Exquisite Corpse Project

I am finally getting around to organizing a Round Robin I have been wanting to do FOREVER. I just kept waiting for things to slow down so that I would have some extra time. I have come to realize that will never happen. So, I have decided to do it now. I'm thinking 10-12 players. I might still have a few available spots for anyone that is seriously interested, does quality work, can follow guidelines and strict mailing dates. There is a short deadline and all the details haven't been worked out yet. Email me for details to this point if you REALLY want to get involved.

A million parts

I fired the kiln yesterday with at least a million pieces ... at least it seemed so. it took me forever to pour and finish all the pieces. There are 5 1/2 shelves full of (mostly double stacked) parts for vessels. Toward the end I ended up pouring a few fairies and woodsprites to help fill up the kiln.

I finished off one of the house shaped vessels. This is just a prototype. Have to experiment a bit till I find something I am really satisfied with, but I think this is a very nice start. Have to admit I am rather pleased with my faux heart shaped rocks. Now I am wishing that I had made more of them. I really don't plan of firing for awhile now. I believe I have enough fired pieces to carry me through for the Renaissance Festival this season. I did some serious making and firing of figures awhile back, including Elfins, fairies and wood sprites. And now with all these new vessels I am sure I have enough to keep me busy for a very long time. I am looking forward to working with all the new parts. I have many new shaped to experiment with that will really be a lot of fun. The quote inside the house shaped vessel reads "A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and then returns home to find it. -George Moore- ". The house shape is 5/8" X 1 1/2".

And the last of the journal pages for awhile

This will probably be the last journal pages I will be able to make for awhile. I will be getting back to making the clay parts for my vessels pieces. I still have a lot of work to do on them until they are ready to make finished pieces from. I have a few more ideas and will be starting on the original clay pieces for those tomorrow, then molds will be made and parts cast from those. It is a very long, time consuming process at this stage, howver I see an end in sight and am really look forward to working with all the new pieces.

A few journal pages

I am taking a bit of a break from the clay pieces I am making to expand on the vessels that I have been working on. It's proving to be very time consuming with little in the way of finished pieces to show at this point. This break is very welcome right now. These are a few pages from collaborative that I am working on. I'll do a few more pages and then it's off to make clay parts again.

Altered Book Exhibition

I entered my book "Star Hunger" in "UN-SHELVED:An Altered Book Project". It went through the jury process and has been selected to be shown at The Cranbrook Academy of Art's Forum Gallery in Birmingham, Michigan. The opening is this Friday the 8th and the show will run through February 24th, 2008. The original book has been taken apart, reassembled and has been turned into a visual journal. It was then heavily embellished with beading and soldered charms on the spine. On the back is a dried rose taken from the flowers on my Fathers coffin and is now encased in glass. The main focus of the book is on the recent death of my Father.