| Highlights Index - June 2009 | ||
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Books:
George
Alec Effinger,
K.W.
Jeter - Noir,
Tim Powers, 06-03-09:
Blends,
New
Space for a new life slide show,
Summer
Solstice eve 2009,
06-23-09:
Travel Kit Idea for Elayne:
wonderful things to do with tins,
Claystress in an Egg,
Mini Scenes: 06-30-09,
Dworkin,
1999,
Jen Doll 1999,
Mr. Mousie's
House,
All blog posts will be un-linked. Two blogs disappeared when I changed webhosts 4/2012. |
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| Mini Scenes: 06-30-09: I've been resurrecting photos from 1999. No captions yet. With GeoCities axing a couple of old websites these pictures have been in storage. My life is like an archeological dig as of late. These four sections are part of "Welcome back Jen" an artist in Austin, TX, with whom I've been swapping stuff for a decade. | ||
 Dworkin,
1999:
Here is one of my first sculptures and it was for Jen of Austin TX. She used
to play Everquest and this was a character she had created. Using a picture
that she sent to me I sculpted this Gnome and surprised my own self with some
of the tricks I fell over. Check out how his face is sculpted. For those who
don't want to mash away at clay to get a certain look, put balls of clay down
and then lay skin clay over it and smooth it on the balls. Do that as an
alternate to putting balls of flesh colored clay on a blank face.So check it out for some ancient clay history for my sculpting journey. Jen says with all her moves he is still in one piece. Cool. |
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 Jen Doll 1999 JenDoll's debut, hanging out in the Japan Room movie set. |
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1/4th scale Mr. Mousie lives there with four mice of his own. 1999 |
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A clay lady sculpture with flowers in a hinged chicken egg. 1999 Even though it's only inside of an egg shell it is still a mini scene. |
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 06-27-09:
"The
words 'vision, paradise and suitcase' were mentioned in my clay group. Well,
all ya gotta do is mention something even vaguely beachy (paradise) and I start breathing heavy." Michele Holly, aka Luny, put together a page on wonderful things to do with tins. Do check it out. |
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 06-23-09:
Travel Kit Idea for Elayne:This time of year ClayMates are hitting the road for vacation. The topic of a traveling kit was brought up by Elayne at CITY-o-Clay. I threw a page together to show her, and y'all, that a metal lunch box works just fine. |
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06-20-09:
Summer
Solstice eve 2009: ClayMates: You know I've been going through a big
re-org. Below is an explanation of why I've been MIA at CITY-o-Clay. I share
this because the worst is over and there's good times ahead.
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 06-03-09:
Blends - An overview of the use of blends. How to do blends by hand,
Jelly Roll Blend with sheet/stripes or snakes/dots, inverting a blend for
the "natasha banana" effect, Tiger and Leopard and Oh My! |
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| 06-02-09: Sometimes when I'm not able to clay I read and there's some more books I'd like to recommend. Effinger's "When Gravity Fails", K.W. Jetter's "Noir", and a trilogy by Tim Powers. Check out their pages below. | ||
 George
Alec Effinger: When Gravity Fails "This is the fourth or fifth time
I've been asked to give a public comment on an Effinger book; and each time
I've done it; and each time I've said you people are cheating yourselves if
you don't forego food and rent to pick up on Effinger's work. Now, *this*
time, will you for pete's sake listen to me and buy When Gravity Fails? It's
as crazy as a spider on ice skates, plain old terrific; and if you don't pay
attention I'll have to get tough with you! We have your childen and your
dog. Buy, read and marvel...or else."-- Harlan Ellison on When Gravity Fails |
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 K.W.
Jeter - Noir: "The book is set in the Pacific Fringe – the only
remaining industrialised part of the world – in a society where free market
capitalism holds absolute sway. Even the dead, including the hero's wife,
can be brought back to life as slave labour if they fail to meet their
financial obligations. The internet has evolved radically so that emails can
be seen fluttering around the recipient and pestering for attention, while
strange online sexual experiences can be had through electronic surrogates
called prowlers." |
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