Halloween 2010

Been a long time since I posted last. Not much going on with the pottery. And we had been in the great state of Texas for a week! (hey, cousin Cheryl :) Had a nice Halloween. Outdoor fire pit, carved pumpkins...neighbors dog howled like a werewolf most of the night...perfect!

Halloween decorations

I'm envious of everyone who has decorated for Halloween already!
I finally got some decorations up Saturday and snapped a few photos.

  

Fall 2010

This past weekend in Ohio was beautiful. It felt like fall was truly here. We went to visit a friend who owns an esoteric book store and bought some incense. We walked for a while in the Possum Run prairie which is a park we drove to on our way home. Gorgeous tall grasses swaying in the wind. The colors bleached out by the sun and a clear blue sky. The evening was clear and cool, perfect for a bonfire, burning said incense and carving the first pumpkin. Sure, maybe it's tad early. I love fall and Halloween though and want to stretch out the season as long as I can.

wolfman tiki

First pass at wolfman tiki.

Bone color glaze

Yes, I sculpted a bone out of clay. Just a test to see if I could mimic it. While the glaze turned out well, the underside that was unglazed has a really nice brittle bone texture.

What am I going to do with a bone you ask...(ok well maybe you didn't ask or just plain don't care...)

They'd make great Halloween stir sicks for drinks! Or a freakish paper weight.

Candy Bowl in progress

Working on a new technique (well, new to me I've seen similar stuff in craft shows.) Finished, it should be a nice stark black and white design. I can just picture the old black and orange wax wrapper candies inside. Mmmmm, candy...what a great holiday.

Brown Clay Bat

This is one of the bats I've made this last year. I really love Halloween and was hoping to sell these guys on Etsy or Artfire soon. They are in different poses (wings up or down) but I'm still working at perfecting a "look" for them. The other ones I made were more realistic, these have more of a stylized look to their features which I think works better.

Day of the Dead

Its almost that time of year...
Lovely Day of the Dead Garland!
Making me wish I was more creative.

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Mayan vampire bat mask

Well, similar anyway. I saw a stone carving a while back of a Mayan vampire symbol and tried to mimic it into a mask wall hanging. It looks a little more oriental than Mayan. Still, the creepy factor is intact though.

It would have been great for Halloween...if I hadn't broken it into millions of little pieces back in January.

Frankentiki mug

 

     My first attempt at a Frankenstein Tiki mug.