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Mt.Peni makeover

Mt.Peni makeover

Mt. Peni recieved a makeover today... a new canopy... new rhinestones, and new slides. Woot for productivity.

Unicone Ditty

Its part deer part kitty with an ice cream cone horn. on the side are ice cream cones with animals on top. Definitely like the animals on th...

Some of Todays Creations

So today ive made a few more random objects. A unicone deer, a twin headed poodle and sum supper creepy ice cream cones. Im thinking tomorro...

Progress. The Cleveland Clay Studio

<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_FlSZPcW00kg/TFYEvx_Ft2I/AAAAAAAAAH0/kc4A5_-kAyI/Progress.%20The%20Cleveland%20Clay%20Studio_img_1.jpg"><img height="240px" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_FlSZPcW00kg/TFYEvx_Ft2I/AAAAAAAAAH0/kc4A5_-kAyI/Progress.%20The%20Cleveland%20Clay%20Studio_img_1.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left cursor: pointer; width: 320px height: 240px; " width="320px" /></a> After a few weeks of hell trying to get the molds done, i am nearing completion. The studio is getting a tad chaotic as the molds are now in stacks waiting to get categorized. Im finding myself slowly being drained of motivation to work. I have to suffer in a day job to pay to make work that i dont want to make. Craft deco squirrels and holiday kitsch to sell at markets isnt what i imagined doing after school, and every time someone asks if im working i just cringe. Im dissapointed in myself for not finding work in the arts but more so im embarassed. I hate being home, and now that i have a studio(although nice) i feel more stuck here. i need a clay community but alas it seems cleveland doesnt have much to offer except potters. My ambition now is to find a way to create a guild/artist group that promotes its members by being a resource of information on upcoming shows, markets, and conferences. It will pull resources from the artists involved to help fuel creation and innovation. We shall call it the cleveland clay studio. Who is with me? The cleveland clay studio will offer classes taught by resident artists, sell works by said artists, and become a gallery space for showing new work. This is just a proposition of course. Im going to need help.

Progress. The Cleveland Clay Studio

After a few weeks of hell trying to get the molds done, i am nearing completion. The studio is getting a tad chaotic as the molds are now in...

New studio

Setting up my new studio in my basement. Im supper excited to be getting back to work. After 2 months of stressfull break im finally getting...

The Best Things in Life are Free

<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FlSZPcW00kg/TDRCfDwXI7I/AAAAAAAAAHs/0lGz4J65nhA/The%20Best%20Things%20in%20Life%20are%20Free_img_1.jpg"><img height="300px" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_FlSZPcW00kg/TDRCfDwXI7I/AAAAAAAAAHs/0lGz4J65nhA/The%20Best%20Things%20in%20Life%20are%20Free_img_1.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left cursor: pointer; width: 400px height: 300px; " width="400px" /></a> Recently on my east coast adventures ive aquired a new fondness for roadtrip adventures. Ive gotten to drive through oh, pa, md, va, and dc on my adventure to visit max. I got to admire the lunar effect driving through pa around 11pm, the night sky driving through pa at 2am, the overhead light of the moon peking through the clouds in md at 3am, and the beginnings of sunrise in arlington,va as i pulled up to my beloveds house. i spent time with old ones and made new ones. Reminisced of times that feel so distant but happened so recently. I dined and celebrated the 4th in many new places, and had such a great time. The heat was rough but means nothing when youre with the best company. My trip has been fantstic and im sad to see it end, but im sure my new experiences will inform and shape my work. And, in that sense i imagine this is just the start of something amazing.