Huge thanks to Joel for carrying my work for the first time at this most busy time of the year! This iconic business supports a multitude of Maritime makers at two excellent Halifax retail locations (The Hydrostone Market and Sunnyside Mall) as well as via their online shop.
All of these pieces are cone 6 stoneware, and were fired in my electric kiln with a variety of commercial and studio-mixed glazes, underglazes, stains and slips. They range in price from $35 for the smaller figurines to $225 for the largest sculptures.
Although I often work in series, these are all 'one offs' as I do not use molds, stamps, stencils or transfers of any kind.
First up are 6 larger sculptures:
This fox is approximately the size of a large pineapple (I think), and is the tallest piece of the group.
Moose.
Skunk holding flower with "Om" symbol carved into its haunch, rabbit holding flower with yin yang on haunch, "peace pig" and a sheep.
Another view of the pig, which has a flower on its other haunch:
A look at the flowers the skunk and bunny are holding. These were initially intended to be 'ring dishes'.
Next are two seagulls, a lobster, a whale and a shark:
Four fox figurines:
Four sheep:
Four crows:
Four Blanding's turtles. This is a threatened species in Nova Scotia and the subject of habitat conservation campaigns by the Nova Scotia Nature Trust:
Four bears:
Three birds: (a chickadee, robin and bluebird)
Squirrel, deer and buffalo:
Four goats (three billy and one nanny), four chickens and a rooster. When sculpting the chickens I thought if they were an Ikea item I would name them "Bok Bok" after the sounds real chickens make.
And finally a couple of Easter chicks and Thanksgiving turkeys.
That's it! Three cheers for everyone supporting the buy local movement this holiday season!
