i'm a huge fan of cartoons and comic books from all time periods. they are a large influence on my work. here's an amazing animated tribute to the art form from andreas hykade, obviously another big fan. called love & theft (like the bob dylan album), hykade also quotes dylan in the video's info panel, "and i'm still carrying the gift you gave, it's part of me now, it's been cherished and saved, it'll be with me unto the grave and then unto eternity."
my friend satsiri turned me on to a blog by knitter/comedian franklin habit. in a recent post, franklin described a project he's working on using a late victorian porcelain shoulder head doll. i immediately fell in love with ethel. she has the same penchant i do for gold overglaze luster. she also possesses a dark sense of humor as illustrated in the tableaus above, "impressions of famous women." i'm repeating what franklin said in the original post, "don't blame me. ethel's politics are her own business."
scrafitto, underglaze pencil, handmade and commercial overglaze decals, and gold luster for the clay work. borrowed, digitally-manipulated imagery for the drawing. 
check out the hugo kaagman "stadshaard" combined cycle energy plant in enschede, the netherlands. stadshaard translates as "city hearth." 
south texas college’s art department, together with the stc library art gallery program, is presenting “a south texas ceramic showdown: up and down and all around.” featuring the fourth annual ceramics exhibition and conference, the event includes a full display of ceramic works by art students and professors from 11 regional universities and community colleges. the exhibit will be on view from july 8 to september 4, 2010. as part of the event, a free, two-day workshop with claybud max butler of butler pottery and carl block of flatland pottery begins friday, july 16 and ends saturday, july 17 at stc’s pecan campus art building ceramics lab. both ceramicists are graduates of the university of north texas, currently teach at texas isd schools, own clay studios, and are active musicians. more info here.
sometimes when the kiln is unloaded, everything in it turns out to be crap. i had a textbook full of glaze faults in this batch. 
the co-op's opening party went really well. made a few sales and lots of new friends! best of all, we convinced some fellow artists to lease the four remaining spaces in the building. hello, art mall!
fellow etsian lori koop is featuring one of my bowls in a treasury today. thanks, lori, you rock! check out her wonderful quirky work here.
we'll open the gallery doors for the first time this saturday, april 24, 10 am to 5 pm. grand opening (big party!) on may 22.
from one of my favorite blogging ceramicists kip o'krongly. "concrete proof that low-fire white clay should never (ever!!) go in a high-fire gas kiln."
i've been gone a while. lots of things are going on. finally caught up with custom orders. will be part of an april show at austin-bergstrom international airport. and (the thing that's taken up most of my time), i'm opening a store! an actual brick and mortar store in downtown bastrop, texas. there are six artists involved in the co-op, so far, and everyone works in more than one medium, so work from the core group should be pretty interesting. we're also bringing in other artists who will show on consignment basis. i'll keep you posted on our progress. meanwhile, here are a few things i've been working on. some clay, some mixed media. 
bastrop's version of the nationwide event will be held february 27 from 11 am to 2 pm at bastrop high school cafetorium, 1614 chambers st. the city's 7th annual empty bowl project will benefit the bastrop emergency food pantry.
i've been catching up with orders received post-holidays and spending waaaay too much time on facebook. but, thought i'd post a couple of new things in my etsy store. 
an etsy treasury from 
