Jenny Mendes

Why is this a good place to sit?????  Its a good thing the plates were bisqued! I'm working on four dinner sized plates at once. The format is larger than usual for me, so I have to figure out how the space will work. The colors will be much different glazed, the background will probably be a deep avocado.   I'm curious to see how the others will turn out.  I was a little hesitant with this one.  Hopefully  the next one will be a bit looser.

I hope her dress doesn't crack! These will be salt and pepper shaker sets Mr. Claude my muse....

I spent a few days working on hands.  I'm still very much figuring it out, but I got a little better over time.  I had a certain idea of how to go about it, and the kind of hand that I wanted to make, but ideas don't always translate fluidly into clay.  Maybe if I made 100 hands, I'd have an inkling of how I wanted to do it, and perhaps, how?  Or maybe not.  Maybe it would take a lot more work than that to get in tune with the gesture of hands .....At any rate, I know a tiny bit more now for next go round....

It might rain all week.  The air feels thick.  Maybe a swim is just the answer!

An old rose, that I found on the property years ago.  Fragrant perfection. Triumphant emergence!!! Kniphofia  (pronounced  /nɪpˈhoʊfiə/ ) [ 1 ]  (Tritoma, Red hot poker, Torch lily, Poker plant) Delphinium is beautiful and generally toxic.  The name delphinium comes from the Greek word delphis, a reference to the flower's resemblance to the bottle-like nose of the dolphin.  Astilbe buds are so beautiful before they open,  it also known as False Goat's Beard and False Spirea.

And an extinct deer mouse.... Victorian Baby Deer Lady  by therunnybunny

The markings left on trees on the banks of the Seine near my apartment in Paris....... The name her heart sang By Elly MacKay from Owen Sound, Canada theaterclouds on Etsy.

This is what happened when I used some of my favorite colors in different ways.    It was fun to see the results.  I really need to do this more often.  It's easy for me to get used to doing things in the same ways, that I know will work.  But, much more interesting, when I don't rely on what I already know.  And maybe a little harder and more risky at first, but well worth it!

Have a great weekend!  

Lula Mari