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Ceramics extruder exercise

mammal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:25:15 +0000

My extruder lizards are done, I might have to wait awhile before I really
like them, the glaze on the blue one was a real light powder blue after bisque firing, but after the high firing, the blue turned dark.
The little ones I like just fine, but Dave seems to think they look like dog turd piles. I have to keep in mind that he has not even ONE artistic bone in his body. (Excluding the awesome creativity it takes to restore vintage FZR bikes, which is what he does all the time in his garage.)

ceramic lizard

The assignment was to do three extruder projects consecutively, each one developing from the last. I am trying to understand abstract art, so I did the big lizard first and then made the little ones with increasingly less detail. That’s not really abstract, but I had hoped to approach abstract with that method.
i still don’t get it, but am trying. Something to work for.

more abstract

First Friday in Phoenix

mammal — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:13:41 +0000

Anyway, First Friday tonight, right around dark-thirty, me and Liz. We will also go to Fused Jewels, she has a table set up. That’s where I got the fused glass Xmas deco’s at such a good price. She’s a real craftsman with glass.
I didn’t see any watches, IWC Big Pilot though. But why not? You can find anything else.

beads

If you come to Phoenix and the weather is great, be sure to go to First Friday. What is First Friday?, you ask.
First Friday is only the most fun evening ever! It’s like what the renaissance fairs used to be, with artisans and crafters, entertainers and buskers, hippies, neo-hippies, sightsee-ers, rastas, students, old folk, young folk, in-between folk, dancers, actors, show-offs, vendors and just plain looky-loos. What you won’t find there is bored people. There is nothing boring about First Friday.
All the shops along Roosevelt around seventh avenue are open. There are a lot of galleries in that district (the arts district) and they all are open until late at night, too. It’s a real eye-full.
You’ll find the world’s greatest bead shop open. I just looked all over for their address, but I swear I’ll pick up a card tonight. They always have a big table full of $2.00 strings of beads, a real bargain. I have been getting beads with holes big enough for the twisted wire thingys, but now I think I want some beads to use on a quilt in the tie-through knot. Tie them on with a real strong knot and they won’t break free in the wash. Not good for baby blankets, though, babies can chew through anything.

photography light box

mammal — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:04:21 +0000

A friend of mine sent me this link

http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/how-to-make-a-inexpensive-light-tent

She made one basically like this one and one out of PVC pipe. Said the cardboard box is better. I guess both could be folded flat for storing.

Before I forget, the author of Breadwinners is Mel London. A very good read, as mentioned in the last entry.

Today I finally stirred and churned the papier mache mix. I added some color and set on a design for a first project with this batch. I think I will try some picture frames, or framed picture boxes.

egg cartons