Holiday Cards 2017...Felt, Intarsia Knit, Glitter Pom Poms

Couldn't get my niece to wear the big pom pom topped knit cap Friday, but my snow people were willing (and smiling)!

    

Guest Artist...Art favors.

She made a "take home" for each guest.  Each unique, and with a little "story" on most. 

Cream Puff Turkey

Super fast construction .. 1/4 water, 1 cup sugar...sticks them together. Used small dowels to make tail feather.  Didn't have enough time (ahem.. fast construction) to work through wings...just used construction paper. Used a lemon to help anchor the cream puff dowel tail upright.

Thanksgiving day walk...turkeys and bread

On Thankgiving....first on trail were a group of turkeys (and a young buck)...a little later, a scattering of bread cubes here and there.  Hmmmm....self- basting is one thing, self -stuffing?!

Thanksgiving is tomorrow....

Is supposed to be 70 F degrees tomorrow -- Thankgiving. Helping over at my brother's house this afternoon to get ready...took a shot of the "night before" ...cozy inside and out!

Cell Phone Tea Pot

Assignment was to make a teapot...with the seed planted for a walk on the more unusual side.
I thought of the ritual of tea....including growing up with my relatives from my Dad's side...it was tea and talking -- the visit.

Thought of the way much of visiting nowadays is done "virtual" -- on cell phone, facetime, etc.  So, my tea pot is a cell phone.  Wanted the scale to stay somewhat the same, so it won't hold much hot water...still thin.  Not sure the tunnel in the tube will stay "passable" by water...needed to use extruder, but didn't get to it, so just poked through tube with narrow stick. The cord may help act as handle, but figure it would require touching the "pot" (phone) to lift to pour.

I don't really need anything like this hanging around, so, I plan to smash it before firing....after I show it as "assignment done!"

White Elephant Coasters

Friend has his birthday celebration coming up soon -- has us all over, and instead of gifts for him, a massive (50+ people) white elephant gift game.  Decided white elephant coasters for this one. Still need to get in kiln, but on their way.

Bull.....

Fancy horns for sure.

Walk this morning....

From walk this morning.  The mud "event" below reminded me of the continent of Africa.

Crown 9...the center work

The people and the eagles are going to circle the outer ring of the crown. Picture in case it doesn't make it out of the kiln in one piece!

Crown 9..in work

This one it taking more time, but learning some things, which is one of the main points perhaps. 

Burned Tadhig, but ....

Ok, I make it so seldom that I kind of knew it might burn...the trick of medium heat but not too high to get that tadhig established on the bottom of the rice pyramid. Pomegranate seeds from the garden pomegranate tree is the plus. Did it with yogurt and saffron on bottom, when usually just use water and butter there.