Fully Flummoxed

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?

Monday, January 27, 2014

Ceramic Abuse!

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Whoa! I'm really worried about the ceramic squirrel. I can't find any more data than this . Should I get nervous about my birds...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Frank and Susan Collaborate

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Above is their final result.  Susan told Frank, our next-door neighbor, that doodling was really an art form called Zentangle and if he w...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

I Have No Idea

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I have no idea what creature this skull came from. Nan G guessed a "teeny owl" but he'd have to be really teeny because th...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Odd Ends

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Sometimes I make really tiny birds. The bigger ones in the back were made by Debra Fritts , one of my very early instructors. She makes r...
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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Really Flummoxed

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We were at The Metropolitan Museum at Thanksgiving. Everytime we go there we spend time wandering around into different areas that we don...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Happy New Year!

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From all of us:  Have a very Happy New Year!    
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

Peep, Peep, Peep

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These little birds were made with a different type of clay and have a different type of surface design and a different type of glaze on t...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Happy Whatever-You-Want-It-To-Be Holiday

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Have a happy holiday season. After all, as doofus as I look, I'm happy. It would be nice to think that this is the last Christmas ...
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Yes, I'm Still Here

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Here's the deal: We went to New York City and Washington DC for Thanksgiving (actually, we came home on Thanksgiving Day). It was a s...
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Monday, December 9, 2013

Street Art and Yarn Bombing

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This wall is near Whole foods and is topped off by railroad tracks. It has been a canvas for graffiti artists many times, giving it a nic...
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Sunday, December 1, 2013

Sad Guys, Happy Guys

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Two new happy Mousies, right? Wrong -- look harder. When little Mousies are being raku fired in a hot kiln and fall onto each other ...
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Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving, 2013

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Our military in Afghanistan takes a timeout for a Happy Thanksgiving Day dinner. But they stay armed. Regardless of your political leanin...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Smokey Joe and the Boys

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More Potato Heads. Remember, these guys are just about 2-3 inches high. When I take a walk in my neighborhood I visit with Smokey Joe. ...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Painting Birds

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The school semester is almost over and we've had to quit doing "wet" work and the kilns are crowded with last-minute work. ...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

Still Painting

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The question from Robyn at ArtPropelled was about the little paintings I'm making:  They are small canvases from Michaels, very cheap...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

The Zen of the Painting Groove

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  I've been glazing some of my Potato Head people with underglazes lately. This means that the color I put down is essentially the ...
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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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