Shop Update

 I've finally taken a look at my shop and realized I haven't updated new work since the Clay Guild Sale. 

So I updated it.  All newest CuPu stuff is on there (that I've been able to photograph, that is...).

These are all teasers...you gotta go to my shop to see the whole thing.

Big Vase With Scallops

Icy Creamy Patterned Vase

Little Blue Scaly Vase

Toothy Planter

There are more!  Thanks for looking and spread it around.

Also: INSTAGRAM!  Check it out.

I have been making videos of my cats, so that's new.

Shop Update

Saturday, March 20, at noon, I'm going to have a shop update--my first this year.  

I've been making a ton of new work.  Here's preview!

Hand drawn flower pieces...

Dogwood mug

Queen Anne's Lace vace

Some mug experiments...

Cinched-waist mugs

Always have to include cat heads!

Small and medium cat planters

Nubby planters for the upcoming plant season...

Nubby planters

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.

Turquoise CuPu vase

Large mouth CuPu vase

I will be sending out reminders all over social media, especially my Facebook and Instagram pages.  Let me know if you have questions about anything.  As always, thanks for your support.

Pecked: Winter 2018 and 2019

Over the cold winter months (and it was FREAKING COLD this winter) I started dreaming of spring very early.  I started making larger, more involved vessels...since I have literally dozens of vases, I decided to try out planters and sculptural pieces.  And then I became addicted to...pecking!

 I used all sorts of pointy-ended tools, including pencils, needles, porcupine quills, pens, and my fave...

 peach pits!

Spent the week of Thanksgiving working on this one.

The carving and pecking took a long time, but I listen to audio books and, as you've seen with my Orzos, enjoy repetition--nearly to the point of mania.

As most ceramic artists, especially the newbies, will tell you, glazing is hard and often the least fun step in the process.  It's "painting blind" as my friend and teacher Amy says.  Very true.

Because this...

Glazed up

Turns into this...

Basically what I wanted but it's still all a mystery to me.

More finished pieces...

detail

This one is NOT FOR SALE because it was the beginning of many good things.

See more from the Pecked collection on my website.

These are a natural step in the evolution of my work, using surface texture techniques from my Faces and moving into something else, because I don't stand still too long...

When you're stuck inside but still somehow have the itch to do something other than watch High Maintenance and Hoarders all day, good things can happen!

Contact me through my website if you're interested in purchasing anything.

And come see me Saturday night at the Kemper Museum for a Pop Up sale during their annual Block Party!  I'll have planters (other than these) and some other goodies...

Ceramics

I've been making ceramics more than other work lately.  Partly because I have a class every week and that keeps me rolling, and also because it's my hobby art (even though I am selling them occasionally) and there's no pressure.  I've been trying to take longer on my pieces, being more thoughtful and going bigger or getting more involved.  That works most of the time...but then I decide to crank them out because I get addicted.  This is a normal cycle for me.

Early 2018 I was working on these wall heads, some of which are actually currently in a show at Smalter Gallery on W 39th...

Since then I was playing around with what my class lovingly dubbed the Barnacle series...

Wide barnacle vase in progress

Finished

...and I was dyeing the clay body with mason stain...

Dyed clay body vase in progress

Finished with an ombre glaze

...and really enjoying making kinda icky blobs on the surface of my vases that look like skin tags and hairy legs...

Dyed "growths" vase.  Skin is weird!!

So that was last summer.  What happened over the winter of 2018?  Stayed tuned....