Mostly dealing with real life, not much time for art. But, my friend Kathy and I are going to setting up a booth at the winter Shipwreck Artisan show at the end of this month. I had done the summer show with a bunch of my claydie friends in August, and enjoyed the experience.Kathy had wanted to do it then, but it was smack dab in the middle of her vacation. Now we are joining together and hoping for a good show.
Really need to get my creative juices flowing and make some more fire lizards, or maybe other animals ... but hard to find the time. Lord Opus on and I are still house hunting. We have finally settled on an area to live after retirement, and thought we'd finally found the perfect house. Unfortunately, it failed the inspection. .. water damage under the flooring caused by, according to the inspector, improper installation of the french doors. The flashing was missing, which allowed the rain water to wick under the door into the flooring. Thousands of dollars in damages.
So it is back to square one.
I have had little time to experiment, but did play around a few days ago with translucent clay. The beads on the top are translucent lava beads with Pan Pastel chalks brushed on the raised areas. The darker ones below are made from translucent clay that first applied chalk to, rolled into the lava form, then brushed with another color on the raised areas.
this is the first time I am attempting to post a picture taken with my phone. Yes, I have finally given in and upgraded to a smart phone. Also, this post is being written on my nook. I am slowing being pulled into the 21st century. I think the pix is too dark ... have to figure out how to edit on my phone.
