works in progress

[smkie]

little rocking owl
hard to get a good picture - Dog and Puppy Pictures
to be little rocking owls (i hope)
owls - Dog and Puppy Pictures
big butch before bisque firing
big_butc_side_view - Dog and Puppy Pictures
distorted frontal view...big_butch_front_view - Dog and Puppy Pictures

box and blanket base for the totem pole
Bottom of totem pole - Dog and Puppy Pictures

glaze combo i am going to use for a very large bowl
glazes - Dog and Puppy Pictures

 

[bubbatd]

Love seeing your work Smkie... Butch is looking great !!

 

[~Jessie~]

Your work is so amazing!

 

[Zoom]

That totem pole is going to be a work of genius when it's all put together!

Butch is coming along magnificently!

 

[Barb04]

I like the rocking owls. I have to say that Butch looks great!

 

[smkie]

I wish i could photograph him and you could see it as it really is. It is so distorted i hardly recognize him and it upsets me. THe owls look simple but they are not. To get a good even rock, one where they will rock for a long time with only a touch is my goal. THey are burnished where there is no glaze for smoothness. I make them solid then hollow them out which is why i have had two crack on me. ONe was my fault, i run a small coil over the sealed edge and smooth it down, i missed one place. The other and this was my best one too was the fault of our kiln tech. I would not have put it on the shelf to dry if i knew he was going to put it right in. It was far too wet and he dinged the bottom of it on something else which is why i know he put it in so wet. THey are not suppose to do that. I would like to have a dozen or so by fall. But at this rate, i am doing good to have two.

I dont' know if the totem pole is ever going to happen. I feel so ill right now it is hard to work.

 

[Ridgeback Guy]

Wow, that is incredible!! I wish I had talent like that.

 

[Renee750il]

I am totally besotted with this one

 

[smkie]

Wish you could see it better. I am too which is why i keep trying to make more. He's about the size of a grapefruit.

 

[mrandrei]

Very creative pieces! You're an artist!

 

[Brandyb]

Smkie - you're work is fantastic!! I adore the owls - the expression is just priceless!!! Beautiful!