New Work Taken to Jenny Jib, December 19th, 2017

Here are pics of new work taken to Jenny Jib in Lunenburg last Friday.  This very special shop is open for the rest of December (except holidays) before shutting over the winter as usual.

First, a large plate of a relief carved winter scene with a wolf howling at the moon. It comes wired to hang on the wall but is also ready to serve snacks.

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 Large bowl, with a relief carved winter scene that includes a fox chasing a rabbit.  This matches the wolf plate but both pieces are sold separately.

Next is a new large fox sculpture.  I thought it would be fun to photograph it on a stump and managed to find an old one in the woods that fit just right.  

Here is the fox relaxing on a lawn chair by the river:

 Next two bunnies holding flowers, ready to hold rings or just hang out.

A close up of the bigger bunny.

 
New fox figurines! Though one of the two standing foxes ended up coming home with me in a box by accident.

A raccoon bowl climbing a fallen tree.

Figurines: a lion, peacock, elephant and hippo to go with the Gayla Peevey Christmas Hippo song that played a few times on CKBW while I was glazing.

Two puffin figurines

 
A fox bowl

Two relief-carved whale mugs:

Elephant bowl

A sheep bowl

An eagle flying through the forest, or at least that's how it looked after being hung on a tree.

Plates! First, a relief carved puffin plate, which comes wired to hang on the wall but is also ready for a sandwich or what have you.

The rest of the plates are smooth as I thought I'd try painting instead of carving for a change.  Blue crab:

Whale:

Lobster:

Pirate flag:

Small whale trinket dishes.  I made three of these as an experiment but think it will be a fun product for next tourist season.  They are also suitable for dunking sushi pieces in soy sauce.

Another new small product I'd like to make more of, a flounder figurine.

...such a flat fish lends itself to painting messages on the back...

Next is an assortment of brand new brooches, a new product for both Jenny Jib and my art practice.  These are all handsculpted, one of a kind - I don't work with any sort of mold, stamp or stencil.

And handsculpted pendants on adjustable leather cords, tied with slip knots. 

  
These are the same two Christmas trees as in the above photo, they just seemed to go with the dove too.

And finally here are ten ornaments.

First, a shark that Jenny immediately called Hilton, I missed the news that there was a celebrity named Hilton the Shark swimming around off the Nova Scotia coast this summer.

Three fish which would probably prefer to be far away from Hilton

 
An 'orcament'.

And  five flat ornaments: 2 whales, a puffin, a dove...

And this dragon.

That's it!  A very Merry Christmas and/or other winter holiday to anyone checking out this blog! Happy New Year and all the best for 2018!







 

Now Available At Jenny Jib, July 17th, 2016

Here are pics of a few new figurines dropped off at Jenny Jib in Lunenburg on Friday, July 15th. There was also a large fox sculpture that I couldn't fit into the kiln - next time!

After dropping off this work I went to "Below Deck" for the first time - the area just around the corner from the main shop entrance where Jenny clears out older stock in the summer, 2 - 5 on Friday and Saturday afternoons.  Holy amazing bargains to be found down there!!! As the sign boasts 'up to 80% off'.  Well worth a look!

On to the pics... a whale:
 

Harp seal:

 Lobster:

 Seagulls, large and small

Two little fish



A group photo:

And finally, a small 'skulk' of fox figurines...


Where it takes awhile to fill up the kiln now, there are a few papier mache pieces I'm planning on making for the shop in the meantime as it has been awhile.

New Christmas Ornaments at Jenny Jib, November 18th 2015

Here are pics of the ornaments from this most recent firing that I dropped off at Jenny Jib in Lunenburg on November 4th, along with some other new pieces. 

All of these are handsculpted stoneware, created in Lunenburg County the Balsam Fir Christmas Tree Capital of the world!  There are lots of tree farms near our rural home.  

These new ornaments are made with ornament hooks embedded in them, instead of heavy wire, which means they're now finished on the bottom. There were 28 of them total at Jenny's shop, they're $25 each and include a wire ornament hanger:

Lobster, whale, seagull

 

Reindeer and an owl wearing a Santa hat

Three Great White Sharks, 2 wearing Santa hats, and a baby Harp Seal which looks like it might be in some trouble...

Close up of a shark and the seal, where they've decided to be friends

Bald Eagle

Polar Bear and Squirrel

Flock of 5 sheep with a donkey

Four Fish

Farmyard friends: Horse, Goat, Rooster

Four doves

 

Birdfeeder Buddies: Blue Jay, Cardinal, Chickadee

Fox

The Blue Jay, from above, demonstrating how these new ornaments hang with a simple wire which is provided for all of them

I also brought in 5 older ornaments:

A seagull, displaying my new tags, and 2 fish.  These are $20 each

And finally, two Kevin O'Leary Christmas Tree Heads.  There will be another post coming up about these now that I have some nice pics of a bunch of them hanging in a hawthorn tree.

Same heads as above, front view

This has become the time of year when all I want to do is make ornaments, so I am working on another firing that will include some new whale and dolphin ornaments for the shop if all goes well!