Wolf In Progress

This summer has been so busy for us that more than a few wonderful projects have been put aside. For a bit too long in some instances. This is a beautiful piece that I began, quite a while ago, and I have recently picked it up again. This laughing wolf head has grown from my original idea. It is larger than I normally make jesters and with all his teeth has taken more time than I had allotted myself! But alas, he beckons to be finished. So, it is his turn again. He is currently in mid-paint, but you can already see the incredible direction he is heading.

My work in town...

With a little leg work I am beginning to get my work out and about in town. Last fall I was able to create some adorable magnets for the Sweet Life Patisserie . I have updated their collection several times since then. The magnets have gotten cuter and more refined since then. This is the most recent collection I brought to them:

I also recently was able to get my appliqued onesies into Sweet Potato Pie. Tony and Vincent and I stopped in there yesterday to touch base and check on the onesies. I was thrilled to see one of my creations hanging in their window as I approached the shop! (Must remember to take a picture and insert it here!) The onesie in the window was my adorable angel wing one. This is what it looks like:



Some other popular ones there are the raven,

and the ice cream cone.


I have also done some customed appliqued onesies. I created this dolphin set for a woman searching for a hawaiian themed new baby-boy gift set.


I created this raven for someone looking for a "sweet" raven. The dark raven above of course owes it's existance to this little pink girl! I made a matching burpie to go along with this.

Goddesses and Kittens...

I have been sculpting goddesses in one form or another for nearly twenty years now. I began when I was in grade school and my aunt requested some for her shop. I was thrilled! My first wholesale order! Needless to say, they're back! I am adding them slowly to my Etsy shop but here are the few added already for your enjoyment:




There are perhaps a dozen or so more already made that I will be adding over the next few weeks. I love the female form. I love the plump, voluptuous curves of the feminine figure. They are empowering somehow. Holding these little goddesses (who measure no more than perhaps three inches long) in your hand you can feel a feminine energy and it is wonderful! Even if there really isn't any energy there, the reminding they help us with is powerful enough.

On a different note...

last Thursday our cat Sweet Pea graced our home with a litter of kittens. She was originally an outdoor cat but having had them in a box on the porch we promptly pulled the new family inside. This photo was taken when the kittnes were about an hour and a half old. At four days now their color is showing through better and they are just adorable! I have never cared for new kittens before so being the crazy animal lover that I am this is a fabulous experience for me. There are six little kittens. One orange, one cream, one black with rusty patches and striped legs, one black with striped legs, and two grey kitties, one a little lighter and both with striped legs. Sweet Pea is a doll too. She is surprisingly tame for an outdoor cat and this gives me high hopes that I won't have too much trouble finding her a home when the kittens are old enough. So... in roughly six to eight weeks, if you want a kitten! Hahaha! No, seriously... let me know!

Getting Out There

It has been too long since I've updated my blog. I hope that all of you will forgive me!

I have been keeping myself very busy these past couple of weeks with art on every level. Not too long ago I received an order for two custom jesters. I have been spending my time studying river otters and wolves.

The otter is now sculpted and painted and even has all of his whiskers so I am setting him down to sculpt the wolf.

This is going to be a laughing wolf, which presents some unique challenges since I have not yet sculpted an animal with such expression! I am looking forward to the challenge however. They will both be adorned in berets and jewels and ruffled collars. I brought in the finished otter head along with the rest of my jesters to the Art Of Glass a local glass shop/gallery that features artists monthly for the Last Friday Art Walk to see if they would accept my work. They loved them, especially the otter! Looking through Noni's calendar I couldn't help but to drift towards October. Tony and I are great lovers of Halloween. So my jesters will be opening there on Halloween night. How perfect is that! I already have ideas up my sleeve of black cats and crows and maybe even a vampire or two! If you are in the area stop by in your costume and say hello!

Today I took a stack of my appliquéd baby onesies into a local shop, Sweet Potato Pie, to inquire about consignment options. They loved the onesies and wanted them all. I am anxious to see how well they do, or don’t do, over the coming months.