EMT Stamp exchange

I love the Etsy Mud Team! This team has been one of my studios’ best sources for information, inspiration, and friendship. That’s a lot to get out of a group!

I really should save this rave for a different soapbox moment though…

This is a quick posting showing what the studio is throwing on the pile for this season’s group exchange. They’ve decided to make and exchange bisque stamps this time; I love stamps, so naturally I wanted in on this project. I guess mine are should be considered sprigg moulds rather than stamps, but hey… I’ve always been difficult.
If you would like to see how I commonly use a sprigg mould in my work check out this past post. Click Here.

If you'd like to see what everyone elce is throwing on the pile, click this.

If you would like to see a really great stamp making tutorial by LaPellaPottery Click Here.

Other wise…

Licks, Love, & Luck…
-Zygote-

Agate Ware

Ok… it’s been a long week. Fortunately/unfortunately most of it was all it was all unpaid volunteer work organizing and creating opportunities in our community for the ceramic arts community. Not easy, no glory, but if you cross your eyes and hope for the best, it is fun… I’m probably in way over my head, but hey, it’s sink or swim.
The few hours of studio work I squeezed in this week in between meetings and rain storms was spent getting work thrown to test a few pages of my new designs. I splurged today; I decided to finally get around to doing something I haven’t had time to do for years. I started a series of agate ware yunomi. I’m working on developing a 20 works for a neighborhood sushi bar. These might be a nice addition to the proposed collection.

Struggles of Love

This series was done in all playfulness mixed with a dash of beaming Love… we live to create.

Oh yeah... they aren't poly wogs.

My Blue Valentine

I’ve been waiting and wanting to do this series since right after last year’s Valentine’s Day. Up until a month ago, the idea was just a few doodled thumbnail sketches buried along with hundreds of other ideas hibernating in the pile of sketchbooks. It was just waiting until I could find enough time to get around to pulling everything together.
The series is a little internal conversation on the melancholy nature of love… the warmth of the heart seems so red next to the blue of dreams.

It is rather cryptic.

Expressions -- Tracy Art League's Annual Juried Art Show

The spring shows are getting into gear here in Northern Cali. They are popping up like winter Hyacinths. I know technically its still winter somewhere else… but hey, the trees are budding to bloom in a week so it’s spring for me! I got a little thrown off my step two weeks ago with a surprise call to travel back home for a family funeral and missed the shipping dates for 3 major shows in one swoop. Doh!
Ever onward… Still recovering from last night’s gala fundraiser for the TideWater Gallery, I drove down to Tracy to submit 2 budvases to the Tracey Art League Spring Annual. I’m not hoping to win any prizes, but I did price to sell. I’d be nice to cover the cost of the entry fee and gas to get there. Still, it’s fun to play in someone else’s sandbox.