Woodland mural, finished

I had to get this out the door before I could photograph it properly. The clients were delighted! If I am lucky they will send a photo of the installation.

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Happy St. Patrick's day

this makes me want to die a little

The Library of Congress has a flickr account with some great photos of Ireland from the Detroit Publishing Company. Here's the link from the flickr blog.

I am not a huge fan of corned beef and cabbage (soda bread is good though!), so this is what one of  my favorite food blogs does with a beef brisket. I think you could even get away with doing this with tempeh for the vegans in your life. Mmmm... 

Not in Ireland, but, wow.

I could keep this up for eleven more posts

V is for valentine

More of my alphabet tile collages. 

Did you get the images for the "O"? (*Orange, owl, olive)

Y is for yes!

And for the "Q"? (*quail, quilt, question mark, quince) 

Haareis or hair ice, pretty.

Alphabet collage

olive you

'O' collage, made from my boxes of leftover tile.

Q is for...

Question authority, of course.

Click on  keramic.

Tangerine addiction

Bowl of tangerines in the entry room

Mr. Cranky's love of tangerines knows no bounds. You will find them right when you enter the house.

Tangerines on the bench that Tim made

You will find them even before you enter the house.

Tangerines on the table

Naturally, you will also find them inside the house.

Must take them in the car...

But, I'll bet you didn't expect to find them on the car.

Invisible people. I like Rico.

Banana vase

banana vase

An unexpected use for this salt-glazed pot that Mr Cranky made many, many moons ago.

wonky thick stumpy little pot

This has been kicking around holding pencils and paper clips and such. I love the shape, it's heavy and characterful..

Woodland mural progresses

Woodland mural with cobalt wash

Mr. Cranky thought my bear looked a bit like a pig (hmphffff!) so I made the fur look shaggy and bear-like with brush strokes.

pencil sketch on tile

I changed the size of the trees when I applied the blue wash. The view from the window where this will be installed looks out into an old growth evergreen forest, but the trees in my drawing are more like poplars in a deciduous forest. I washed in the thicker areas between the trees instead of the thinner lines in the original sketch to make it more like the deep dark woods that is actually there. I also changed the owl to appear more realistic, and less cartoon-ishly cute.
I have a bit more detail to add and then it will be time to glaze and pray to the kiln gods.

As good as sliced bread?