Venture

• June 9th, 2008 • 0 Comments • painting •

Ok, so work has had me busy working on cutesy projects for other people. That’s fun, but last Friday I did some ceramic painting for ME. I’m actually excited; looking through my old work has re-inspired me. The symbols seem relevant again and I feel compelled to work with them. Pulling things out of the kiln has a similar feel to flipping back the felts on the press, except–my goodness–it’s teaching me some patience. I was done painting Friday and didn’t get to see the results until Monday? Man oh man.

Capsule Breach 04
8″ x 8″ glazes on ceramic tile
(Click for a larger version.)

So I got a job…

• June 5th, 2008 • 0 Comments • fun stuff, jobs, pottery •

What? A job? After months of struggling doing freelance? Actually I love my new job. Without naming names, I work in a paint-your-own ceramics shop. While I’ve never worked with ceramics before (Save that awesome plate I made in middle school art class…) I must say this job is awesome. One, it puts me back in a shop atmosphere. Two, I have the opportunity to teach people something new about art. Three, somehow, I got a boss that actually listens to my opinion rather than nod like a bobble-head doll. Four, did I mention the DISCOUNT? Hello, customized new dishes for my kitchen. Five, I get paid to paint. It dawned on me the other day while I was painting shop samples that someone is paying me to paint. I sat there for three hours intermittently helping customers and painting. For money. Realizations like this require the use of both bold and italics.

While I have been working on various drawings and paintings at home, I present without further ado my first finished ceramic piece, a faux Talavera bowl with a wiener dog on it I painted for what else? Mother’s Day. (My mother absoulutly adores Talavera.)

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• May 25th, 2008 • 0 Comments • Uncategorized •

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T-Mobile

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• May 19th, 2008 • 0 Comments • Uncategorized •

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Nestled

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• May 10th, 2008 • 0 Comments • Uncategorized •

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T-Mobile

Still here…

• May 8th, 2008 • 0 Comments • video •

New videos up: some of them old, I just hadn’t readied them for viewing yet, and one new shot of the Kitchen Aide in action kneading bread.

I’m still here, just been working on home improvement projects rather than art! I own a large collection of books which have been sitting patiently in boxes since we moved into the new digs. They’re finally up on shelves! Whew!

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• April 23rd, 2008 • 0 Comments • cell phone, photo •

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Cabinet of mermaids.

Videos

• March 29th, 2008 • 0 Comments • video •

Yeah, sometimes I do videos too. They’re just like regular television, except shorter, with no sound and of very mundane subjects nobody really wants to watch videos of. My YouTube channel is now open!

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• March 28th, 2008 • 0 Comments • cell phone, photo •

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Vertical living here.

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• March 25th, 2008 • 0 Comments • cell phone, photo •

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Wait.