Archive for April, 2010

Manatee Pendants

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

manateesI 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 a few different versions of them.

These two were made from a silicone mold of my own sculpted original. I like being able to make my own molds. It allows me to try out different variations, and I have to say I’d probably never sell anything otherwise. It’s difficult giving up the original, and it certainly wouldn’t be for any reasonable price. I spend too much time on each one ;)

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Spring Cleaning – March

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

March was the month for decluttering, and I think I did pretty well. I have a lot more I could and should do – I haven’t gotten to most of the closets, but I accomplished quite a bit.

It’s amazing how restful a clean, empty surface is.

I also did pretty well on personal decluttering – I’m about 7.5 pounds lighter than I was at the beginning of the month.

Continuing my Spring Cleaning theme, for April I’m tackling the studio. It’s time for a major reorganization and purge so I can find the floor and the surface of the tables.

I think I may pack up my kaleidoscope supplies for now. I haven’t been making them lately although I think I’ll get back to them eventually. I let myself lose momentum when a couple promising designs didn’t work out, and kits never feel like they’re completely mine. I seem to go through phases anyway – I’ll dig all the stuff out again when inspiration hits.

I want to set up a basic metals station instead. I’m not sure I’ll do much soldering (although I may play with my little butane torch) but I want to at least be able to make sheet metal frames without worrying about metal shavings in my clay.

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