When wool and clay mix...

It's a fun mix that i enjoy. Of course, I think that wool makes a nice mix with just about any media.. watercolor, oil, anything but polyester.. well, maybe in some cases that's great too. (however, I did run across scripture in the bible not to mix the two... but maybe it was "the old law" ?) (Hm..) I'll have to look up that verse now. Hope it's ok to mix wool with clay!

This was my project for the evening last night after dinner. I had been wanting to carve an icelandic ewe in clay to possibly make a mold of and use on pottery. This particular carving is probably going to be too large for mugs, but I'm hoping to use it on large vases, etc. I think that after i make the mold, i can modify the image to use the head/bust for mugs .. and there's possibly a process that i could do to 'shrink the image too that I'm going to experiment with. (it would've been wise to just make it smaller to begin with.. but where's the fun in that?)

(and here it is.. in Leviticus "do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material") Wonder what the background was on that rule? Maybe it would itch and ..? hm, no, wool by itself "could've" done that.. (but not necessarily) lol.

things that make you go hm? .

hope everyone has a great weekend!

The Good Shepherd..

I have signed up to do an art show/festival later this month. This will be the first time the pottery here will be leaving the property, so the goal has been to throw and glaze as many pots as possible this month. So, with that in mind, I'm already off track and on to something else! lol.


This little sculpture of Christ was to be a flowerpot. I had thrown a few small mugs, pots and was just struggling with everything. I decided it was not a day for throwing, so I just "coned" the clay up and began to add clay and shape it into a rough figure. As the clay started to harden, I continued to add a few details.

This is the first time I've tried this. so I'm not sure if this is the proper way? I saw something on one of those 'creative channels a few years ago where a gal sculpted and when the clay was at leather hard stage, she took a wire (i used thread) and cut the figure in half and hollowed out the center so that it would dry evenly.

After both pieces were hollowed out, I scored the edges and sealed them back together and now I'm just waiting to see what happens. In a few places, it was a bit thin, and it might crack during the drying process, or in the kiln, but like everything, it will be a learning experience either way.

If this works, I have some ideas i'm excited to try, shepherdess and lambs - shearing sheep, etc. But for now, back to making and glazing pots....