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VMW Studios: One Year Ago
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Friday, February 19, 2010. Progress seems to happen soooo slowly, and I often feel like I haven't improved much at all. However, I started thinking about where I was last year, and actually a LOT has happened. Exactly one year ago, I was days away from getting married! I hadn't touched clay in months, due to other jobs and the whole wedding planning thing. I wouldn't do any serious clay work for another couple of months after. In the last year (after the wedding), I did the following:. For the first time.
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VMW Studios: November 2009
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Saturday, November 28, 2009. Gaining Experience Is Not Always Fun. The show is now less than a week away! I have had a few disappointments with finishing work lately:. In the pit fire I finally managed to run, my best sculpture (an expensive one too! Cracked. A lot. Unsalable. On the plus side, now I can go crazy and experiment with it! But enough with the list of failures! Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Pit firing will have to wait another day, or probably two since tomorrow is Thanksgiving. But this...
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VMW Studios: December 2009
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Sunday, December 27, 2009. These are the ceramics books I got this Christmas:. From Mud to Music. About ceramic musical instruments. From flipping through the pages, I can already tell that it has the luscious photos and informative descriptions I was hoping for. It reignites my interest in Xun, which I found during my trip to Taiwan. And last but not least, the Prop Builder's Molding and Casting Handbook. Monday, December 21, 2009. For example: This weekend the Northeast, and especially the DC area wher...
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VMW Studios: Gotta do it
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Friday, February 26, 2010. I hate casting plaster molds. It is tedious, and working with plaster is totally different than working with clay. But I love being able to cast my work multiple times! There's no way around it. So today I tackled the plaster again, with decent results, a two-part mold and two one-part molds. I'm exhausted, though- some people make plaster look easy, but it's not for me! Time for a walk with the dogs, who have been looking mournfully at me every time I walk by. Low Fire Friday ...
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VMW Studios: A Snowy Day = Me reaching for a mug
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Friday, February 5, 2010. A Snowy Day = Me reaching for a mug. Well the snow canceled my plans for the weekend, but on the plus side it gave me an excuse to keep my favorite mug out all day. I have a couple favorite mugs, for different purposes and reasons. It's like shoes: each one has a different purpose and goes with a different mood or outfit, so you can never have too many. I had some Photoshop fun with it because pseudo-snow is a better background than my messy kitchen counter top. View the world a...
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VMW Studios: February 2010
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Friday, February 26, 2010. I hate casting plaster molds. It is tedious, and working with plaster is totally different than working with clay. But I love being able to cast my work multiple times! There's no way around it. So today I tackled the plaster again, with decent results, a two-part mold and two one-part molds. I'm exhausted, though- some people make plaster look easy, but it's not for me! Time for a walk with the dogs, who have been looking mournfully at me every time I walk by. Set up my Etsy s...
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VMW Studios: Snow Dogs
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Sunday, February 7, 2010. I had no illusions that I would get tons of ceramic work done this weekend as the blizzard hit. I know myself far too well for that! Ray is snowed in here and his presence always signals "vacation time! To me My work was limited to reading blogs and shoveling our long driveway. We found a great site to watch tv shows online (free and awesome! And have marathoned the last season of Dexter as well as caught up on other favorite shows. February 7, 2010 at 7:04 PM. Sigh I always hav...
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VMW Studios: July 2009
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Thursday, July 23, 2009. Traveling in Taiwan and Japan. Pictured above is some detailing of a Confucian temple in Taiwan. I am now convinced (if I had any doubts) that ceramics is the career for me, because of my whole trip so far, the thing that grabbed me the most is something I found tucked away in this temple: a Xun. After a little research, including this site. It continues to fascinate me. When I return this will probably be a little side project for me, to develop a Xun of my own. Is still a favor...
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VMW Studios: Death of a Computer
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Thursday, February 4, 2010. Death of a Computer. Last week my computer caught a nasty virus and we decided to wipe it and reinstall it. I got all my files off before wiping it. or so I thought. I hadn't backed up some of my pictures, in fact all of the portfolio ones of work from December. This affected my dragon wreaths, my 2 new sharks (the lovely crackle pitfire ones.), one of my favorite struggling birds sculptures. most of those are sold, so the pictures are irreplaceable. February 4, 2010 at 1:47 PM.
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