Jenny Mendes

I found the photo below a month after I painted this cup.     

Seems like a boy to me....

Sometimes the challenge of filling a deeply curved space is tedious, and difficult,  yet something exciting emerges if you don't give up on it. And then, there  is the thrill of an image that comes so easily, only to begin to peel off after the bisque.   I knew the yellow was problematic, but still I hoped I could make it work..... This was the one plate of 8 I was most excited about.  Now I get to keep it around for a while and learn it's story, before it all peels away.

I tried out a new glaze on this cup.

I remember my grandmother telling  me that green was my best color when I was about 7 or 8.

Sneak peak - this cup will be in Akar Gallery's Yunomi Show this March.  This is only one side of three..... There is a woman with wild red hair on the flip slide.