Kentucky Craft Market

Hubby and I went to the Kentucky Craft Market sale this past weekend in Lexington at Heritage Hall. Lots of really great art. I discovered a potter in Prospect Kentucky, Laura Ross, who does amazing soda-fired clay. I picked up three pieces to add to my growing pottery collection.

small casserole dish

small cup


large casserole

new yumminess to spin...

...from Hello Purl!

 

 

lamps for amber's wedding

amber needs table decorations for her wedding reception. we can't have candles or open flame, so i'm playing around with different ideas for lighting.

i started with five of these, different treatments and different heights. here's the only one that survived the first round. i got some cracking and shivering at the seam, but it remained intact.

now available on apple ibooks

i'm so proud of him!!!

head work

apart from decorating (carving, underglazing, etc.), i finished the head today. 

here's a view of the front, with a close up. mouth still needs a bit of work and i think i'm still a bit weak in the chin.

here's the side that i can't decide whether or not i like how i did the hair. the swoop is kinda interesting, but i don't know if it works with the loosey-goosey thing i have going on with the rest of the hair.

hair's not too bad. i had this medusa thing lodged in my brain while i was doing it. it kinda works. i think i'll get better with time/practice.