Works in Progress - September 15th 2015, Turkey Bowl and Ornaments

Thanksgiving is coming! Both for Canadians and Americans, so I decided to make a giant stoneware turkey...

... that comes apart into 2 bowls for serving.  Perfect for vegans and vegetarians that would still like a big festive turkey on the table.  

Christmas is coming! So I've been working away on stoneware ornaments. 

This year I'm trying out ornament hooks from Dragonfire Pottery & Supplies so that I can finish the bottoms of my ceramic animal ornaments with the help of stilts.  These will be able to hang with a simple ornament hook, no more heavy wire!  Eg, here's a seal pup...

 ... and its bottom.

 Frog, mushroom and bunny.

 Horse with a donkey behind it

 Pig!

Reindeer!

Sheep:

 I've also been working on making them smaller and lighter - they started off this way in 2009 but started getting bigger, and a bit heavy for natural trees - these should be better.  

Here are a great white shark, Sullivan's pond goose and owl with santa hats.

 

New Merry Creatures will be coming to town too - brightly painted papier mache animals wearing santa hats.  Here are the first frames for the season, made from 100% Chronicle Heralds and masking tape.  They've gathered under our avocado plant that Brendan managed to start from a pit: