Clay-Gray Friday

Ill at home, waiting out the fever and fret.

Flotsam: Beach Rescue

 The poor fellow was lying on the sand, obviously washed up with the morning tide.  I couldn't help but think of some poor child bereft of his or her friend.

So I placed the elephant on a rock in a spot that would keep him above the rising tide and at a good eye-level for any adults walking the beach.  Of course, anyone seeking a lost friend like this would have their eyes glued to the sand . . . so here's hoping.

I think his name is Hannibal, by the way.

Elephant At the Ford

Tantor: sculpture mix; matte white glazing.

Jaunty Creatures: Headed Back To The Kiln

Maquettes: Trial Pieces In Clay

Sculpture mix.

"Phant, Ollie Phant"

Oliver Phantom, Pensive Agent of the Ministry of Memory:

sculpture mix; shiny black and floating blue glazing, layered.

He wears the blues on his back.

AKA "Ollie Phant".

Licensed to remember: of course, he never forgets. 

Therapy: Clay / Hands / Soul

I allowed myself an hour or so in the studio today.

Pygmy Pachyderm

Elephant (Tiny Tantor): recycled studio mixed clay; unglazed.

I make and use such pieces to keep track of my projects in the studio.  Once you cover the bowls or sculptures with plastic, one bat looks much like another.  My duck-heads, birds, and elephants stand out  in such company, and they lead me to my own work . . . as well as warn off others that this bat-ful of clay is not theirs.  (That's the theory, anyway.)

One more for the menagerie.

Rafting In The Studio

“Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don't see a different purpose for it now.” 

--Dorothea Tanning

I was tempted to title this entry "Anger Management," which is true to an extent, but art's aid to essential sanity is something that I favor and recommend.  I took my own advice and managed to fit the studio into my day.

Three bowls and some silly little figures: feeling fairly sane right now.

Tantor, the Baby Elephant

Tantor: sculpture mix; shiny brown and shino glazes, layered.

Playing: Baby Elephant, Pig-Head, Mask, Fish

(Unfocused pig-head: self-portrait #51?)

Therapeutic Goofery, With Clay