Tumbler 24

Like yesterday's post, I added dots to this before firing, but due to the chemical makeup of the applied glazes, they didn't saw up AT ALL.

In progress....

Final product.  White cone 6 stoneware, glaze, mason stain.

 I brushed on a mason stain with a lot of cobalt in it.  It fluxed with the clear glaze I put on over the whole thing after I peeled the dots off...properties of the clear glaze make the cobalt run, and it filled in all the dots.  But it looks cool anyway!

I also love how the clear runs into the white I glazed the inside.

Tumbler 23

I had some fun with vinyl dots as a resist with this one.  Before glazing I stuck on dots (cut at home with my trusty vinyl cutter, of course) in a simple belt around the cup.  Then I brushed on some jade glaze/stroke and coat, and after it dried, pulled off the dots to reveal the raw clay behind.  I wanted to see if the glaze would drip or degrade the dots, and mostly the glaze stayed where it was.  A few dots have a slump on the top curve, but otherwise this cup has a nice no-slip grip.

white cone 6 stoneware, stroke and coat

dot it up, friend!

Yes...these are all for sale on Etsy.  Go there!

Tumbler 13

stoneware, mason stain, S&C

Tumbler 3

white stoneware, S&C dots, dipped in purple and clear glaze

detail of drippiness

Ceramics: Volcano Vase

In the coming weeks I'll just be posting pieces I've made throughout the year...

pipe end and paint brush end, blue wipe on/off w/two different white glazes dipped as an experiment

MuDots #13

Springtime Brings the Roses
antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #12

Pictures of Childhood

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

The Baby (from a greeting card) over the "childhood" was a total accident.
I didn't notice until I took this detail shot.

MuDots #11

Only a Chain of Daisies

antique sheet music, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #10

Green Whispers

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #9

Floatin'

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

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MuDots #8

Instrumental hits

antique sheet music backcover, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #7

Friends

antique sheet music, pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #6

Pink Wordless

antique sheet music, red pen, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #5

The only piece not on music (so far).  I glued the book edges to this piece of matboard almost a year ago and then just looked at it, not knowing what to do next.  There are book, magazine, and envelope edges mingled together, holding another set of decades' worth of paper dots on top.

121 Dots

matboard, book edges, misc. paper dots
12 x 12 inches

Dot Info:
circus ticket, paper used to make a monoprint, envelope, picture postcard,
magazine ad insert, painted/drawn on vintage newspaper, found photo, kids' book,
greeting card, found photo, greeting card, found photo

MuDots #4

Most Popular

antique sheet music back cover, pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

MuDots #3

Rosary

antique sheet music back cover, colored pencil, misc. paper dots, paint
approx. 11 x 14 inches

That top left dot is from a souvenir ticket to the circus from an estate sale in my neighborhood, c. 1970s.

MuDots #2

Try These

antique sheet music back cover, pen, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

Music Dots Series #1

Welcome to fall time here at Eighty Acres Art!  

After a 7 week run of art shows, I had some time to regroup and prepare for a busy holiday retail season.  I've been making some popular simple-yet-fabulous pieces out of antique piano music and paper dots on a grid.  Some grids are straightforward squares, others are off-center, diagonal, or on arches.  Please enjoy the new pieces and contact me if you are interested in purchasing!  I'll be taking a majority of these to the City Arts space at the Wichita Art Museum for their Gifts in the Gallery Holiday Boutique.  Others will travel with me around the KC and Lawrence area to the pop-ups perfect for cold weather shopping.

A family friend's mother was a piano teacher for decades and she generously donated many books to me for art purposes!  I have enough paper to live several life times and not use it all, and I keep all the little bits and pieces from various applications.  Trying to use them up, I found my trusty hole punch from the early vinyl clock days and started at it.

Without further adieu...

Four Most Popular
antique sheet music back cover (1908), pencil, misc. paper dots
approx. 11 x 14 inches

Four Most Popular detail

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Mixed Media Quickie Number Nineteen

Munsell's Diner
photo on matboard, magazine and catalog cutouts, vinyl
10 x 13 inches

The guy behind the legs was named Harry Munsell.  Nom nom, right?  And that's not just a hamburger--that's a hamburger with BITS OF HOTDOG added right into the patty!  Oh, McCall's, you never cease to teach me new things from the 1960s.

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Mixed Media Quickie Number Thirteen

One-Directional
found envelope, found typed recipe, painted cutout paper,
book and magazine cutouts, vinyl dots
10 x 12.5 inches

I love this creamy, aged color palette.  Add some shiny gold vinyl dots and ladies and  you have a nice little story in the works.  Who wants some mincemeat cookies?  FUNCTIONAL ART RIGHT HERE.

Yo, I'm still all over that Instagram thing---> @eightyacresart