In The Moment Sunset!

I believe I did mention sunsets and the ocean!

I should be packing; blah, airports...

By The Sea, By The Sea, By The Beautiful Sea

I watch the sunset everynight. Yeah, well, maybe not every night but it's there if I want to take a look! In any case, the ocean has a huge influence on me and my clay obviously since I made several of these ocean/sea tiles.
Looking at the tiles I've posted here makes me anxious that I'm on the right track. I'm not making your mothers tiles, no sir, I am not. Well, it is what it is and there is no turning back now - Yikes!
We are going away, to Washington State, it's supposed to be hot (83-84 and thats hot to me), then it says its going to rain. Well, of course it will rain. It wouldn't be called WASHington if it didn't rain. I just made that up, do you suppose I can sell it? Sometimes I feel just too clever for myself. Someone help!!!!

It Takes a Happy Gal to Make a Happy Tile, I'm Happy Now and I Hope I'm Happy Lo-ong!

What was i thinking when I applied such happy colors? I must have been craving tacos or guacamole dip - something like that. This is the most colorful thing I think I have ever made in my whole entire life and probably the last.

I do like it but it's not me, it's just not me. Maybe someone else will like it enough to take it home. If not, my friend has a happy Southwestern style home!

We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder, We Are Climbing...

Just for fun, colorful and different~

The Kimomo, The Heart and The Geometric

As day 50 approaches I find myself almost caught up. There are at least 10 tiles to go into a glaze firing and another 10 to be bisque fired. I continue to pray over the kilns when I start them!

The community college is in session once more so I have fired a kiln load there. My kiln is small, theirs is BIG. It's so much easier and Tiffany, the instructor is very understanding about my time frame urgency!

The Heartbreak of Paradise

Here is the photo I was working from on the left and my ceramic tile on the right. This is the one that cracked from too many sawdust firings. It won't be part of the 50 tiles and textures that I use for the show but I'll keep it for myself. After a lot of work I can't part with it so easily.

My Sanchez Heart

One woman in the 50/50 show is doing nothing but hearts and they are so original, I heart them...sorry, I couldn't resist. They are wonderful.
It was funny to me, she can't stop doing hearts she said, and when the 50/50 show started she thought about what she should make for it....hearts. I get stuck like that too. I made fish until I just couldn't do any for a long time. While working on this 50/50 project I have hit upon making something that really appeals to me and oh, yes, I do intend to make a lot more!

My lonely little heart here has a couple of prayer boxes along for the journey.