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I gave a two hour workshop for the Moonlight Weaver’s Guild on Tuesday on making buttons. I went over a few basic techniques: conditioning clay, buttonholes, wire shanks, using cutters and textures, etc, then turned everyone loose.
It was wonderful to work with such a creative group of people. I answered questions and added [...]
I had an inquiry about manatees so I thought I’d post these. They’re about 2.5 inches tall, molded in Premo, and antiqued to bring out the detail.
I’m not sure what it is about manatees, but they fascinate me. Elephants of the sea, mermaids – they almost don’t seem possible. I’ve sculpted [...]
We just went up to spend a long weekend in NH and visit my grandma. The weather was gorgeous and we spent most of the time outside. We didn’t see too much wildlife but we did see recent evidence of a moose.
While we were up there, Grandma took us to Wolfboro and a gallery [...]
The Bead Bazaar was a lot of fun this year. And for the first time ever, I think, I made more money than I spent. The economy seems to be picking up since I did about 5 times better than I did last year.
I picked up some cool silver frames that I plan on [...]
If you’re in New England, drop by the Connecticut Bead Society‘s 12th Annual Bead Bazaar.
Sept 12 & 13 – Hours 10am – 5pm
admission $5
The Holiday Inn, 201 Washington Avenue,
North Haven, CT
(Rt 5) Exit 12 off I-91
Official description: Over 40 vendors [...]
My Cormorant relief was accepted into a local exhibit – the Wickford Art Association’s 14th Annual Art Of The Ocean State Open Juried Show. It runs from July 17 – August 12, 2009.
I think cormorants are really interesting birds and I haven’t seen them depicted as much in art. I also [...]
These are some Bottles of Hope that my mother and I made a few weekends ago.
They’re a great small canvas for trying new techniques, color combinations, or using up interesting scraps, AND, more importantly, you’re giving something to someone else to tell them they’re not alone – someone [...]
This was my first attempt at using my new metal working tools. I had some scraps of brass sheet laying around – they were meant for trophy plaques I believe. I don’t have a torch (yet) so I tried kiln annealing the metal. I’m not sure if it’s the right way to do it but [...]
This is my portable sculpting kit. It’s a small subset of tools and materials that I can bring pretty much anywhere. Generally, I use it on Mondays because there’s a few of us who meet for lunch at work and do our own various types of art.
I usually work on a relief of some [...]
More stuff from the Weekend of Clay. I’ve done faux turquoise before but I got some really good tips.
Dirt! It’s the way to go We mixed real dirt into our antiquing acrylic paint and it added a “gritty” touch of realism.
Since I’ve done it before, I decided to [...]
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