Look, If You Want Something Every Day, Some Of Them Are Just Going To Suck.

Look, if you want something every day, some of them are just going to suck.

Sculpey III, ~15 min.

vacation!

I went to London and New York to see some of my favorite people, but the figures will resume August 27!

Unless I'm jetlagged. August 28 for sure!

Suuuuuuuper lazy today, obviously. If you couldn't tell by the lack of detail, you can always tell by the circus theme (my workspace is in my living room, which has a circus theme--lazy day means looking around the room for something to copy).

So, hey: Tent!

Super Sculpey, ~30 min.

In my grand, library-stalking adventure last weekend, I picked up a half a dozen books on sculpting. Some of them were weighty tomes by old masters on modeling the figure in clay, but one of them was Sculpting Mythical Creatures out of Polymer Clay by Dinko and Boris Tilov. Just look at that cover! I started here because this book is the shortest, honestly. And how can you pass up a book with the subtitle "Make a Gnome, Pixie, Halfling, Fairy, Mermaid, Gorgon, Vampire, Griffin, Sphinx, Unicorn, Centaur, Leviathan, and Dragon!" I mean, if you can read that out loud without laughing, you win. That's hilarious.

So then I made this gnome!

Super Sculpey, ~35 min.

I'm back from vacation! I had a really great three weeks visiting friends in London, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and NYC, and now I'm glad to be back home in my comfortably dim apartment. Hooray!

Today was my "last" day of class (I have to go back at least twice more to pick up two glazed pieces and one more that hasn't been fired yet), so that meant I had a bounty of finished pieces to take home. Above, check out my finished two-prong vase (I heard they used it in the art show while I was away) and a couple of crappy bowls and trays. If anyone wants anything, by the way, I'd be happy to share.

Below, a new mug (it'll be vivid orange after it's fired) and a small pot for my mom's Egyptian room. (Don't look if you want to be surprised, Mom!)

Laguna, 2 hour class

My first glazed piece! I'm really pleased with the way it turned out. No idea what I'm going to use it for, but at least I finally have something to show for myself. Today was my last class before the big trip, so I glazed everything else I've made up to this point so I can collect them all when I get home. Hooray!

Laguna, 2 hour class