling show, here's where it can be found throughout the year:</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">March 5-27, 2021</span></em></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Arts Council of Southeast Missouri in Cape Girardeau</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">April 9-May 15, 2021</span></em></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="x_gmail-m_423020184701343117gmail-m_5385506148288011307gmail-E162" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia </span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">May 29-July 17, 2021</span></em></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Post Art Library and Spiva Center for the Arts in Joplin</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">July 23-September 6, 2021</span></em></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="x_gmail-m_423020184701343117gmail-m_5385506148288011307gmail-E168" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hannibal Arts Council in Hannibal </span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">September 17-November 7, 2021</span></em></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 1.7em; margin: 0px 36.8594px 20px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Albrecht-Kemper Museum in Saint Joseph</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white;">More info at</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="https://missouri2021.org/" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial;">www.missouri2021.org</span> </a></span></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-14618116157873618222021-03-02T04:00:00.001-08:002021-03-02T04:00:04.184-08:00Drawing on Ceramics I<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Around the time I started to relearn to draw (500 years ago? no...a year ago but still In The Beforetimes), I made a few test pieces with underglaze and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgraffito" target="_blank">sgraffito</a> techniques based on saved dried flowers and seeds from summer 2019. They didn't trip my trigger at the time, but I kept running across them, so I'm going to share. That also means I can throw them out!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPiitjKUd48bFrJ4VlCdmnZWaPCvNrA1JlbnpxbVwJ4w4OyoJyF-3clBoxQTmPRGJ5B7FuhtGE2_XsfSz1jMRiLQBUWLDJjvdeCZfrx8JLmcapxGVYnYg19P2pN2nsbGj1t5MzV99Dt1D/s2091/sk+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2091" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguPiitjKUd48bFrJ4VlCdmnZWaPCvNrA1JlbnpxbVwJ4w4OyoJyF-3clBoxQTmPRGJ5B7FuhtGE2_XsfSz1jMRiLQBUWLDJjvdeCZfrx8JLmcapxGVYnYg19P2pN2nsbGj1t5MzV99Dt1D/w191-h400/sk+1.jpg" width="191" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Aliens?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That one is based on my first round of abstract <a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2021/02/inspired-by-queen-annes-lace.html" target="_blank">Queen Anne's Lace</a> drawings and paintings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimgPOFd678mepH8UPH_bqPVSAQftImT-s-jVfC1Ib9cgNGc0OtCjs3MHUOS9gg52_aYFpQTHo6WVMMW9lsoE9OGf0b8QK8979eT3ZKUcBgE9zp-P993jO4HxEGgbRSgdwc-Hnb0PyyMwk1/s1492/sk+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimgPOFd678mepH8UPH_bqPVSAQftImT-s-jVfC1Ib9cgNGc0OtCjs3MHUOS9gg52_aYFpQTHo6WVMMW9lsoE9OGf0b8QK8979eT3ZKUcBgE9zp-P993jO4HxEGgbRSgdwc-Hnb0PyyMwk1/w268-h400/sk+4.jpg" width="268" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Pretty sex-organ-y.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzEnJM1hxTI67XCV88jNonQLc6wRhxppevWNNtkvGiqPh-qb5AfUMRqB0lRPFnjBh7Nax97DIL1z-G0RfVvo2onG-V02YUVl3todXXPpuBeENzkT9qVir_hUToEpkf8AjeZHLl-WE5EEP/s1890/sk+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1890" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzEnJM1hxTI67XCV88jNonQLc6wRhxppevWNNtkvGiqPh-qb5AfUMRqB0lRPFnjBh7Nax97DIL1z-G0RfVvo2onG-V02YUVl3todXXPpuBeENzkT9qVir_hUToEpkf8AjeZHLl-WE5EEP/w211-h400/sk+3.jpg" width="211" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Based on river oats</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-nUaNSzRmw794X6qxhBsCBZeQ5VcbMWYmTQxVy-412sHbdRmO_nLGbiSUJkne2e6OZ5ee3cONbFOimVeRvvDAuURqcE2bu7CZ0jdkL8Cq3ZYlfJscSSefofllh5zBPAjZDTZVIEkz228/s1580/sk+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-nUaNSzRmw794X6qxhBsCBZeQ5VcbMWYmTQxVy-412sHbdRmO_nLGbiSUJkne2e6OZ5ee3cONbFOimVeRvvDAuURqcE2bu7CZ0jdkL8Cq3ZYlfJscSSefofllh5zBPAjZDTZVIEkz228/w254-h400/sk+2.jpg" width="254" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">These were only about three or four inches tall, so the nuance I could get from larger drawings, as well as from ink flow, just weren't there. They're called sketches for a reason. I let these ideas marinate for my time away from the <a href="https://www.kcclayguild.org/" target="_blank">Clay Guild</a> and during my summer of collecting flower images and drawing on traditional surfaces...</span></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-69731697510123649502021-02-23T07:59:00.001-08:002021-02-23T08:00:12.602-08:00Bathroom Flowers <p><span style="font-family: georgia;">As I'm writing this, Kansas City is coming out of some of the coldest weather in years. About half the people I know had frozen pipes or experienced rolling blackouts planned by the power company to keep the whole grid from collapsing. I feel lucky that we were able to avoid both.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">If the forecast holds, the day I plan to publish this will be in the 50s...seems crazy, because that's less than a week from now. MIDWEST, AMIRITE!? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">So, anyway, I've been dreaming of spring and flowers and bike rides; therefore, I am collecting some of my prettiest Bathroom Flowers TM from 2020 to share in this pre-springtime.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wood hyacinth, <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">dandelions, chickweed, dead nettle, henbit, grape hyacinth, violets, bachelor's purse, and strawberry leaves. </span>Little sweet things that are early bloomers and seen as weeds by many. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQbNDov9LqgjCCbFrmhXPpROFFa5HzPHyOHyAwe2r7R6Lmk4iFCyOYA_ajd8IRy4dvkS9IF2lt0gD2hR-vJfIAlfk9UfRTXV86wFZpsznD1vN8ZQU8lGOQYp9ACjhQaUR0x12DzXg045C/s2015/bf+4.1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1926" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrQbNDov9LqgjCCbFrmhXPpROFFa5HzPHyOHyAwe2r7R6Lmk4iFCyOYA_ajd8IRy4dvkS9IF2lt0gD2hR-vJfIAlfk9UfRTXV86wFZpsznD1vN8ZQU8lGOQYp9ACjhQaUR0x12DzXg045C/w383-h400/bf+4.1.jpg" width="383" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">First Bathroom Flowers TM of the year!<br />April 1st<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">Penny cress, yellow rocket, garlic mustard, grape hyacinth, buttercup greens, and branches left over from my Xmas wreath. That garlic mustard is pretty strong when you cut it and I plan to try to cook with it this year.</span><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0dvZlqPVKXYbegvldWLCz_VDEJTLuXoT0QqPygBxMuRtXfK3lbhM9zTxUBBddy-1X2Fwr8oI2ntBbdXpohtn805uCOTcWHPQ8CO6PtuYjZSM2pZblB_hDC77cQzDyi2i7c_4QqEBdVRM/s2015/bf+4.14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1697" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0dvZlqPVKXYbegvldWLCz_VDEJTLuXoT0QqPygBxMuRtXfK3lbhM9zTxUBBddy-1X2Fwr8oI2ntBbdXpohtn805uCOTcWHPQ8CO6PtuYjZSM2pZblB_hDC77cQzDyi2i7c_4QqEBdVRM/w336-h400/bf+4.14.jpg" width="336" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This honker lasted a long time and this vase is not for sale.<br />April 14th<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">Crab apple, allysum, forsythia, dock, chickweed, and wheaty grass.</span><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnD37FTNVdS4ijrX60cp1GOmq_J2ghzCW-bXQXX9d5pP1l4NKUWhA2etFjrIcHaeeIs2ilSwcHcJpYG8dAr0AskPHnHJ1ZzyQr1T9QwGDaoGx8EbmFb0VuF0gg9OKhvyhDfzBtrKq83Gk/s2015/bf+4.7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1233" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnD37FTNVdS4ijrX60cp1GOmq_J2ghzCW-bXQXX9d5pP1l4NKUWhA2etFjrIcHaeeIs2ilSwcHcJpYG8dAr0AskPHnHJ1ZzyQr1T9QwGDaoGx8EbmFb0VuF0gg9OKhvyhDfzBtrKq83Gk/w245-h400/bf+4.7.jpg" width="245" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Going tall<br />April 7th<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Oxalis, catmint, Golden Alexander, scabiosa, yellow sweet clover, and some crazy bachelor buttons. This was particularly fragrant with the catmint and sweet clover (one of my favorites of all time!).</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRWhdjwaP28jIDbjeZiLzmas-y4UExm0Of2dwkMcVOdIf8oE9Qyvp1aaZUsnX38tP0udvuwYXXLaJDLa1YrqZEigN941Uvv0htZEEBiV0mmCk5PcEIlCt3T0udDQ_1y_0qz0M-z5XDJca/s960/bf+5.9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="837" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVRWhdjwaP28jIDbjeZiLzmas-y4UExm0Of2dwkMcVOdIf8oE9Qyvp1aaZUsnX38tP0udvuwYXXLaJDLa1YrqZEigN941Uvv0htZEEBiV0mmCk5PcEIlCt3T0udDQ_1y_0qz0M-z5XDJca/w349-h400/bf+5.9.jpg" width="349" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">(Love eyes emoji)<br />May 9th</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Roses, scabiosa, <a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2021/02/inspired-by-queen-annes-lace.html" target="_blank">Queen Anne's Lace</a>, yarrow, yellow sweet clover, aster, coreopsis, spiderwort, and oxalis. You want flowers to come back year after year and last a long time? Get thee some spiderwort! And Queen Anne's Lace! And yarrow! And basically everything in this bouquet. All perennials, mostly natives.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztov4EiPHJa22657hyphenhyphen7rtZ3swiH_tT_PnC3U4DNt_aqIQIEY18y9lT8OndBD6tOtbJOhtoyO6y8k61nLBLywK_1OyxsK3_QZaGJvK2vrwBM1-w916Sg-14oMvgc_2QwOT1v18LptGzpF7/s960/bf+5.25.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="727" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztov4EiPHJa22657hyphenhyphen7rtZ3swiH_tT_PnC3U4DNt_aqIQIEY18y9lT8OndBD6tOtbJOhtoyO6y8k61nLBLywK_1OyxsK3_QZaGJvK2vrwBM1-w916Sg-14oMvgc_2QwOT1v18LptGzpF7/w303-h400/bf+5.25.jpg" width="303" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Love this Queen's Vessel. Holds some girthy blooms.<br />May 25th<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">Allium, Golden Alexander, hydrangea, coreopsis, and mullein. That blue hydrangea didn't bloom much in 2020, but when she did, she blew my mind, as always.</span><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXR3q3Iaw2IQSB_H1bUbx9VdyTfDQ1_dNM9j0tS32LOu1pleidju-IgJYDdiD0EV3yUkUpxNIKej1B5_YzcGacAO0fYhOY99ZzGQ-Xqg6TrsauaUkzNtPh4ffsK5HczztY1aEK2wyIH1XV/s2015/bf+6.16.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2015" data-original-width="1630" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXR3q3Iaw2IQSB_H1bUbx9VdyTfDQ1_dNM9j0tS32LOu1pleidju-IgJYDdiD0EV3yUkUpxNIKej1B5_YzcGacAO0fYhOY99ZzGQ-Xqg6TrsauaUkzNtPh4ffsK5HczztY1aEK2wyIH1XV/w324-h400/bf+6.16.jpg" width="324" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Take all the scraps and stick them together!<br />June 16th</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Through many channels I've been able to identify most flowers I come across while walking or biking around. I was a flower-shop worker for a number of years, and, honestly, I'm better at arranging now...just like with drawing, sometimes things just have to marinate for a while in your brain juices for them to fully sink in.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hope you enjoyed this little detour, I have many more...it's a good reason to keep my bathroom counter cleared off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I post my Bathroom Flowers TM over on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> in real time! You can see where I get my blooms and how they fit in my bike basket.</span></p></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-87783575528198272782021-02-16T04:00:00.002-08:002021-02-16T04:00:06.030-08:00Learning to Draw II<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> By April I was already feeling better about my abilities and coming to terms with my handwriting. Age and not comparing myself to others drawing the same thing goes a long way! I was getting used to the tools and materials and finding what I liked best. Turns out, it was ink and detail brush. Thank you, Rapidograph Black India and the leftovers from my Design I class at KU.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Since everything shut down in mid March, I had a lot of time to draw and listen to books while trying to keep my existential dread at bay...</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuAM-1USLw_HIbsVV0uPZdex19cpB2cByTWTC6Vd_rS_naUK57NoStAPsiCXvD1fFVZ7WHgg2EGBzmV1mMIV9FLsMshgtcYXDEO41culchsS6HpkcTVbvatBCw4y95AlHUvkON2cQZAg-/s838/better4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="438" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyuAM-1USLw_HIbsVV0uPZdex19cpB2cByTWTC6Vd_rS_naUK57NoStAPsiCXvD1fFVZ7WHgg2EGBzmV1mMIV9FLsMshgtcYXDEO41culchsS6HpkcTVbvatBCw4y95AlHUvkON2cQZAg-/w209-h400/better4.jpg" width="209" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">pencil on painted newsprint</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1s9X9hLrJ_Dyu6ww88px8visuNl84Okut7tWoKUXTc8m8kBf9WReCh5qtrDr6Bvri4gAvhekubdst8leJxmupi26Co_W-0SHbkKB3sjLhJuAa9h3qM8E-aMLqA7VDRKl2BuRLgnxfc_m5/s1487/better3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1s9X9hLrJ_Dyu6ww88px8visuNl84Okut7tWoKUXTc8m8kBf9WReCh5qtrDr6Bvri4gAvhekubdst8leJxmupi26Co_W-0SHbkKB3sjLhJuAa9h3qM8E-aMLqA7VDRKl2BuRLgnxfc_m5/w269-h400/better3.jpg" width="269" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">daffodil with ink on painted newsprint<br />36 x 22 inches</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think this daf looks like it just sneezed...I was playing around making my own colored ink out of acrylic paint and spray gun medium, and spending more time on each drawing. On a walk after a rain, I took pictures of a daffodil patch, and immediately came home and drew it.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh7SHUUBh5qMzQ1ebp3rGxgsUaxDPsm3beXGJqBHFgVafJAbq00m9HDFQ-15OWLyq1H8fcvVzrtRuUeYVLZvKzIVXyKUestGrkGsA3dNYSPp7_xRwiqUQLc8ugUjAOJA0T7sd3qvjypeo/s1027/clover+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1027" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEh7SHUUBh5qMzQ1ebp3rGxgsUaxDPsm3beXGJqBHFgVafJAbq00m9HDFQ-15OWLyq1H8fcvVzrtRuUeYVLZvKzIVXyKUestGrkGsA3dNYSPp7_xRwiqUQLc8ugUjAOJA0T7sd3qvjypeo/w390-h400/clover+1.jpg" width="390" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">field clover head; ink on painted newsprint</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">A little too stylized but this one got me excited regardless as I was playing with washes and layering of ink.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xC1jFPfutlpKNjqtGJBiBcqZYllBGY9ySl7_X6A9tBfiR_srVZyX0zVVZ2MdMNnWh3uAuJGOSG4Lr1UWnsTNxOLr9iMo50Ls1twPrn_8WXwDVob-Og6bWyFYzm2KlMAaeALl0uP3af7r/s1269/better1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1269" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9xC1jFPfutlpKNjqtGJBiBcqZYllBGY9ySl7_X6A9tBfiR_srVZyX0zVVZ2MdMNnWh3uAuJGOSG4Lr1UWnsTNxOLr9iMo50Ls1twPrn_8WXwDVob-Og6bWyFYzm2KlMAaeALl0uP3af7r/w315-h400/better1.jpg" width="315" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rattlesnake Master<br />ink and paint on painted newsprint<br />22 x 18"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">If I have a color around, I will throw it on something in lieu of washing it down the drain. The messy background and simple drawing make me happy here.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwE5JUxaGYXCQdIgV0somLTgZpvS5b1ETIbwJUgiuJO83b8EMpPA2EKklh0u-wbd3omKRFCVGu5xElPT4FWVBo_vPIAY1fFy7w7JsRoqxtRpC1oaNyAyU6rokvYmYj7CtruSTXbNiboij/s1333/better2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwE5JUxaGYXCQdIgV0somLTgZpvS5b1ETIbwJUgiuJO83b8EMpPA2EKklh0u-wbd3omKRFCVGu5xElPT4FWVBo_vPIAY1fFy7w7JsRoqxtRpC1oaNyAyU6rokvYmYj7CtruSTXbNiboij/w300-h400/better2.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBzEqz35fRnEKQyTBT8tnyOfPcI8wnO2BerYtA7N7YIpZoLUdCMDjrDsnIZfJh-vWDXT0RidnAgc7mxJRxVLWNk6hOp2ayf292djJDSP-RW-nbRnchHqzNvRjeRmD0Az-t_wBdXM7F7tu/s960/better6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="646" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBzEqz35fRnEKQyTBT8tnyOfPcI8wnO2BerYtA7N7YIpZoLUdCMDjrDsnIZfJh-vWDXT0RidnAgc7mxJRxVLWNk6hOp2ayf292djJDSP-RW-nbRnchHqzNvRjeRmD0Az-t_wBdXM7F7tu/w268-h400/better6.jpg" width="268" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">striped squill found on a hike<br />36 x 22"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Really going after blown up small stuff and adding color here.</span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_Vhf5JOjmzHGoTcsvH4vJHSMN_8xIE4kR-VDR2rqtIg_t-befzxJ41Swvn_9rezaKrACVzZN3x3WAJzY0bsMAddk-hd8meawuhwAGIix_ENWdwbv5FqvQqyaqlAUmnHQ9voK0en68Abj/s897/surprise+lillies.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="585" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_Vhf5JOjmzHGoTcsvH4vJHSMN_8xIE4kR-VDR2rqtIg_t-befzxJ41Swvn_9rezaKrACVzZN3x3WAJzY0bsMAddk-hd8meawuhwAGIix_ENWdwbv5FqvQqyaqlAUmnHQ9voK0en68Abj/w261-h400/surprise+lillies.jpg" width="261" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">surprise lily greens that look like fries<br />22 x 18"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywOW2yF5EgeS0kFU6vrW9zUkESMA-excMPooWPfA8CRuB6GHuhTgSC5UWHZXjom-J0f5cnBH5nUbAjJM4MiFWujmaW4yHWxuDvPpkdHRCEpT-E4THEC8WFCTjwx8mtabRi9fuv5_MUCRc/s1665/better5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1665" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywOW2yF5EgeS0kFU6vrW9zUkESMA-excMPooWPfA8CRuB6GHuhTgSC5UWHZXjom-J0f5cnBH5nUbAjJM4MiFWujmaW4yHWxuDvPpkdHRCEpT-E4THEC8WFCTjwx8mtabRi9fuv5_MUCRc/w240-h400/better5.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I think this is birch???<br />ink on painted newsprint</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I began making more complicated drawings, letting my maximalism show through, and thinking of these are collages of drawn pictures...this is the first step.</span></p></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-56491233597205936182021-02-09T04:00:00.001-08:002021-02-09T04:00:12.143-08:00Learning to Draw I<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I've never considered myself very skilled at rendering images or drawing in any meaningful way. I can sketch out a plan to put wood pieces together or something like that, but, especially compared to my peers in college drawing classes, I basically was very bad. So I didn't draw for real for about sixteen years, give or take.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Then I got an idea to make big paintings of flowers and decided I needed to be able to draw to be able to paint. Initially what I wanted to do is just really pile weird stuff onto canvas, using up some of my infinite stash of paper ephemera, and then paint something sweet and simple on top.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Anyway, drawing is hard.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I found my old newsprint pad and charcoal from school. To save paper, I painted over the sketches with old house paint I had laying around and sketched again and again. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Started out very rough using images from a 1970's houseplant book to work from.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG333sMt3F1zheTwD4-GadUiXwqhfY4cJUUIayrZfnW27T60xYFc_kqMYGPhKtJLYcB2zfRMeaw_1IS-F-dY3eVUvEi1wFnHmy0DlXAlZeltWpzIQYL_W676MbpVTueGxZCG9J_r2AoT67/s1766/sketch+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG333sMt3F1zheTwD4-GadUiXwqhfY4cJUUIayrZfnW27T60xYFc_kqMYGPhKtJLYcB2zfRMeaw_1IS-F-dY3eVUvEi1wFnHmy0DlXAlZeltWpzIQYL_W676MbpVTueGxZCG9J_r2AoT67/w226-h400/sketch+1.jpg" width="226" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">oof...charcoal on newsprint</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9t0NCR5UURTkHQftponJSUYa0oNLnprEIxqdVYVgGiu4h1Y2mDDcNWsJuANsuIlSNZfYGe6oxIvIcctwSCui4nM02DtxlmA_BtIfRjtxmWM4zcBlkHQ4MtU-zUbUzpzq3o0ylR7vjOrZ/s1495/sketch+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1495" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9t0NCR5UURTkHQftponJSUYa0oNLnprEIxqdVYVgGiu4h1Y2mDDcNWsJuANsuIlSNZfYGe6oxIvIcctwSCui4nM02DtxlmA_BtIfRjtxmWM4zcBlkHQ4MtU-zUbUzpzq3o0ylR7vjOrZ/w268-h400/sketch+2.jpg" width="268" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">charcoal on newsprint</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">These were closer to the first idea flash I had when I decided to go down this road. One thought I had was to make ceramic planters and use those in my paintings, then sell them beside the canvases. I like tie-ins.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthVbBhgZyxFkwqcj1_v2yQ513-ZLBPskD4IFGn5Ex3njLogouYS0EltyE4Lf6Y1dqOqIh_0GLcHLxBUgFL33t_yE3c29u6gt2wizdVU_2DlDDt8zvNrd40V6wohbAcR4nnhnJ5M8Ca1rx/s1265/sketch+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjthVbBhgZyxFkwqcj1_v2yQ513-ZLBPskD4IFGn5Ex3njLogouYS0EltyE4Lf6Y1dqOqIh_0GLcHLxBUgFL33t_yE3c29u6gt2wizdVU_2DlDDt8zvNrd40V6wohbAcR4nnhnJ5M8Ca1rx/w316-h400/sketch+3.jpg" width="316" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">charcoal and pencil on painted newsprint<br />dried Yucca pods</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9XDangGe3KMG0tAJLrFilqHttMiCgXZfBIgRA0nB6KezYoGwslBlJbmGUI9iuFNH4iXdKhLqaIs6lJ6kMJmujB2yaS6VInRoUWID8yeWmmfasspVAwU49pU4G8lTukexFKAuMq28Yby0/s2279/sketch+4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2279" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9XDangGe3KMG0tAJLrFilqHttMiCgXZfBIgRA0nB6KezYoGwslBlJbmGUI9iuFNH4iXdKhLqaIs6lJ6kMJmujB2yaS6VInRoUWID8yeWmmfasspVAwU49pU4G8lTukexFKAuMq28Yby0/w280-h640/sketch+4.jpg" width="280" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">first use of ink and brush on newsprint</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMIoRlIB5ZV6QOtnzX6bBYgfs9CodII5FJRy6Y71w11IjMp86q8VtEmsJbDVpVIdIFNfIubmiu5157IRxBEUEnfv9i6ilZBy5aq0moDhxobnWWbfPnoGR6C2b7oLnFGTOMa0Ji_TCOcso/s872/drawing+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="872" data-original-width="606" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTMIoRlIB5ZV6QOtnzX6bBYgfs9CodII5FJRy6Y71w11IjMp86q8VtEmsJbDVpVIdIFNfIubmiu5157IRxBEUEnfv9i6ilZBy5aq0moDhxobnWWbfPnoGR6C2b7oLnFGTOMa0Ji_TCOcso/w278-h400/drawing+1.jpg" width="278" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Rattlesnake Master</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span> I kept working, trying to build up the very atrophied muscle in my brain that pushes my hand to make a line. </span>I liked the idea of being expressive, probably because then it wouldn't look as much like I didn't know what I was doing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJrPBw68bAMuSxTQKgzhx_x3D9EarVlRc_bEGgoTd7v-DlbZK4bjhxZnaLSybRww-9k5rUPkxzFvIc6qtKfl8WkywOgxKO4QwAQqh2vVmpiwF6qBkEHe49W7nVHMJiM3CgEKC8klAYRr7/s1101/dried+things.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1101" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaJrPBw68bAMuSxTQKgzhx_x3D9EarVlRc_bEGgoTd7v-DlbZK4bjhxZnaLSybRww-9k5rUPkxzFvIc6qtKfl8WkywOgxKO4QwAQqh2vVmpiwF6qBkEHe49W7nVHMJiM3CgEKC8klAYRr7/w400-h261/dried+things.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had a large collection of dried pods and stuff I focused on first.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HKOB-Cw9K8rrBDmjcKaka-hi__BWD6hPr1ObMBb_S2J1NfJH3whXJyTi_mZ4UaeWxRw81d7f_KJAn__IJipD4b0LdBBNHhwIE3ZU9bTohi232imqAMBCqKaqwfXp-9wcqEeafUml0N_R/s866/drawing+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="606" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0HKOB-Cw9K8rrBDmjcKaka-hi__BWD6hPr1ObMBb_S2J1NfJH3whXJyTi_mZ4UaeWxRw81d7f_KJAn__IJipD4b0LdBBNHhwIE3ZU9bTohi232imqAMBCqKaqwfXp-9wcqEeafUml0N_R/w280-h400/drawing+2.jpg" width="280" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I made this one up.</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1147" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4N1V4l8oDlWKrMM4FBgcOgNxjGLrwHcYBnbB6qM1ADKkdzJSwkvxox-nor8EPvDCXmuvbZmLO3wP-MXCGt8YyaHzh_qnPUaiB2hYv3x7-1XclMRJRGwGhYTTJT4hEHfaSpUcRScC9_dL/w251-h400/drawing+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="251" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Plantain and sweet clover</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4N1V4l8oDlWKrMM4FBgcOgNxjGLrwHcYBnbB6qM1ADKkdzJSwkvxox-nor8EPvDCXmuvbZmLO3wP-MXCGt8YyaHzh_qnPUaiB2hYv3x7-1XclMRJRGwGhYTTJT4hEHfaSpUcRScC9_dL/s1147/drawing+3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Started looking at pictures I took over the years for reference.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="675" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKBKc8c5nsKtpGWt_MWKTY046bMgjkbPO3nzDVxXvkO6HbS7dSAUTxGc7lyjc3Tg5J9XFvk8ESlX93CnE_vAoDwYNC3gCr1Ux85FA0Dy3NORu8U0LyW7JdhTVPseVwECgQB_E0fSMFPsJ/w271-h400/drawing+4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="271" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Antelope-horn Milkweed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKBKc8c5nsKtpGWt_MWKTY046bMgjkbPO3nzDVxXvkO6HbS7dSAUTxGc7lyjc3Tg5J9XFvk8ESlX93CnE_vAoDwYNC3gCr1Ux85FA0Dy3NORu8U0LyW7JdhTVPseVwECgQB_E0fSMFPsJ/s996/drawing+4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Maybe going super zoomed-in would be a thing I wanted to do? Worked for Georgia O'Keefe. </span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">This was the jumping off point of the rest of my year's art endeavors and a new series that will continue indefinitely. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">All this started in February 2020...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">If you want to see more process shots of drawings, check out the archived stories under the Drawing collection on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.<br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><br /></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-83844992355366420072021-02-04T04:00:00.001-08:002021-02-04T04:00:07.367-08:00Inspired by Queen Anne's Lace<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnxE0rhaBk6jKhFBuXL-3XpSro1BkosAtoQdOmckqYUICV263b5VtgkafaMKteOexejyhgQU9bLu6dlUZQiQiNfQKTLyu5sAIXu1PvtpPgANbh6O7umz2WBLsaRH_wFktFIzildRI3qdf/s2048/2016-07-01+19.30.46.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnxE0rhaBk6jKhFBuXL-3XpSro1BkosAtoQdOmckqYUICV263b5VtgkafaMKteOexejyhgQU9bLu6dlUZQiQiNfQKTLyu5sAIXu1PvtpPgANbh6O7umz2WBLsaRH_wFktFIzildRI3qdf/w400-h225/2016-07-01+19.30.46.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">This field is now an ugly apartment building on Troost and I'm pretty sore about it.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /> Queen Anne's Lace is one of my favorite things on Planet Earth. It's beautiful in the breeze, it feeds pollinators and caterpillars, and every part of it is edible (it's wild carrot, after all). Every stage of its life cycle is appealing to me, even the dried seed heads.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-natr2NK8ohmBcM-DJiKl2ZAuxBJd9xcwbISHv9F9PpKw_w60hc0cAeLQ8j2p_0qIhuNgY2vx6QnEwH9CvPeUsJvQ3PwMb-R-m2XJtkzp6bQR9c0g_B88FespyD8mQ-6rx50vHcF3OYjl/s1086/qal+seeds.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-natr2NK8ohmBcM-DJiKl2ZAuxBJd9xcwbISHv9F9PpKw_w60hc0cAeLQ8j2p_0qIhuNgY2vx6QnEwH9CvPeUsJvQ3PwMb-R-m2XJtkzp6bQR9c0g_B88FespyD8mQ-6rx50vHcF3OYjl/w398-h400/qal+seeds.jpg" width="398" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Playing with a little macro lens I got right up in that inspiration.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjYZGLLXRCTu2LIx62S6dHxnKFHEtH6s0ER-uQ6HZMnge_nFjMBRsp2lTWObjBH7W0f7vpT4Iu-YFdTNmAB0OlvSEaQcK8JHUBpXdd3QmC4mqKLPb07jvrwjLwwsmOZNkxj-eP5MDZRR7/s1333/macro24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfjYZGLLXRCTu2LIx62S6dHxnKFHEtH6s0ER-uQ6HZMnge_nFjMBRsp2lTWObjBH7W0f7vpT4Iu-YFdTNmAB0OlvSEaQcK8JHUBpXdd3QmC4mqKLPb07jvrwjLwwsmOZNkxj-eP5MDZRR7/w300-h400/macro24.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyljf9PD2Nd_A_NkRh3CnDtfxcDQui6NMlq5emnlkMhT1AAR2zHlpnWKJLFZyGauWOqKxQgpGjqwVNFLl0c9lvzRLf0W5stnJ5IjVVfUtUokocnxqB7oZeHudkFBGw8VipeB6VvMXaEHuR/s1000/macro25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyljf9PD2Nd_A_NkRh3CnDtfxcDQui6NMlq5emnlkMhT1AAR2zHlpnWKJLFZyGauWOqKxQgpGjqwVNFLl0c9lvzRLf0W5stnJ5IjVVfUtUokocnxqB7oZeHudkFBGw8VipeB6VvMXaEHuR/w400-h300/macro25.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBp0eyJUHlPum9ezdkIG7SZI3ucIUKvawqrBCtfcRl6im74y2St72TTrHPan1_sjVTo9oQpcv7uQ7WRsjNwmlq6JkJJY-IHw-wI2R_Vu2DxEruoLW89gFpMaYG6kV3ZxMoNVUKL3TaKOC/s1000/macro26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBp0eyJUHlPum9ezdkIG7SZI3ucIUKvawqrBCtfcRl6im74y2St72TTrHPan1_sjVTo9oQpcv7uQ7WRsjNwmlq6JkJJY-IHw-wI2R_Vu2DxEruoLW89gFpMaYG6kV3ZxMoNVUKL3TaKOC/w400-h300/macro26.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Is it going to eat me?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sketched a little. Actually, probably a lot, but I painted over most of them.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTiPkshDeinBEB_HBHu02FiTdF4DiRxqNcMDuoLv58kOhRRbytZTS_FsL5-fAaU3dYNeLowgclPU1bbFVHf9WzsmbYs4x3BZBEsjgXyDGyUqM8h7fE8NzZa9YGki-B1aExgcSyvBTlcOO/s1095/qal+skt1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1095" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTiPkshDeinBEB_HBHu02FiTdF4DiRxqNcMDuoLv58kOhRRbytZTS_FsL5-fAaU3dYNeLowgclPU1bbFVHf9WzsmbYs4x3BZBEsjgXyDGyUqM8h7fE8NzZa9YGki-B1aExgcSyvBTlcOO/w263-h400/qal+skt1.jpg" width="263" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03R0ytlZkjFg9K3LbgGNX5G_hoRLQNRDvks00x8EADjwofcwhYj8TZJ92thB8njWddZhcxmaWuRJMZoZp5uGm9QVeGmQBebY8fHtbz7tpvZUQiJAitQdaxh2cUAEo-ZrEFhiQ-OH5Rm_9/s979/qal+sk2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="979" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh03R0ytlZkjFg9K3LbgGNX5G_hoRLQNRDvks00x8EADjwofcwhYj8TZJ92thB8njWddZhcxmaWuRJMZoZp5uGm9QVeGmQBebY8fHtbz7tpvZUQiJAitQdaxh2cUAEo-ZrEFhiQ-OH5Rm_9/w294-h400/qal+sk2.jpg" width="294" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This one got me excited.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVxUUekdYAhy5_GEbY852z6IEfUckQRx3B3Bsw2IZlDEcfChaynveAX4BV6Chbo9ygq6hv8PmSIVf6gy_kVDN8PEvWJGxe8k8gMzeeO4tRxZ6kG8Sr25r-h0kesrsXMUfmKDYzOsfir3s/s1229/qal+skt+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVxUUekdYAhy5_GEbY852z6IEfUckQRx3B3Bsw2IZlDEcfChaynveAX4BV6Chbo9ygq6hv8PmSIVf6gy_kVDN8PEvWJGxe8k8gMzeeO4tRxZ6kG8Sr25r-h0kesrsXMUfmKDYzOsfir3s/w325-h400/qal+skt+6.jpg" width="325" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">another sketch that has been painted over</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span><br />So I decided to lay the groundwork on the canvas...these images were pulled from my Instagram, and were taken in my makeshift basement painting studio, so they're not great but I like to show process shots.</span></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67EtmpEctoWmDDlIA1RBmJo0A05rl-d7BUFK8biMHkmJVe_RlagjWgHWlsaWOw83b3S1honMm2t6FqcadRP3ukG6DmpdKia0fss1b9jgNvSHqXPMIGZ0GDVLrAzXoe2_NAMl8yBrHEGjv/s1834/qal+sk9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1834" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg67EtmpEctoWmDDlIA1RBmJo0A05rl-d7BUFK8biMHkmJVe_RlagjWgHWlsaWOw83b3S1honMm2t6FqcadRP3ukG6DmpdKia0fss1b9jgNvSHqXPMIGZ0GDVLrAzXoe2_NAMl8yBrHEGjv/w400-h239/qal+sk9.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">There were several more layers of paint than this, but the point is that I put a lot of color in this then washed it out and added papers and whatnot.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HCSHmL3F_dA0MITpVSXibWR2lChn6O8HEFoQVDh3J23By6C4iJbN2wvsz9MWGxvmDIFmoSdQyJ4kRpUV0acQ-p8TMYTGOELfBpIqz3dTYRl9EsQ27XRlduvZthQGRES_CKtlyTt2Tv3c/s1199/qal+sk7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></a></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HCSHmL3F_dA0MITpVSXibWR2lChn6O8HEFoQVDh3J23By6C4iJbN2wvsz9MWGxvmDIFmoSdQyJ4kRpUV0acQ-p8TMYTGOELfBpIqz3dTYRl9EsQ27XRlduvZthQGRES_CKtlyTt2Tv3c/s1199/qal+sk7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HCSHmL3F_dA0MITpVSXibWR2lChn6O8HEFoQVDh3J23By6C4iJbN2wvsz9MWGxvmDIFmoSdQyJ4kRpUV0acQ-p8TMYTGOELfBpIqz3dTYRl9EsQ27XRlduvZthQGRES_CKtlyTt2Tv3c/w240-h400/qal+sk7.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This stranger lives inside the painting forever.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4twXZNH4lusrbW6FAneFjA4n4MFAKwFnmNdEHfSZIWPFFg4fxeysKU-bTE3YJWmBWymwoT6shjZmhrv2UV9zeSOOpOQaLmPOnjFdycGp7653BHFQtRA_RA7Mi1ZnRAr3IaQ5oyphsSX8I/s1199/qal+sk4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4twXZNH4lusrbW6FAneFjA4n4MFAKwFnmNdEHfSZIWPFFg4fxeysKU-bTE3YJWmBWymwoT6shjZmhrv2UV9zeSOOpOQaLmPOnjFdycGp7653BHFQtRA_RA7Mi1ZnRAr3IaQ5oyphsSX8I/w240-h400/qal+sk4.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I scratched into the surface like I was doing to my ceramics at the time.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgvk1ksPkBem52fhrFpIaSrx86NP5nF2954Pu-Y3jxKPNMZOOZu0kdwXbbAqU30x2_0LbJHPfX8FSg8KU6dlk0If7V_Z5Z0JU7HZQJq0rQKk6PrzymISF4YvhE08FB4ErbzFt7ZYet7sk/s1089/qal+sk3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="505" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgvk1ksPkBem52fhrFpIaSrx86NP5nF2954Pu-Y3jxKPNMZOOZu0kdwXbbAqU30x2_0LbJHPfX8FSg8KU6dlk0If7V_Z5Z0JU7HZQJq0rQKk6PrzymISF4YvhE08FB4ErbzFt7ZYet7sk/w185-h400/qal+sk3.jpg" width="185" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Last step before adding ink and paint.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TaksvRozvcpho8HOsptMQ4txBz98CTs8C6a1D6k3nRc1sZ-hGdafglylI-aKxGhqN3HtytoqY8PVzEihZZ4hrI9D1DrZzIQ0wP9d4t4QN_FB0nvb1mnhfAZVyKUI139-P6EikOlpAVrw/s1333/qal+big+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7TaksvRozvcpho8HOsptMQ4txBz98CTs8C6a1D6k3nRc1sZ-hGdafglylI-aKxGhqN3HtytoqY8PVzEihZZ4hrI9D1DrZzIQ0wP9d4t4QN_FB0nvb1mnhfAZVyKUI139-P6EikOlpAVrw/w480-h640/qal+big+1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Aliens? What is this?</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0mlTwvPAcXseaSSh0rS-UGJ8mLPddtgoJVhDE9umobqSvLMGIaqJCS0fmmHhLp_d0qg-kKu3XZws-BI90lfDXzQFdNsWWaPK4_Yq8xjxsL5TeIa-2flTjqnitm1Ds-5WcGXUezsRKgIz/s1199/qal+big+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv0mlTwvPAcXseaSSh0rS-UGJ8mLPddtgoJVhDE9umobqSvLMGIaqJCS0fmmHhLp_d0qg-kKu3XZws-BI90lfDXzQFdNsWWaPK4_Yq8xjxsL5TeIa-2flTjqnitm1Ds-5WcGXUezsRKgIz/w240-h400/qal+big+2.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Weird I'd reference O'Keefe...not vaginal at all.<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">In summation--I made a few more, but using this single type of design didn't bring me joy like the repeated use of orzos does--although this is quite a similar shape when you get down to it. I'm glad I went through this exercise, as it got me to start drawing, which led to a lot of very good things, but for now I'm going to be keeping this idea on the back burner. Summer 2019 I got a wild hair to buy hundreds of feet of canvas, so I think the spark was that I was trying to figure out how to use it and make bigger work in general.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">See current works in progress on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</span></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-75204727591056989232021-02-02T04:00:00.000-08:002021-02-02T04:00:00.497-08:00Incised Ceramics II<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Before the <a href="https://www.kcclayguild.org/" target="_blank">KC Clay Guild</a> shut down in March along with everything else, I started working on some planters and incised flower themed pieces. After six months of letting ideas ruminate, I had a nice little group of cuties when our class started up again in September. Several ended up at the <a href="https://shop.kemperart.org/collections/ceramics?page=7" target="_blank">Kemper Museum Shop</a>, and the rest are available directly from me <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank">online</a>.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;">First I hand-built the base forms, playing around with adding shapes together. Then, while the clay was still a bit soft (leather hard for those in the know), I carved lines into the surface, this time with either a needle tool or pencil, depending on how thick I wanted the lines. Before the first firing I painted underglaze in several colors on the designs.</span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJz7f_uFG78G7n840Nm7lmFfoqZRoc4HhB5ugNa_7nTJNm8UKXuGU6oM9Elu4uXh-Met0gNgVkHocT592zV2R0oT92rqwvw3qEkQbJXvg2mJvc-NDZ8cYD6i6GuHmJJydnARnF2SADSDB/s1000/green+planters.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="393" data-original-width="1000" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRJz7f_uFG78G7n840Nm7lmFfoqZRoc4HhB5ugNa_7nTJNm8UKXuGU6oM9Elu4uXh-Met0gNgVkHocT592zV2R0oT92rqwvw3qEkQbJXvg2mJvc-NDZ8cYD6i6GuHmJJydnARnF2SADSDB/w400-h158/green+planters.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">group of planters and vases</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyp1bImAPdrfr1oNb2fxmiEOBGnjZItjnXk1-PwEqBDKG0pwh_VrClM68NkyQXXxe74_5cjGMS9zysR93BMYWiuKJ3LNjBnBWesEl7L-HqaJJFpqRcKvfuuygNP-Pb_NkeFfY_oUlC8-4p/s1028/planters+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1028" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyp1bImAPdrfr1oNb2fxmiEOBGnjZItjnXk1-PwEqBDKG0pwh_VrClM68NkyQXXxe74_5cjGMS9zysR93BMYWiuKJ3LNjBnBWesEl7L-HqaJJFpqRcKvfuuygNP-Pb_NkeFfY_oUlC8-4p/w400-h289/planters+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">carved</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hXTpmmjBIVEn5zOk7H-9n5DDjHbq-cbaAh-HKxeLth00h3XzgjDd-YiT0glkoJfjth3itchpedIQDNMtglg3_fX0z8Gbe3pYYFDbjiNRxpPq0tOx3iWkNQiZKb1yDMugcnmVxSUOsiXY/s1079/planters+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="1079" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0hXTpmmjBIVEn5zOk7H-9n5DDjHbq-cbaAh-HKxeLth00h3XzgjDd-YiT0glkoJfjth3itchpedIQDNMtglg3_fX0z8Gbe3pYYFDbjiNRxpPq0tOx3iWkNQiZKb1yDMugcnmVxSUOsiXY/w400-h223/planters+2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">underglazed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">After they came out, I added clear glaze and more underglaze into the lines of some.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNLuH_hyphenhyphenSiAdxucpkODB_eTW2RDeHRBuKEriPCK7zlPgPsYlwzybcOosatVkZKeLhUiCxWb9I_S9GwJhzma-aB9paDtvk7UucWtw3YM3gx5W7D5UW5A71fjs7wcMsqxRNP1r21wMI9xES/s1000/YelOr+Planter+6.6.6.+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSNLuH_hyphenhyphenSiAdxucpkODB_eTW2RDeHRBuKEriPCK7zlPgPsYlwzybcOosatVkZKeLhUiCxWb9I_S9GwJhzma-aB9paDtvk7UucWtw3YM3gx5W7D5UW5A71fjs7wcMsqxRNP1r21wMI9xES/w400-h400/YelOr+Planter+6.6.6.+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">finished planter with clear glaze<br />sold</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlb0rgL7tFN_dtyx-ecihF0icPl90vu8FJz_JXXQ4tyS7ItkkZ2RUsGsEPrpHBKpbN-66rXi7RLYX-CEvP0FComGB2vix9a6XzAVmQDl8Nmrl2ZEHivt0LeKzq9-RRbotpeWpOkbmVFEK/s1091/p+dub+vase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1091" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAlb0rgL7tFN_dtyx-ecihF0icPl90vu8FJz_JXXQ4tyS7ItkkZ2RUsGsEPrpHBKpbN-66rXi7RLYX-CEvP0FComGB2vix9a6XzAVmQDl8Nmrl2ZEHivt0LeKzq9-RRbotpeWpOkbmVFEK/w400-h394/p+dub+vase.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">vase with copper wash and underglazes<br />available at Kemper Museum Shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP91HiVHY2EIlC7mFvbEj3XNUKXX3AP45xZfpjKYqbqAk0TrUslPBOkr_8-vrV6GMRYwexVYE0eylUDEfPDr8fXUorx_69LbWXQrcJC967kzIkSNl84IBlf-uwxNqgXL26oRgWzYz5Kvv/s1075/blue+flo+planter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEP91HiVHY2EIlC7mFvbEj3XNUKXX3AP45xZfpjKYqbqAk0TrUslPBOkr_8-vrV6GMRYwexVYE0eylUDEfPDr8fXUorx_69LbWXQrcJC967kzIkSNl84IBlf-uwxNqgXL26oRgWzYz5Kvv/w371-h400/blue+flo+planter.jpg" width="371" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">underglazed and glazed planter<br />available at Kemper Museum Shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ48chDVIWXr3pEz_8hU20KzLIzcgbg2lNWMiK6FKtEs-5im1bhBB7JQD6BDnWM9AUpaUc-PBG-q6xzN2Q7Faj5nHdHtu3oFparZjFvit24WEjwnPrt2-3_Cl1T4kuPWm01U0NNCtCtFY7/s1000/spiky+flo+vase.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="1000" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ48chDVIWXr3pEz_8hU20KzLIzcgbg2lNWMiK6FKtEs-5im1bhBB7JQD6BDnWM9AUpaUc-PBG-q6xzN2Q7Faj5nHdHtu3oFparZjFvit24WEjwnPrt2-3_Cl1T4kuPWm01U0NNCtCtFY7/w400-h388/spiky+flo+vase.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">glazed and underglaze vase<br />available at Kemper Museum Shop</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6O6cpEvskqGiKIdo3wrSGL4OXXnCP6nNxiUgXjw91CACEX5FZ6a_VlxLIMeRkROkho95_en7Nnw_9HjQ1kWZc2-Emw8vAMezCe6ay0hVwy9zRgeru2QgdZPoLl4_Y2_rzg4sur4jSCc2/s1000/Blue+Oval+vase+4.5x6x6+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-6O6cpEvskqGiKIdo3wrSGL4OXXnCP6nNxiUgXjw91CACEX5FZ6a_VlxLIMeRkROkho95_en7Nnw_9HjQ1kWZc2-Emw8vAMezCe6ay0hVwy9zRgeru2QgdZPoLl4_Y2_rzg4sur4jSCc2/w400-h400/Blue+Oval+vase+4.5x6x6+1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">finished vase with clear glaze and blue underglazed lines</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Those links again:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.kcclayguild.org/" target="_blank">KC Clay Guild</a></span></p><p><a href="https://shop.kemperart.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Kemper Museum Shop</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Eighty Acres Art Ceramics </span></a></p></div></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-72824087920222552882021-01-28T04:00:00.001-08:002021-01-28T04:00:12.945-08:00Orzos on Metal<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Early in the year I was still making Orzo pieces and working on backgrounds for future orzo-ing.</span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxV8ZUhVWeWiI4xdZvJ19k-TBMAKfSJ72arcP-U0yAnGTlgXRDVhrMylFVvA4rmElpMX6Z1ZCas48XDONLSyq_a6T9A5QozXQk_Eg8hfUuM8qgnxo0DNXm783HKF23UZBi7e8N0ktyNdJR/s1063/orz+1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxV8ZUhVWeWiI4xdZvJ19k-TBMAKfSJ72arcP-U0yAnGTlgXRDVhrMylFVvA4rmElpMX6Z1ZCas48XDONLSyq_a6T9A5QozXQk_Eg8hfUuM8qgnxo0DNXm783HKF23UZBi7e8N0ktyNdJR/w376-h400/orz+1.jpg" width="376" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I cannibalized a less-than-satisfactory piece to make a new thing.<br />I picked off most of the first draft of the re-do anyway.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShvdxgN3P8w7j9ySZAObFDXg3QjjZKus9IU0z1ker_IL-LAdEt5tQXq6inKd5yAVUuZjWXxY2bBV8B5wTAKdNH3wT9dcY4XpN9IyYobEKQxAt4gt7iTgZh6Dzl9QDUOZaLyuAnnpJLivN/s1000/orz+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhShvdxgN3P8w7j9ySZAObFDXg3QjjZKus9IU0z1ker_IL-LAdEt5tQXq6inKd5yAVUuZjWXxY2bBV8B5wTAKdNH3wT9dcY4XpN9IyYobEKQxAt4gt7iTgZh6Dzl9QDUOZaLyuAnnpJLivN/w400-h300/orz+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I decided to stick with one color of vinyl for this one after a few starts with more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JhQAGvZs5brQN42JVcQDM6L3EYq3VoQzmh85sAhVXjO4YV6F5zmFFShbk2o9FgEVkLmXmzWljFYjFydGg6ndafubR0m-P-JG2EucbD-AP5QLjpa_zSfPWRrJ7rOlm5cyAjmDbHs-_MxG/s2048/Atmospheric+Splendor+30D.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JhQAGvZs5brQN42JVcQDM6L3EYq3VoQzmh85sAhVXjO4YV6F5zmFFShbk2o9FgEVkLmXmzWljFYjFydGg6ndafubR0m-P-JG2EucbD-AP5QLjpa_zSfPWRrJ7rOlm5cyAjmDbHs-_MxG/w400-h400/Atmospheric+Splendor+30D.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Atmospheric Splendor<br />vinyl on painted aluminum<br />30 inch diameter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rAs26TXZQLMUGupbM8K6vwMg4mEnjRfsQ41bMQCxsexJqyd7THIxYSBNQDiQYSccLkJn0lR88Rx3VWQHrl49SvOfldCAS479U1FGGhyphenhyphenTh-JtiRP9TMTHwAt8xJH_pNsSLDtrY0td21dL/s1333/orz+4.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rAs26TXZQLMUGupbM8K6vwMg4mEnjRfsQ41bMQCxsexJqyd7THIxYSBNQDiQYSccLkJn0lR88Rx3VWQHrl49SvOfldCAS479U1FGGhyphenhyphenTh-JtiRP9TMTHwAt8xJH_pNsSLDtrY0td21dL/w300-h400/orz+4.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I globbed on many layers and colors, scraping, sanding, and watering down as I went, and using whatever I had on the brush from one piece to start work on the next. This is how you can tell they're related. We had a few nice enough days in February for me to spread out in the backyard and fling color safely.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrN6sYglZB_o_2veBBt3JeJgWD36R3oP-tqKGPOcUgeJnTFielbvEuIYa4sww8Ky1HxKYOtGgiCB9fOHaYaCNcmUJuP7ECfnCaoiDCPI_JvQxISSnwNTqlaiZjaHNr2V4aCfh7AI07U-Q/s1000/orz+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1000" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrN6sYglZB_o_2veBBt3JeJgWD36R3oP-tqKGPOcUgeJnTFielbvEuIYa4sww8Ky1HxKYOtGgiCB9fOHaYaCNcmUJuP7ECfnCaoiDCPI_JvQxISSnwNTqlaiZjaHNr2V4aCfh7AI07U-Q/w400-h335/orz+3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The lineup.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finished backgrounds...<br /></span><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjpZ4SarAV8oIgcCkAltvuQi76IsW1FFyKTj7yEtDB43unvQve-Li8tbzRJgKit60v20IRXb1nFOuQKc6U-P59qtllqwycvGeKQW9xC3xuG-Gzkp8U9rc8F9FUuY53W8W0zthgcEpek8v/s1074/36D+background2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjpZ4SarAV8oIgcCkAltvuQi76IsW1FFyKTj7yEtDB43unvQve-Li8tbzRJgKit60v20IRXb1nFOuQKc6U-P59qtllqwycvGeKQW9xC3xuG-Gzkp8U9rc8F9FUuY53W8W0zthgcEpek8v/w371-h400/36D+background2.jpg" width="371" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">36" diameter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDL1R3MV3Xg1x2GGoz1wxpzw84u_yBzSuoWVK8r2LNtchvdUJn7rLemDDI7zVrELQPU5N8KpkrG3e-rZLs4Upb41ii301y2GkHIfi90HjokGmAAlITVuP1Jqh4SuY4RD0yFKRYdunOvQ8/s1006/2424+background1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDL1R3MV3Xg1x2GGoz1wxpzw84u_yBzSuoWVK8r2LNtchvdUJn7rLemDDI7zVrELQPU5N8KpkrG3e-rZLs4Upb41ii301y2GkHIfi90HjokGmAAlITVuP1Jqh4SuY4RD0yFKRYdunOvQ8/w396-h400/2424+background1.jpg" width="396" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">24 x 24" cannibalized</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember how I <a href="https://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2018/08/cannibalized.html" target="_blank">cannibalize </a>my pieces? This is one.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOoPWQoorOFli_574fAguy646f1FkMHd_cNgrIhB7hPplg161rMTAoryqcArfzZYQO3_UfcGVlrsZqqPehX5QV2-Yvd9To5p62J31JlQQe9pQoHaacQzD-Qa2bVS8MYnFz_UxDFayikRL/s1084/36D+background1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1084" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHOoPWQoorOFli_574fAguy646f1FkMHd_cNgrIhB7hPplg161rMTAoryqcArfzZYQO3_UfcGVlrsZqqPehX5QV2-Yvd9To5p62J31JlQQe9pQoHaacQzD-Qa2bVS8MYnFz_UxDFayikRL/w369-h400/36D+background1.jpg" width="369" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">36" diameter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRhAplFYKTlI0THwmZIJ5CYtadplt-R_ZxHa6lNv5rtxK1ia4jcJv44ia6vxHEo95M__VGW6_TU1XcKAa5Cx2KjRKNsiJlZFjpn693oJ4mj1I7Ph-kB01mrPsY7sM1oE6kJV3Oj1-YHaX/s1000/36D+background1.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRhAplFYKTlI0THwmZIJ5CYtadplt-R_ZxHa6lNv5rtxK1ia4jcJv44ia6vxHEo95M__VGW6_TU1XcKAa5Cx2KjRKNsiJlZFjpn693oJ4mj1I7Ph-kB01mrPsY7sM1oE6kJV3Oj1-YHaX/w400-h400/36D+background1.2.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span>Super thick paint, sanded and watered down, and done again a few times...nice and dimensional.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">After prepping several surfaces, I didn't do anything with them...or I haven't so far. It's not abandonment, it's waiting for the right time. For this artist, that could be years from now. If you've seen my collection of things (not a hoard), you can understand how I can work like this.</span></p>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-35104294147189046972021-01-26T04:00:00.001-08:002021-01-26T04:00:01.996-08:00Incised Ceramics I<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I went on quite a streak of trying a new technique at the beginning of the year--incising ceramics. I was inspired by this cute metal vase I saw at <a href="https://www.urbanminingvintage.com/" target="_blank">Urban Mining</a> and a <a href="https://www.kafanov.com/" target="_blank">Vasily Kafanov</a> plate I came across online.<br /><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXFqfChpWjCXshrQpGXSCjQmTNKBsIbIKWI_a-HBd7TXUs7EwErkfGjoipd2n9tAbONfTz3FMh7o6d775kWw_dv1UX2Z6BPtUw94fIuZ9ADnOsEOoxIUe1-WTh6yk-349c58PUCEzoHfB/s1000/incised1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="1000" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXFqfChpWjCXshrQpGXSCjQmTNKBsIbIKWI_a-HBd7TXUs7EwErkfGjoipd2n9tAbONfTz3FMh7o6d775kWw_dv1UX2Z6BPtUw94fIuZ9ADnOsEOoxIUe1-WTh6yk-349c58PUCEzoHfB/w400-h280/incised1.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I don't even know what those are supposed to be.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLorw2cxXd8lofgh-njIpoVY-pkswk7CpHxYv-hca5j2jQoG77gQUJAluMGRvvxZCq7Jy3NWn-_EauyamYLc2N1RqJZ-nJDn7Qb9zXtEndmFTwZL1npFHV03BH1yGqO8Vh9c3YpxTFDjW/s743/Vasily+Kafanov.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="743" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijLorw2cxXd8lofgh-njIpoVY-pkswk7CpHxYv-hca5j2jQoG77gQUJAluMGRvvxZCq7Jy3NWn-_EauyamYLc2N1RqJZ-nJDn7Qb9zXtEndmFTwZL1npFHV03BH1yGqO8Vh9c3YpxTFDjW/w400-h396/Vasily+Kafanov.JPG" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Vasily Kafanov<br /><a href="https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vasily-kafanov-russian-1952-ceramic-1756922688" target="_blank">h/t Worthpoint</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">This even preceded my bigger drawings, and now that I think about it, I'm sure was an early step in producing those.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">A friend gave me some cool porcupine quills...they were sitting near me so I used them to dig into the soft--but not too soft!--surface to make some lines deep enough to hold underglaze and make a crisp line.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyemlSmFHsWHILaNki7oz63bYPhBRsM9TRbxhWsOIG-r69_uDGJiNGm7dBuycw3-CfeA0PoSjGksyvzo-bPlWr-GahANNqZEeKRNNeM3dOXb7jhwX3wH6W9gT6TLozKB4Ih16PbDpnHUA/s2048/incised4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1958" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyemlSmFHsWHILaNki7oz63bYPhBRsM9TRbxhWsOIG-r69_uDGJiNGm7dBuycw3-CfeA0PoSjGksyvzo-bPlWr-GahANNqZEeKRNNeM3dOXb7jhwX3wH6W9gT6TLozKB4Ih16PbDpnHUA/w381-h400/incised4.jpg" width="381" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carved with a porcupine quill.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUxXe4-PZBQktaojec1b6MDXpeB2vq1cqjqQGiQcmgu-dqU16Sx7hEgDfVWdT7pYUEmKN_ICjqMGweitp_n8-aDg7Y8VeNaE37aTdmH5-O2IK_YlLFrMap3USG8BPqzoLgOAz_i2AuUPl/s1000/incised5.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXUxXe4-PZBQktaojec1b6MDXpeB2vq1cqjqQGiQcmgu-dqU16Sx7hEgDfVWdT7pYUEmKN_ICjqMGweitp_n8-aDg7Y8VeNaE37aTdmH5-O2IK_YlLFrMap3USG8BPqzoLgOAz_i2AuUPl/w400-h400/incised5.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fired to cone 6 with underglaze and clear glaze.<br />Decorative wall plate.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qqJtTpvp_yjng09-GRSpo0jKhB9mEIu050Jdtfwc-hCDN7vaAZqTo0sWfSjtl3ConrWRdM9mOCJsn0eUwQYH0DV0gB5hurqu8Lp4FJO30K59uurD5zrika9WH0kyOkflaCnPQGrrEWLt/s1110/incised2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qqJtTpvp_yjng09-GRSpo0jKhB9mEIu050Jdtfwc-hCDN7vaAZqTo0sWfSjtl3ConrWRdM9mOCJsn0eUwQYH0DV0gB5hurqu8Lp4FJO30K59uurD5zrika9WH0kyOkflaCnPQGrrEWLt/w359-h400/incised2.jpg" width="359" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">pinch pot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgYxgWe2M0acVo1MbE1BZV2dmOZohMJdzxF_H7auDLNIv3V0dQvOYm8A7q7FnNxN_7iOjxsfrT-tB6pr28h_86pwooXx9_ziBoiHkyCCJF1EtdYX_7tH2HL4Yyrn9gY6sgPWPWkPgDsvA/s960/incised3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="960" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgYxgWe2M0acVo1MbE1BZV2dmOZohMJdzxF_H7auDLNIv3V0dQvOYm8A7q7FnNxN_7iOjxsfrT-tB6pr28h_86pwooXx9_ziBoiHkyCCJF1EtdYX_7tH2HL4Yyrn9gY6sgPWPWkPgDsvA/w400-h391/incised3.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">yes, please.<br />cone 10, b-mix, underglaze, copper wash, glaze</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span></span></span></div></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">This is my favorite early one, but I haven't been able to recreate it. Instead of underglaze in the lines, I used copper wash. Copper reacts with glaze and the different environs of whatever kiln fire it's in differently. This was finished in February.<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28DRuI8C0vV4AJGWP4jds5PGZODWG8yh7DqTK_-W_68S21NPpoKIugZzDduuPzRMkBC6x-fUvOkYMblha6YBrWlOhpBsVw2nwDHmEH15d40CgN28asL9xw4gQaShfspsVQ09kHH9nxBJj/s2048/incised6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg28DRuI8C0vV4AJGWP4jds5PGZODWG8yh7DqTK_-W_68S21NPpoKIugZzDduuPzRMkBC6x-fUvOkYMblha6YBrWlOhpBsVw2nwDHmEH15d40CgN28asL9xw4gQaShfspsVQ09kHH9nxBJj/w308-h400/incised6.jpg" width="308" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">cute bebe cat planter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;">I began to think maybe just black lines with a touch of color could be a nice way to go.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbbS-aDBOq8BrPs60Zbp72jQ7QhWYFm3u7UG3sB5iPqsiAtKmHJQl0qBWqnDoV4xncof81k5p3z_g4dJv4RJ8R6Qt_Wxy2EMezXAgEUmMokH-nP6R18UJ3MCN5MQjFdY981JbnUyq1_Ew/s593/incised8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLbbS-aDBOq8BrPs60Zbp72jQ7QhWYFm3u7UG3sB5iPqsiAtKmHJQl0qBWqnDoV4xncof81k5p3z_g4dJv4RJ8R6Qt_Wxy2EMezXAgEUmMokH-nP6R18UJ3MCN5MQjFdY981JbnUyq1_Ew/w240-h400/incised8.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">no thanks</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I also used copper on this vase and, although many of my friends actually really like it, I hate the way it came out, looking like bloody scratches with pink flashing. If it was just a geometric or organic design not meant to be representational, I think I definitely would have run with this application.</span><p></p><br />Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-90840511524191466772021-01-19T04:00:00.009-08:002021-01-19T04:00:06.774-08:00Kansas City Artist Coalition art auction <p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrr2W0sC9k1Pb_6KyCUe4SEjuCC8BfKY9y61lSp4BUzLHBNA5y8r5IpNQSRUr4l-RHXwQKjfiCfJtYqEd4-q15VHAOgGFsEBjT9g99KNsDGUOfJqMZXGaFT97jFlFsQb3MbWk6KLPmCu72/s2048/18dia+Give+Me+One+Prairie+Day.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrr2W0sC9k1Pb_6KyCUe4SEjuCC8BfKY9y61lSp4BUzLHBNA5y8r5IpNQSRUr4l-RHXwQKjfiCfJtYqEd4-q15VHAOgGFsEBjT9g99KNsDGUOfJqMZXGaFT97jFlFsQb3MbWk6KLPmCu72/s320/18dia+Give+Me+One+Prairie+Day.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Give Me One Prairie Day!<br />18 inch diameter<br />vinyl on painted aluminum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />The last party I went to was the annual <a href="https://kansascityartistscoalition.org/" target="_blank">KCAC</a> art auction...back in February. After over three decades in the City Market, they relocated just a few blocks from my house in Midtown. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">I donated the above piece to the live auction, and it was bananas! We all had so much fun and it sucks that we won't be able to get together this year in person. But the event is going <a href="https://kansascityartistscoalition.org/support/auction/" target="_blank">on virtually</a> with just as much gusto as ever! Bonus...wear your PJs and don't worry about how you're getting home!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">This year, you can bid on one of my Orzo pieces included in the <a href="https://www.kemperart.org/exhibitions/women-watch-metals" target="_blank">Kemper Museum</a> exhibition <b>Women to Watch | Metals </b></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OpD1HB_nznD4p2VSBmYPGA1nG_rcS4jXE25LeKeN36vq5ciJCztNJbiPtObntCM7VOHUcfLcSBryj0z1p7WoI6xK-xWjYho0j4_zeOdi6LLssN8oXGMhtU2j2yWyy-6Y5PAYi_Az2y-8/s2993/12w36h+Spark.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2993" data-original-width="1050" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4OpD1HB_nznD4p2VSBmYPGA1nG_rcS4jXE25LeKeN36vq5ciJCztNJbiPtObntCM7VOHUcfLcSBryj0z1p7WoI6xK-xWjYho0j4_zeOdi6LLssN8oXGMhtU2j2yWyy-6Y5PAYi_Az2y-8/w224-h640/12w36h+Spark.jpg" width="224" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Spark<br />36 x 12 inches<br />vinyl on painted aluminum<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCZS91KnTD7AR3t1FDWwyavQqG96e64WsTWrFOEHdNOOknAByFJAjbaQ_zr108qNBmJPiWWANHPtHwWL-Y4ZvE4nw7qvVr47dQ56at5IKvvQWMRUxD09KqHhnBrTi9nQdUD0JQeCwI_bI/s1000/spark.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCZS91KnTD7AR3t1FDWwyavQqG96e64WsTWrFOEHdNOOknAByFJAjbaQ_zr108qNBmJPiWWANHPtHwWL-Y4ZvE4nw7qvVr47dQ56at5IKvvQWMRUxD09KqHhnBrTi9nQdUD0JQeCwI_bI/w400-h300/spark.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On the wall of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Be sure to follow KCAC on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kcartistscoalition/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kcartistscoalition/" target="_blank">Facebook </a>for updates and support opportunities!</span></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-7158009893206498762021-01-12T04:00:00.009-08:002021-01-12T04:00:00.246-08:00It's 2021 I guess<p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> So, okay, I basically skipped 2020. As I'm sure most of us can say, having a lot of time in a new way does not always give us the motivation to do all those things you've always wanted to do. So, I'm going to share what happened in my creative life over the last year here in the new year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mostly I rediscovered drawing, took six months off ceramics, biked, and looked at flowers. I also ate a lot of ice cream and frozen custard. Oh, and I opened an online ceramics (for now) <a href="https://eightyacresart.square.site/" target="_blank">store </a>in December.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We're all playing catch up and looking back at a weird time...and looking forward to a new, better normal.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjPqXWQLzmZ8Hbt68QWkTpOO3CWirvoRfqHc_LmzOWh_-e-DlIPEZ00x9bqa1am0bwfNaU-Ai3slZcK-MQJG4Ut9y2ycyUq9CUJoxziLImSMUGj1ALdzugyQt4lDMyHZ5FKQxcc0KZHYx/s1920/Queens+Cup.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1286" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjPqXWQLzmZ8Hbt68QWkTpOO3CWirvoRfqHc_LmzOWh_-e-DlIPEZ00x9bqa1am0bwfNaU-Ai3slZcK-MQJG4Ut9y2ycyUq9CUJoxziLImSMUGj1ALdzugyQt4lDMyHZ5FKQxcc0KZHYx/w268-h400/Queens+Cup.jpg" width="268" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I had a few pieces in a show at <a href="http://www.interurbanarthouse.org/" target="_blank">Inter Urban Art House</a>.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RcYN8DH7BXrQzVAscCl41-3t_EPykENfUsxiHDdWYDj4QYbiJDpRD-2wXoxcnAt5h4PlC4wMksrQP7Ra5AH5ownWIUyP6FtCFSNhsKELAMlh8uYF14ROQiii1EvPU4MoPLjg21s-5YjV/s1000/orz+2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2RcYN8DH7BXrQzVAscCl41-3t_EPykENfUsxiHDdWYDj4QYbiJDpRD-2wXoxcnAt5h4PlC4wMksrQP7Ra5AH5ownWIUyP6FtCFSNhsKELAMlh8uYF14ROQiii1EvPU4MoPLjg21s-5YjV/s320/orz+2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Worked on some orzo pieces early in the year.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZzVF7Z655Co7IDEKiF7RqNkHc3F9cDGUj2SLM5l_LvEeT-h8sPsqdFDU192Vcc1Q9tdtCQbpGlBtH9qFU5XOC6eTB5uwhyphenhyphenb4hSF5_k_Lqg26H8o4hc1ayba9vs-p5m9qYldZqi6jqRFv/s2048/2020-03-18+11.13.29.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZzVF7Z655Co7IDEKiF7RqNkHc3F9cDGUj2SLM5l_LvEeT-h8sPsqdFDU192Vcc1Q9tdtCQbpGlBtH9qFU5XOC6eTB5uwhyphenhyphenb4hSF5_k_Lqg26H8o4hc1ayba9vs-p5m9qYldZqi6jqRFv/w304-h400/2020-03-18+11.13.29.jpg" width="304" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Started incising and adding flowers to ceramics.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7i2oKwIAHRWG8j1oiNKdm8DetilzKgNVRVs8evl5NAPhUgJbICR6RZVgcwWT7A05U9bqQb0NCxeErv8HTzLY-KWCKCy1qF4i42eFSaZvuPeGTbl5qhHIgd8Lb-QoqR6_z4cRmEMouBdw/s2048/2020-07-29+10.06.24.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7i2oKwIAHRWG8j1oiNKdm8DetilzKgNVRVs8evl5NAPhUgJbICR6RZVgcwWT7A05U9bqQb0NCxeErv8HTzLY-KWCKCy1qF4i42eFSaZvuPeGTbl5qhHIgd8Lb-QoqR6_z4cRmEMouBdw/w300-h400/2020-07-29+10.06.24.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grew many flowers, like this cosmo, in my yard.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiJo3NGj_pgUmNx81ErljME97JdpCYMvfbDY-ctTFxN2OZ-9rGsZoKhdmIB4ZRi0huhZShWh3kt0tRWNdkFpsEHpDwApgS-nQD5gG348LDewWznNTv1jxQI12QFkFDLwmweY1pDEFsxQgs/w300-h400/bf1.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arranged Bathroom Flowers TM</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqL5gujmSFfE175ScHRwcVFDdwiINPqc7qT7eFfeXiAV4U6kW_5eFZwss8TyzqoNivz2iadK26ij63DMv8B2KzsPAHgt1xWqza0bZAXCXVdDJTY7rTXRrsrl9T2aiOrNpSmmvNo8RM-T_/s1000/Pomegranate+Mug+7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWqL5gujmSFfE175ScHRwcVFDdwiINPqc7qT7eFfeXiAV4U6kW_5eFZwss8TyzqoNivz2iadK26ij63DMv8B2KzsPAHgt1xWqza0bZAXCXVdDJTY7rTXRrsrl9T2aiOrNpSmmvNo8RM-T_/w400-h400/Pomegranate+Mug+7.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Drew flowers on ceramics.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40jAEO5M621vsBw5SteyokSKNuHGe6le-SKlmv0zrl79j29_8t4mc8ui3WdZBZy7NKlijSs-F67O0wDCIyBEt17-5lV4T4wI9K35_0Kp_hwYZZZvzeJmzpnvDD5jZc9WgCzSRTXgaHjxg/s2048/2020-04-27+11.13.20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40jAEO5M621vsBw5SteyokSKNuHGe6le-SKlmv0zrl79j29_8t4mc8ui3WdZBZy7NKlijSs-F67O0wDCIyBEt17-5lV4T4wI9K35_0Kp_hwYZZZvzeJmzpnvDD5jZc9WgCzSRTXgaHjxg/w300-h400/2020-04-27+11.13.20.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Drew some very big flowers on paper.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm going to try to have a new post up every Tuesday, because that's when the internet said people are most likely to read and share...Looks like I have myself a New Year's Resolution. </span></div>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-78061964857941433202019-12-17T09:30:00.000-08:002019-12-18T08:32:32.450-08:00Online Sale<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Hey, folks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's cold now. The end of the year is nigh. So I am FINALLY putting together an online sale.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's old school (as far as internet shopping goes). I've grouped together ceramics and hearts in some folders on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/EightyAcresArt/posts/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. You message me with what you want and we work it out from there. I take PayPal online, but if you don't use that, we can figure it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Also, FREE SHIPPING, AMERICANS!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/desiree.warren.14/media_set?set=a.10157941408233945&type=3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">CERAMICS SALE CLICK HERE</span></a><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/desiree.warren.14/media_set?set=a.10157944117023945&type=3" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">HEART SALE CLICK HERE</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Contact me through Facebook, my <a href="http://80acresart.com/" target="_blank">website</a>, or email deswar14 (at) hotmail (dot) com.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You can also pick up some cat head planters at the <a href="https://shop.kemperart.org/" target="_blank">Kemper Museum Shop</a> when you check out the incredible shows they consistently have in this gem of a museum.</span>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-33640814656591003062019-10-24T09:33:00.000-07:002019-10-24T09:33:25.047-07:00Back on the Wagon<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's been A WHILE since I've put paint or vinyl to aluminum. There are a few reasons for this, but this post is about DOING not NOT DOING.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I took my least favorite small piece and decided to cannibalize it...it just never brought me joy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I put some paint on it. Then more paint and dragged through the paint while wet to make a texture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then I put more paint on! And the magic happened when the sandpaper met the surface, revealing the ridges...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Time to add orzos. It took some work to figure out exactly how it needed to terminate. I added and subtracted several times.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think it's finished. Feels great to have a new piece I like. In 2020 I'll have a show at the Johnson County (Kansas)<a href="https://www.jocolibrary.org/" target="_blank"> library</a>, so I'm going to polish some old pieces. But, honestly, I don't actually NEED to make more work, because I OVERFLOWITH.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm looking forward to choosing a title, going through my on-going notes of phrases and poetic bits I find here and there to make a perfect match.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More of the day to day on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>!</span>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-22205227534114042092019-10-07T05:00:00.000-07:002019-10-07T05:00:02.538-07:00Studio Sale<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Over the second weekend of September (already three weeks ago?!) I had my first solo studio sale (that wasn't associated with any organization). It was great! It was exhausting! Here's a look back...</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm prolific--can't stop with the making--so my inventory is vast. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My shed housed mixed media work from my <a href="https://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2015/07/new-mixed-media-work-in-boulder-co.html" target="_blank">salvaged wood days</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had surprisingly few wall clocks left. I was able to get several out to new forever homes! Hurrah for aluminum, it doesn't degrade!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> These little dudes were hanging out in my closet. I still love them all and was able to share several with customers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The biggest part of my sale was the <a href="https://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2017/01/ceramics-and-my-muse.html" target="_blank">ceramics</a> section. You can make a lot of work in just a few years if you keep it in your basement most of the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I still have plenty left, so I'll be having an online sale through <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EightyAcresArt/" target="_blank">Facebook </a>and/or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. Stay tuned!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had a lot of help from friends during the set up and break down process, and seeing all your lovely faces and meeting new people from the neighborhood was awesome. I might make it a yearly thing! There's certainly enough making still to be done...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At the <a href="https://kcclayguild.org/" target="_blank">Clay Guild</a> there is a Last Call shelf, where wayward bisqued pieces that haven't been picked up in a certain amount of time get set on their way to the Dumpster. There's a myriad of reasons these are left behind, but mostly because they aren't "good enough" to be glazed by the original maker, they've been forgotten, or they were practice pieces. Most of these are wonky and/or very thick and/or have cracks in the bottom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have 22 glazes made in-house, and combining them can result in some fantastic colors, but taking a piece you've put a lot of time into and possibly ruining it by glazing it with an experimental combination isn't the most fun. So I took these orphan forms right before they landed in the garbage and started throwing everything on them. And that lead me to a long project I'm doing for the Clay Guild of a large test tiles wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My work, as well as other members', has benefited from these pieces and tiles. It's sad to see people use the same boring one-coat glazes over and over again... (It's okay if that's your thing. No judgment.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With all these glazes to keep straight, I made many, many notes. (#orphanforms on my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And in the spring I was able to start making actual tiles that I have been installing in the Clay Guild glaze room for everyone to use. I have been getting a lot of big THANK YOUs, but to be honest, you guys, I did this for me and decided to share. Happily, I've been seeing the combos coming out of the kiln by members far and wide and love how it changes the attitudes around glazing. It took me three years to get only marginally comfortable glazing my work. And I have SO MUCH to learn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In just a couple days I'm opening up my studio (well...mostly my back yard) and having a huge sale. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (event page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/481262985787380/" target="_blank">here</a>). Fun thing: four kittens and a mama (who is a kitten herself) showed up at my house last week and I've been trying to catch and tame them. Three and mama are currently living in my studio (got mom fixed yesterday!) and they are a speed bump in my preparations. These babes are about 10 weeks old and rambunctious in the cutest way. So, if you're interested in a kitten, hit me up! I'm looking for shelters that will take them because I'm in over my head a little. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Anyhoo...see you this weekend?</span>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-47613244349657318752019-09-06T06:37:00.000-07:002019-09-06T06:37:05.814-07:00Footed Bowls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started making some footed bowls during the <a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2019/08/pecked-winter-2018-and-2019.html" target="_blank">Pecked </a>phase, and I decided to try to expand on that with a bag of clay I found and reconstituted. Free clay = no waste if it turns out terrible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Pushed it out almost like it was on the wheel, but slow and on a lazy Susan instead. The outside made a kind of crust (I refer to these as Bread Bowls) when the surface cracked as I expanded it out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the width being what it was (big bottomed) I wanted to make sure it was stable and supported. So six feet did the trick!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I tried some new glaze combos I was experimenting with and am really happy with the result.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> This one cracked on the bottom but not all the way through. I've been having issues with cracking and it has to do with the clay and the craftsmanship...still learning! If they crack all the way I just turn them into planters. Problem solved!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I formed the so-called Cloud Bowl over a mold, then added feet and flipped over when appropriate. You never know if it will survive the flip, if the clay is hard enough, if the feet are connected enough or centered right. You just have to keep making them until you figure it out, and even then you can put a lot of time into a project and it just dies. But this one survives!! I love the glaze, it's the same combo as the Six-Footer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not only did this wide thing crack, but there is a big whammy, too...probably my fault. It showed up when I picked it up from the bisque fire. I left it to dry a long time, but there could have been a piece of debris in there that caused it to pop off during firing. But I wanted to play with glaze anyway and spent quite a bit of time constructing it, so I just persisted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Now my Aldi cacti and succulents live here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm prepping for my <a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2019/08/save-date.html" target="_blank">open studio sale</a>! Follow progress on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eightyacresart/" target="_blank">Instagram </a>and share the event on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/481262985787380/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, please. This thing is counting on word of mouth! </span>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-67888697848671274472019-08-30T05:00:00.000-07:002019-08-30T05:00:03.058-07:00Save the Date<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So...I have a lot of work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm having a studio sale to prove it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">September 13, 5 - 8 pm (Happy Hour! Bring your pals. I'll have wine.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">September 14, 10 am - 5 pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">September 15, 11 am - 3 pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Eighty Acres Art Studio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">806 E 33rd</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">KCMO</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(come 'round the backside)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is your chance to get your fill of <a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2015/07/whats-deal-with-hearts.html" target="_blank">hearts</a>, <a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2017/09/women-to-watch-metals.html" target="_blank">orzos</a>, <a href="http://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2015/12/collages.html" target="_blank">collages</a>, <a href="http://80acresart.com/skill/imagery/" target="_blank">mixed media</a>, planters, <a href="https://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2017/09/spring-ceramics-drinking-vessel-edition.html" target="_blank">tumblers</a>, mugs, necklaces, clocks, and <a href="https://madeitfoundit.blogspot.com/2016/11/mudots-12.html" target="_blank">dot </a>pieces! And to see where I make most of my work. I'll have my tents set up for outdoor browsing, so mild rain or heavy shine, we'll be fine!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is the ONLY local sale I have planned until 2020, so get here!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleaned Out My Pockets<br />collage with papers, tea bag, this and that</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">mixed media from Edit series</span></td></tr>
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<br />Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814695851909955214.post-58417697203899413902019-08-29T05:00:00.000-07:002019-08-29T05:00:04.756-07:00Cat Head Sculptures<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Not everyone wants or needs a planter, but still wants a cat! I went on a tear pinching out these little sculptures, using dried seed pods and random tools to make depressions on the surfaces.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Great as a planter pal or garden buddy.</span>Desireehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01218347822129653341noreply@blogger.com0