Hey there, I have had a sort of successful first glaze firing. Everything came out excellent. One piece had two TINY cracks in them. BUT when I cleared the digital read-out it told me the thermocouple failed. So now I have to figure out what happened. This is only my third firing in this kiln.
Anywho.
Can you guess who this gift is for?
Here are some other custom sculptures that I'm shipping tomorrow. 16 in all. Notice the NEW Fat Cat sculpture!
Thanks for the help boys. You're sitting on my computer and my packing materials
I guess this is God's way of thanking me for jury duty yesterday. Thanks Stubborndog!
Below you'll find three different custom sculptures I've been working on. None of have them been glazed fired, but are as I type. All the colors will be darker, the grey on Doc is actually a beige color after firing. All will have a glossy glaze.
Train:
Doc:
Taji:
Endless Whimsy is available in a brick and mortar!!!!! Dalton Heritage Arts is in Wiscasset, Maine and will be open at least through Christmas Eve! Yeah for steps toward more locally known!!!
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I got my newest batch of sculptures and plates last night and between Mother's Day festivities and piano lessons - I'll be glazing them. Especially the one for Mei from Jake and Micah!
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Angie from JellyBeanArt has a lovely shop of prints. And they complement the style of my work nicely: minimalistic, graphic, yet whimsical. Endless Whimsy is currently featured on her blog. Please stop by and say hi and check out her shop!
This is my vacation week and although I want to spend time relaxing and hanging with family, I want to also use this time to work on Endless Whimsy.
Goals:
1. Prepare the May Newsletter - if you haven't signed up, you certainly should! The link is on the left!
2. Make some polymer sculptures for the store
3. Get the stock back up over 50 items
4. Promote on ArtFire - hopefully get my first sale over vacation. If I don't get a sale by the end of May, I may need to 'stop' selling there. I know I need to keep listing to stay visible, but I just don't receive the traffic I need to warrant splintering off of Etsy.
Do you have anything you'd like to see me work on?
It's been since February!!!! I was featured on the Front Page of Etsy today at 5:30pm. I'm so happy, it's like a belated birthday present (yesterday) AND it's my first porcelain figurine to make it to the front page!
(best viewed large - click to biggify!)
For two reasons, the AMAZING color and the Pet Gift Guide feature!
I sent out the newsletter and I've been busy with Endless Whimsy - but haven't been around all the time. I've tried to comment on blogs, but I'll be back soon. I'm tiling this weekend!
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I'm a featured artist on Sweet Irie Originals' blog this week! She's running a giveaway on a paw print porcelain figurine. Hop on over to her blog to enter. It's easy - just visit my shop and comment back on her blog about what you like in the shop. There are other ways to get extra entries too. DON'T MISS OUT on this wonderful opportunity.
Rules:
1) You must go through Endless Whimsy's shop and comment back here on your favorite item!
2) Comment here in my blog with your name and contact information. PLEASE leave me a way to get a hold of you!!
3) Winner will be announced on April 7th, at which time I will contact the winner to get shipping information for the sponsor to ship out! If the winner does not contact me within three days, I will appoint another winner through a random number drawing.
4) Blog about this giveaway and receive ONE extra entry! Just come back here and leave a separate comment with your blog link.
5) If you do not have a blog, you can email all your friends about this giveaway and come back here to post and receive ONE extra entry. You must email me along with emailing your friends, so I know that you did! My personal email: shellmonster@hotmail.com
6) Subscribe to my blog (become a reader) and earn ONE extra entry! Come back and leave a separate comment with your name and telling me of your subscription.
7) Earn TEN (10) extra entries by purchasing something in Endless Whimsy's shop. Just come back here and tell us what you purchased along with your contact info to claim your extra entries!
8) Contest is open US and Canadian residents only.
My friend Michele at Sweet Irie and I have been chatting about branding and logo creation and we might do a trade! But I'm looking for some feedback on the logo prototypes she came up with. I drew the cat, she came up with the font ideas.
1. what colors do you think are "Endless Whimsy", we can change the colors
2. which layout do you like? WHY? :)
3. what do you think of the fonts?
4. changes?
There is a new entry about projects on the home site -
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