Red & Black Stack Finds a Home

Got to add this piece to a lovely garden on Grandview Hill west of town today. Misty clouds kept me from seeing any view, but their path with its many discoveries was just as good . . . Plus, it's easier to take photos on days like these.

The rhodies were just ending their run, but the variety of plants and their foliage covering the hillside was still a riot of color and texture.

The stack went in just to the right and in front of the chartreuse smoke plant near the fence. Their gardener quickly transplanted the plant that was there and gave me a level surface for the base. 

My stack will be in good company with these other art focal points in their garden.

Awwwwww....!!!

Srap-pile Heart for WCG Extremes! Show

These little Scrap-pile hearts, made from end of the day clay, have taken on a life of their own. I began making them for my local ceramics guild's "Extremes" show encouraging us to make work totally different than our normal fare. I think I succeeded.

After affixing this one onto a nice, inexpensive frame to finish it, it still didn't feel finished. It needed a title or something. The space looked about fortune cookie paper size. Looked through many saved fortunes with sentiments of "This week a financial breakthrough will come to you," and "Accept the next proposition you hear," and decided to write my own.

"Love comes in all shapes and sizes" fits with the idea that these hearts were made from what used to be scraps of clay.

On a technical note, the heart was wired into the frame rather than glued, since pottery and glue have a way of parting. Some of the other hearts were made to epoxy headless screws into them so they can be easy accents on the wall.