Honey Bunny

Sitting on my desk is a catalog for a well known, "kitchen-stuff" chain store, chock full of cute little Easter doo-dads and chocolate goodies. Out of all of the holidays Easter really isn't my fave (although I do enjoy the tasty basket of candy from my parents every year), but I couldn't help
being inspired by all of the pastel colors and bunny shaped crap in the catalog. So I doodled on my Sketch Phone:


In addition to being inspired to draw something, I was also sucked in to purchasing some cute little sea urchin salt and pepper shakers, see below.

Secret Garden

Succulent. A fun word to say. What's even more fun? Actual succulents! Ok, maybe not everyone will agree with me on that one, but I really do love succulents. Their wonderful plump and waxy leaves lend so much to the imagination. For instance, in the pictures of above, look at the silly sage green ones that look like small rocks (or little butts!).
Because my friend Sonja loves and appreciates succulents as much as I do, I made her a small desktop succulent garden for her day of birth. The ceramic pot was made by me; dark brown clay, tony's copper glaze with a rim of chun white glaze. The colors and textures of the pot lend themselves nicely to a southwestern-ish aesthetic and complement the plant colors. I think it turned out quite darling and I am excited because I have found a way to use all of my extra pots! :)

Creature Feature

Meet my silly little hedgehog. Not a standard garden gnome, but he will probably end up living next to the vegetable patch.

Fish Face

Good morning! I finally took some pictures of my fish sculpture. I would say that the glaze turned out the way I was hoping, but overall my fish falls short of my original ideal. For a first attempt at hand building I would say it was a good learning experience though.

I have started an oil painting class this week and will be experimenting with oils for the first time in 5 years. It should be an interesting departure from my watercolor work. Annnnndddd, this evening I will begin my ceramics/pottery class for the third time. I am hoping that during this round I will have some decent looking pottery to post up here (key word here: hoping!).

A Fish Out of Water

Soooo, I just consumed a ridiculously huge bowl of peanut butter puffins with banana and I have yoga in a half an hour. Smart move.

Anyway the point of this post isn't to rant about my obese breakfast, but to share with you my so super silly fish sculpture I made in ceramics. It is only in it's first stage of life, but a couple of firings in the kiln and some glaze and bam! I hope it turns out cool. We shall see and I will keep you all updated.