OK, onward. First, this picture is NOT what you think. (Tsk, tsk, such imagination.)
Those things above are for turning out these little pots that...
are being used like so. That is all I can say. And show. Sorry, "top secret."
I have to make a snake pot, or two, or three every year. So far, this big urn is the start of the first (and only?) this year.
Add a couple of snakes...
and a bunch of frogs and "walla" you have one big, heavy piece of scuplture.
Another side project has to do with "Moby Dick." I won't tell you to what ends I am doing this. I have a distinct purpose in mind, but then again, I may change my mind.
I may have mentioned before that I intend to make a tile for each chapter of "Moby Dick." Since there are 135 chapters, that means it is a mutli-year project. I am not proceeding very quickly (and the project may never come to fruition) but I am doing drawings for many of the chapters in my spare time. Here are three drawings. I like to draw, though I am much more comfortable working in 3-D- that is-pot-or-ee.
Here is a sketch for chapter 14 with the notes.
And one for the chapter where Ahab tosses his pipe overboard because it "no longer soothes."
I am excited about these floriform vases that will have a hollyhock or hibiscus theme.
I am making but the last two weeks have been primarily spent on longer term projects. Now I have to get back to producing pots like these.
I am still making some asian shapes. This is going to be a red onion pot.
And for what it is worth, here is a hint of a project I am spending a lot of time on. It BETTER work out. Everybody is going to need one of these. (Can I possibly make enough of them???)
And on a final note about things "working out," I think I may have figured out how to make these tiles so they survive the process. I finally had one- one out of twelve- make it through the bisque. Now, can they go up another 500 degrees and survive the glaze firing? Stay tuned.
