Another day in the studio

Went to the studio yesterday morning. I was very glad to see that Olgar came out of the kiln looking as good as I had hoped.


Take a closer look at that horn. Didn't turn out as black as I wanted, but I like the interaction between Tennmoku (black) and cranberry red.


Then, I spent some time glazing another sculpture. After that I was pretty tired and uninspired. Still, I sat down and sculpted this new piece here. Like I said, I wasn't very inspired when I was working on this piece, but a couple of ladies came by and they seemed to be impressed. I had a nice little chat with them. One of them thought the face I sculpted looks like her nephew. After they left, I started thinking, what good is my art if it can't make people happy? So there it was, the motivation that I needed to continue working on this piece.


And we all love those curvy little lips on this sculpture.

Clay Fish

I saw a good tutorial yesterday for making a clay light. I thought it would be something cool to make for my daughter, so I gave it a try.


Turned out pretty good. Of course, since this is made for a kid, I will not be using real candles.


My daughter had fun stuffing animals into the fish's mouth, had the fish "eat" up the poor victims.

Now I'm thinking of more sculpted candle holder for Halloween, like a skull, creepy pumpkin...etc. I can't wait for Halloween! (come on Phoenix, time to cool down already!)

Olgar's Continuing Journey

Olgar the handsome, finally came out of the kiln last weekend. I'm glad he is in one piece. So far so good. Now he's glazed, waiting patiently to go back inside the kiln. Will he still be Olgar the handsome after this? I can only hope.

(Actually, I think he looks pretty good like this)

Best of luck to Olgar!