Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Tropical Couple


Here's a tropical woman wall tile I just made which is about 8 x 8 inches. Gary said she looks Cuban. I carved lower eyelashes and forgot to slip paint them but the outlines are noticeable. Today I went back and painted those in.


Then I decided to make a tropical man to complement the tropical woman, a tropical couple if you will. After these two are fired I'll tell you another story about my time in Cuba. The colors on the woman look more muted since it's more dry than the man I just made. I like the fact they're drying together cheek to cheek.


I've been thinking about how to display the couple. Several possibilities come to mind such as mounted individually on a wall, mounted on a board together and hung on the wall. What do you think? I've been feeling braver with my process, using brighter colors, stepping outside my usual bounds, letting go.

Bigger isn't always better for slip containers. The canning jars don't stack on top of one another and take up much more room on my work table. I'm thinking about a rolling cart I can place under the table and pull out when I use the slips. Maybe a double decker lazy susan for table top.

I think clay must be the most expensive medium to produce a finished piece of art, tools, glazes, slips, tables, slab rollers, kiln etc. What do you think? Well maybe bronze and metal are too. Hum, just had an idea of painting the tropical couple on canvas with acrylics, we shall see if I get around to it though. So many ideas and so little time. Please stay tuned for more. Thanks for reading and for your comments.

15 comments:

  1. Love these Linda, they look so Carnival Happy

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  2. Hi Kitty, thanks, carnival happy, that's great.

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  3. Very colourful! I think individual wall mounting would work well. A painting to go with them would be great too.

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  4. i vote for individual mounting... that way the buyer has options on how to arrange them. love the bright colors!

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  5. wow- thanks SO much for all your help with the kiln question. Wish you were closer! Would be fun to partner together in things and learn from you. Will definitely keep you posted.
    Signed a contract on a brand new house yesterday---- which includes a BIG 2 car garage (concrete floor) and a window in the garage! :) Will see where this goes before I get too excited. who would've thought in looking for houses that I'd be most of all concerned with the garage! :) Potters understand...

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  6. Really like your couple. She looks sweet, he looks a bit menacing but the colors are great.

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  7. My first thought was CARN-I-VAL!! They look so festive and individualized! They are wonderful and each have their own personality -you could make a whole community of festival faces as wall tiles or platters for fancy party food!

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  8. Great work, Linda! They do look 'carnival happy'! At first I thought mounting them would be perfect - then, I said, hmmm, no, they need to be hung as they are with a painting...a three's grouping. But, hey, it's what I would do in this house....

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  9. Hi Anna, thanks, I think individual too as I am not sure they are going to be the same size and also they can be hung in several different directions. I will have to see about that part.

    Hi Michele, thanks, I think you are right about that.

    Hi Patti, thanks, I didn't intend to have him menacing, but well I'll have to see if I can change the colors to reduce that feeling.

    Hi Meredith, thanks, I hope I have success in the firing.

    Hi Cindy, thanks, I'm trying to think in more groups as you suggest and I will see where that takes me, thanks for the suggestions.

    Hi Kittie, thanks, glad you can imagine them in your house, thanks for the suggestions.

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  10. Great pieces! I can't wait to see them fired! I would mount them individually.

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  11. Hi Lori, thanks so much, I hope all goes well, if not I'll redo these two as I kind of like them too. Most times I just go on to the next idea, but this time I'm kind of partial to these.

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  12. Great colors on the tiles! You can just frame them individually and hang them side by side.

    Carolina Mts

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  13. Hi Cheri, thanks so much for your advice, I am wondering what the colors will look like after firing, it's always a mystery to me.

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  14. Hi Amy, thanks, I am so happy for you, keep me posted, can't wait to see some photos of your new place.

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