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!







 

New Work Taken to Made in The Maritimes, December 19, 2017

Here are pics of new sculptures which were dropped off last week at Made in the Maritimes Artisan Boutique's Hydrostone location.

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!