Glaze-Time

It has been a long time . . . .

Ornament for the Tree?

Talismanic

Yuletide Charms

I've kept the elves busy making charms: deer (design from an ornament by Jen Delyth) and ship (design from an ornament copied from an ancient Norse memorial stone).

Reprise: Wizardry For The Tree

Radagast the Brown: ornament; unglazed clay.

Sofia's Gallery: Wizards, Mermaid, and Reindeer

Sofia's upturned hull, slightly grubby-- 

ornaments: wizards (from my hands)

and mermaid (via CL).

3-Legged, Half-Antlered Reindeer.  Still flies.

Outtakes

Monstrous: just out of the kiln.

Don't forget the coffee.  Strawberry Creek-side.

A really clean window.  And a great view.

Norah Jones, that Frog, and Glenlivet: yes.

 Water, charm.

 Self-portrait, with Boat, #51.

 Breathing.

Pig in a race.

Checking for more flaws.  Happily.

The suspects.

Alma / Precipice.

Charming

 Sculpture mix  charms and ornaments in progress.  The deer pattern is from a design by the wonderful Celtic artist Jen Delyth.  I have an ornament of hers that I am using to make patterns in clay for my own use and enjoyment.  Check out her art!

Charm: Fare Far, Fare Well

Pathway Charm: sculpture mix; jade green glaze, barely, for relief effect.  (The design is borrowed from an old Norse monument.  I have a metal ornament that I pressed into the clay.)  A blessing piece, as it were: Strength-in-Adversity.

"May you have a good voyage, where'er you fare, here and hereafter."

Radagast and Lucky, Working

Radagast: brown clay; unglazed.

Lucky the Reindeer: sculpture mix; brown and blue glazing.

I broke Lucky, by accident and before he had a name, on the way from the garage to the studio, but I decided to bisque and glaze him anyway. You never know what you'll get.

Solstice blessings on us all.

Wizardry for the Tree

Radagast the Brown: ornament; unglazed clay.

Frey, the Yule-Stag

An ornament for the winter solstice.

Frey: Sculpture mix, green and blue glazing; copper wire.