pendants for pets or people

new in my etsy store. 1 1/8 inch diameter porcelain shapes with onglaze decals. attach one to your pet's collar or to a bead chain and wear it yourself. you and your dog or cat could also sport matching jewelry.

19th annual pearls art show

part of elgin's hogeye festival, an event designed to celebrate texas' "sausage capital." and yes, the show used to be called pearls before swine. i'll have two pieces in the juried art exhibit at kingfisher gallery. artists reception will be held on thursday, october 23 from 7 to 9 pm.

and now for something completely different...

i've been trying to realize these concepts on paper and in mixed media, without success. thanks to jasna and stepanka, i see it can be done in clay. 5" by 7" by 1" porcelain "blocks" are designed to hang.

something new....

in my etsy store. stamped retro-flavored block vases. glazed on the inside, unglazed on the outside, which gives a sugar-cube-like texture and sheen. matching salt and pepper shakers will be posted soon.

peep show

"is a brilliant scheme set in motion by skutt ceramic products inc. to shamelessly promote their kilns while at the same time develop a private collection of the most valuable peep hole plugs on earth for pennies on the dollar." the 20 finalists' work will be on display at the skutt booth at nceca 2009 in phoenix, arizona. learn how to enter your plug here. photo gallery of submitted peep plugs here. pictured submission by diane mann, maker of "agrarian-inspired contemporary art."

spiralmania

thanks to etsy seller lpjewelry for including my black and white bowl in her spiral treasury!

seeing red

because i don't trust the kiln sitter to mind my firings, i use pyrometric cones. (for the ceramics-challenged see wikipedia here.) the only problem is, trying to see whether cones have dropped or not is like peering into the bowels of hell.