Summertime

     Well it has been a while since I have posted and I have been very busy creating all kinds of work. Here I will post a few and next I am going to post a process piece for a new owl.

 The giraffe here is a part of a small series that I have been doing of animals who are a part of a circus. At some point I expect that I will share more of their story. 

I did this leaf this morning. I have a series of leaves and plant bits that I have been meaning to paint stored away in my phone.  

Newest birdhouse here. It is a bit of a mashup of two styles that I have been making. My verdict isn't out on how I feel about it. I'll post a better photo once I have put the finish on it. 

This is a bit of what has occupied time for me. My dad and brother and I completed this deck on Tuesday. Special thanks to Katie's brother for his help too.

In the Pipe

Here are a few projects that I've completed of late. I must do better with maintaining this space. Special thanks to Juliette for the lovely photo.

First sold ring, post delivery.

This orchid invaded a birdhouse. 

New ring... it doesn't light up.

Love this one. I may keep it.

Mock up of a new orchid home. Pre-finish.

Birdhouse X & XI

Even with the snow day, I still managed to do a little birdhouse work. Here they are slightly instagramed and pre-finish.

Dodecahedron and the Machine

Well, I started the morning with a little geometry. I started by sketching the dodecahedron onto the page, then I masked it so that the watercolor would not get on to that part of the canvas.

  I have been experimenting with some liquid watercolors lately. That may sound oxymoronic, but generally watercolors come in either a dry tab of pigment, to which you add water or the semisolid form in a tube, to which you also must add water. The new liquid watercolor is highly concentrated and I have only added water to dilute.

Anyhow, the background is with the liquid watercolor slightly diluted. I like the contrast of these two colors.

After that I ran a few errands then came home to settle in to this little friend. It took a while to set up the iphone so that it was at the right height and so the cat wouldn't knock the whole apparatus down. All in all it worked out for a pretty cool time lapse of my process.

Then here is the finished piece. That dodecahedron snuck in to this one too.

Been a Long Time

It been a while since I've posted here, though the work has continued at nearly the regular pace. Here are some fun works that are new to my portfolio.

 As you'll see below I recently did a few illustrative works for Zapow. They were simply graphite. I really liked the aesthetic, so I decided to do a machine in this vein.

 New abstract. This is watercolor with a silver pen. It is small at 5" x 7" and something about it I love. I might keep this one for myself.

 A few of the pots I've just finished which are lined up now for the birdhouse process.

 One of my new rings with copper and turquoise inlay. I love this wood. It really could easily speak for itself.

 Katie calls this one the cheese slicer. The top of this ring resulted from cutting the round for the ring I'd just made.

 Golden monkey for the alphabet book. I wanted the white background so that I might better manipulate the image digitally. I miss the color and don't think that I'll do another one like it.

 Rhinoceros. Of course he has a glass horn.

 I call this the Ringmaster and I made him for a circus themed show at Zapow.

Also for the circus show.

Potter Found His Wheel

     Last week I got the pottery studio up and running. It was really nice to work at the wheel again and to have a wood shop so near, as I made a couple tools for myself. Then, this past weekend my family helped me to get the kiln ready and plugged in electrically. All ships are go.

 The wheel has actually been waiting here for a while. This one belong's to my friend Beka who is loaning it to me so I can offer classes.

 Two that I made. I dated them to see what their shelf life will be. I also made a wire pull.

 Giffin Grip. A trimming tool that my parents got me for christmas. This thing is like a dream.

 Here is the first batch. All of these are on the road to becoming birdhouses.

Here is the kiln. All ready in it's new home.

Refining the Show

So this morning I am working on getting my Etsy shop dialed in aesthetically. I've known for a long time that the photography is pretty shabby, though the iphone tried so hard. Anyways, I'm pleased with the new images and know that there is more work yet to be done.
Here are the animals I have been working on lately with the hopes of someday putting together a children's alphabet book. I'm up to nine...seventeen left to go.
They're all available at the shop through the links below each image.
Thanks for looking and for all of your support.

 J is for Jackson's Chameleon

 A is for Alligator

 S is for Seahorse

 H is for Hippopotamus

 C is for Crow

 F is for Firefly

 P is for Pelican

 E is for Elephant

D is for Dragonfly