rainbow owl extravaganza...

so i've created this character named rainbow owl.... he is an ironic, honest, loving, neurotic little wise owl, who also gives cultural commentary on living in the north. he is now on twitter www.twitter.com/rainbow_owl, check him if you like! i started with doing watercolor paintings of him, now i've made him out of clay, and tomorrow i will be unloading a whole series of "rainbow owl mugs" from the kiln, some of the favorites are the ones in which he wears a welding mask or is sitting on a welding truck, this is because although rainbow owl is a therapist, his secret dream is to be a welder ha! the next step is to get some tshirts for both men and women done up. here is a pic of rainbow owl in his ceramic form, also some pics of my sketch book, a nice "ass" drawing, a new "blue jean bird" mosaic", my new show of watercolours at whole wheat n honey, new batch of necklaces and the sunset outside my stude! god i would love to go to spain...just my thought for tonight!

it's friggin' cold!

i have had the blues lately. it is hard at times to live in the frozen north, where winters last 8 monthes and -20 is considered a warm day and -57 has already happened! and also it is hard to be an artist for inumerable reasons (is that a word?) anywho this is NOT whine-fest 2010, i have a point...and it's coming...

so because of this weather i have spent the last 3 monthes with a sweater on and most days a touque as well and this is INSIDE my studio while i make pots. i love sweaters and it really does help the days if you have something cozy to wear. because of all this i have been inspired to create a new series of cozy mugs named...you guessed it "sweater mugs!", they are puffy and cute, their handles are hollow to add to their puffy-sweater appeal...just imagine drinking piping hot coffee outta one of these babies! oh yes and here are some new mosaics i'm working on with the addition of lace.

kilnhouse christmas party

whew...well i have to say that the "kilnhouse christmas party' was a success! it turns out that it is true "if you build it, they will come", and also if you decorate, make tons of pots, have live music played by friends, offer wine and cheese and email out invites they also will come! here is some pics of how the eve went down :)

hairy green wall!

leather-hard new work setting up...

bisque-fired work after staining (step one of glazing process)

that handmade wreath was no easy feat!

my claim to fame, the green hairy wall!

good old organic beef hamburger sauce on rice with milk :)

so...christmas is coming

in preparation for christmas i am a. not partying and b. working my ass off and c. preparing to host a "kilnhouse christmas party". that's right time for me to lay off the rum and eggnog and work every minute of every day. life is grand. i had a very productive week in the stude. tonight is decorating/wine drinking night for me hehe ok so i'm a hypocrite... i am creating an christmas installation. not the usual store bought christmas decor will you find around here. i will be using only natural decorations as is my habit for every ocassion, no tree will be cut only the bows which i hauled 3 miles this morning from my parents farm. it's true there is probably better ways for me to utilize my time than making chandeliers out of spruce bows and covering walls to create a "bow carpet" but what the hey, i feel inspired to do so :)

pots. fabric. dinner

christmas is coming...aka the only time for an artist like me to make some coin and pay off some freepeople.com debt hah! so i am gettin to work in the studio...in case you didn't know http://www.freepeople.com/ is a very inspirational super fricken awesome clothing company where i pull a lot of inspiration from. my work has always been very influenced by fashion, fabric textures, and of course music...sometimes i think i went into the wrong line of artwork...but then i realize no i loooove clay, why? because you can do ANYTHING with it! you can literally make anything you can imagine! here are some of my new "beer drinkin tumblers" that i just glazed today, i want them to almost look like really pretty sweaters, i like to think of them as pretty yet rough around the edges...it makes them real. not too pretty that you're afraid to use them. an authentic type of beauty...i dunno. anywho i am also framin up a storm and working on some fabric collages, enjoy:) oh yeah and that is my crazy artist dinner tonight.