Since I've visited my blog here, I've been continuing to make ceramics and GUESS WHAT MORE CATS.
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.
This was one of the first ones:
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| Kitten vase stoneware, glaze, underglaze |
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 online store, and some I'm holding back for the KC Clay Guild Holiday sale 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.
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.
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| Cat vases porcelain, underglaze, glaze |
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| mugs! porcelain, underglaze, glaze |
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:
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| Zevon |
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| Clover |
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| Tilly (foster) |
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| Bruce (foster) |
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| Pauline |
It's been a while, hope you come around my many digital neighborhoods and reach out if you ever feel like it.
