little plates/wall hangings.....you decide

 new little plates/wall  hangings!  I can't decide if I want these to be little plates or if i should epoxy a hanger on the back and call them wall hangings.  Obviously I was obsessed with this process!

 I have no idea why some of the following pictures are either sideways or upside down.  I edited them in my phone and turned them all the right way but then when they were uploaded to here they were wrong and I have no idea how to change them.  tilt your head.......

 and a black and red tall vase......also upside down.  sheesh

what the holidays brought

yes, it is as bad as it looks but today i only have a little bit of a bruise under my eye.  We went out and when we got home I went into the back to feed Zaya, yes Zaya the mastiff, I leaned down to get her food dish when her giant hard head came up under me and smacked me in my left temple area.  Immediately swelling and bruising.  Cold compresses on it for the next two days.  She never felt a thing and wondered why I wasn't putting food in her dish immediately.

gift of a leather sketch book

 A couple of years ago I was gifted a lot of leather pieces which came in very handy when I got the idea to make a small traveling leather sketch book for my ceramics mentor.  Bob Nichols will be retiring at the end of the spring semester and as a gift for him I made this sketch book.  I see it filled with his wonderful handwriting and sketches.  Happy traveling Bob!

finally.....new work!

 Well this is embarrasing......it has been forever since I have updated the blog.  Here are a series of little plates that I made.  They start off as a 4 inch square and then I push a 2 inch block into the clay and it forms the sides.  After making several they started looking like framed pieces of art so instead of little plates I think they will now be wall hangings.  They are waiting to be fired.

 yes, these are upside down and I have no idea why, but you get the idea.