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You ask:  What is it? I reply:  What do you want it to be? You ask: What does it mean? I reply: What do you want it to mean?

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Raku Penguins

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My latest Penguin/Pod People. These have been raku fired, frantically, on the one day we had rain. The crackle is characteristic of the tec...
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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Ice Ink

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Are you asking yourself " Now what?" (Sort of like this ?) Very simple. Take sumi ink and pour it into an old ice cube tray,...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Kervin, At Last

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If you look at the previous post of Kervin (named after my barber, who gave me the antlers) you'll notice there doesn't seem to be...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

I Do Doodle

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When I was at ArtUnraveled I took a class from Traci Bautista. It was called " Doodles Unleashed " and oh yes, I can unleash my ...
Saturday, October 15, 2011

Good Penguins, Good!

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This is what well-behaved Penguins/Pod People look like. Blog posts have been few and far between lately. No, my Blog Wrangler hasn't...
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Monday, October 3, 2011

Bad Penguins, Bad!

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I call them Penguins. Susan calls them Pod People. They do talk to me. These two told me: "Not my fault!"  Hmmmm, maybe, maybe not...
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

What Was I Thinking?

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When I was at ArtUnraveled in Phoenix I took a class from Mary Beth Shaw where I learned to use Wood Icing and scratch into it, and usin...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

We Remember

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At the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial the benches representing the victims that were inside the Pentagon are arranged so that when you read the en...
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Scorched Earth

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Our drought has led to the inevitable - fire. Fires everywhere. Wildfires or wild fires or flash fires or fire zones or whatever you want t...
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Monday, September 5, 2011

Have A Grate Day

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Here are two more grates, but with only glazes, no nailpolish (go here for my experiment with that stuff). I liked doing these but they we...
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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Final Step Pending

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These two pieces need to be glazed. As usual, I have no idea whatsoever.  The nicho (below) has that crab shell positioned in it but I'...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

I Can Draw!

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At ArtUnraveled I took a drawing/journaling/sketchbook class from Jane LaFazio . Susan had taken a class from her before and told me I had ...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

The World's Best Guy Oatmeal Cookies

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Not only am I an accomplished ceramic artist/sculptor, I can also make The World's Best Guy Oatmeal Cookies. Do not think about making t...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Do-Over

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Sometimes a great idea winds up in the trash can. Or, as Thomas Edison put it: There are not 10,000 failures, but 10,000 ways by which to ...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Flip-Flops for Earl

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While we were at ArtUnraveled I had a free day. That meant I ran errands like food shopping, liquor shopping, and miscellaneous supply shopp...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

Yes, She Does

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Yes, Susan does make art. That is, when she isn't wasting her time trying to keep me in line. Go here for Mary Beth Shaw, her imm...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Hot and Dry. Very Hot and Dry.

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This little clipping came from our extended family member, Sheila. Go here to see what she has helped bring back to life.  Susan swims at ...
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Don Madden
Texas, United States
I did a job I hated for 32 years. I was very good it at. I didn't want to be a quitter so I kept doing it. Now I make art.  Now my life is good. Very good.
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