Last big objects (including the yin yangs and large bowls) blew apart in my kiln. Oops, first such disaster since art school actually, and a good reminder to fire more slowly. Good thing I'm all about process! I'm glad the big pieces didn't take out more small pieces, and I'll definitely try to remake everything.
So I took a break from working in clay to work on some papier mache xmas decorations. The ornaments I'm making are pretty ridiculous and need to be completed and photographed.
Then I started watching Shark Tank re-runs with a bag of Low Fire white clay because I've decided to have a go at sculpting Kevin O'Leary Christmas Heads. The coffee table in my studio is now covered with 8 smirking Kevin O'leary heads wearing santa hats. I'm pleased with how they're going as I haven't tried sculpting a human before. At least not since I was about 5 years old. They're big though, and may be heavy for an ornament so this week I'll be on to season II of Shark Tank and trying to make some smaller ones.
Today I went to Chapters to pick up Kevin O'Leary's biography "Cold Hard Truth" in order to get to know my subject better, and just found out I had just missed Jim Treliving's own book signing ("Decisions") at the same Chapters. Drat!! I really would have liked to have met him! Maybe some day on Dragon's Den I'll be able go in and pitch a proposal to license my "Canadian Celebrity Christmas Heads". Maybe they could be produced at NSCAD.
In other gardening news I made my first ever pumpkin pie from scratch, including gluten free crust. The pumpkins we grew were Connecticut Field pumpkins I believe, and actually surprisingly tasty! So this week as well as carving up my Christmas Heads I'll be steaming, mashing, draining and freezing more pumpkins, in order to make pies through the winter. Might try making pumpkin leather in the dehydrator too.
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