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 August 13, 2016

Here are pics of 9 new Pulp Creatures dropped off at Jenny Jib in Lunenburg this past Thursday.  

It's been awhile (almost 2 years!) since I've worked in papier mache so these were a lot of fun and fortunately it turned out to be a great day to get some pics at nearby beautiful Hirtle's beach.

First up are the 2 "Sidney the Pittsburgh Penguins" made in honour of Nova Scotia's own Sidney Crosby, the Pittsburgh Peguins captain who is quickly becoming a national treasure.

Here's a great CBC article from last month about the parade for Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup in his hometown of Cole Harbour.  This is a really sweet article too about how he surprised a fan in rural Nova Scotia

In one sculpture "Sidney the Pittsburgh Penguin" is holding the Stanley Cup, and in the other I tried to copy the pose of the penguin on the team's jersey.  Big thanks to my super hockey fan husband for the suggestion and input!  These are way more detailed than the hockey raccoons I made in 2014; as an aside one of the players who inspired these raccoons has since switched from the leafs to the penguins.

 A close up.  Turns out Sidney Crosby shoots left and the penguin on the jersey shoots right:

... Then they  went down to the beach to check out the great white shark and show off the Stanley Cup.  (For non-hockey followers, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks for this year's Stanley Cup).

Another shot of that shark, it has a hook built into the top so it can hang as well as sit:

Next up a herring gull with three piping plovers.  Piping plovers nest on beaches and are endangered, check out the Nova Scotia Piping Plover Conservation Program for tips on on how to help these summer visitors thrive.

Next, two crabs.  This wasn't intentional but posting these pics makes me think of play on a well loved Dr Seuss book... "one crab, two crab, red crab, blue crab"

 

 


 A group shot of the crabs and birds:

A photo of everybody:

And final photo before dropping everything off at Jenny Jib, Sidney the Pittsburgh Penguin with the Stanley Cup in front of the Lunenburg Arena. 




Hooray!  These creatures took a lot longer than expected! but I'll be getting back in to the clay soon and working on the next firing!