Bird's the Word

My "Cranwich" (a cross between a Crane and Ostrich)
is getting her tile feathers put on with thin set.

New Elephant Sculpture

Jim spends a snowy Sunday in the shop working
on a sculpture that will have
a water feature.
A spray of water will fall from the trunk
into a bird bath
on the elephant's back.

Spring Leaf

Storing this castor Bean Leaf indoors until Spring.
Hand made from imprinting a fall leaf into tinted cement.

Poka Dot Dogs

3 dogs a-leaping, really, there are 3 Dalmatian dogs
leaping at Kelly and Laura's house.
They raise beautiful show dogs, now they have a mosaic piece
to add more dots to their home!

Family Walk

Here is the layout of a new design.
It will be a gift to Jimmy.
I have met a wonderful Ann Arbor porcelain artist,
Mary Dixon, who makes (and owns) fabulous dogs!

Here is the project a week later,
coming along nicely.
No sign of those Corgis yet.

Here is the finished project,
a design of Jimmy and our 2 dogs
on a "walk about".
Mary custom designed the figure of Jimmy,
I love her work!

Gone Ice Fishing

This piece is 16" X 24". It is lighter than the photograph but I am showing it dark to pick up the design.
Made with high gloss glass with an iridescent finish, hard to photograph. 

 

Having Fun

A table I had a lot of fun with. It is a "ceramic" view of our house with everyone looking out the window.
Let's see, there's Jimmy, me, Miss Purr, Phuti Radiphuti, Ozzie, hey, where's Pip?
She sleepin', I guess.

Fall Fashion

Concrete Garden Lady gets her new Fall/Winter ensemble 
custom tailored by the top designer 
in the Ann Arbor area,
Cindy Neam. 

Hey, what about ME .... ???
I should be so LUCKY!!!

Totem Pole Workshop in Chicago

I attended a Totem Pole workshop at the Chicago Mosaic School with Sherri Warner Hunter.

Here are some photos of the 5 day workshop. Everyone had fun,  amazing totem poles were made by amazing artists. I will show you my concrete and mosaic piece once it is finished.

Kamelia empties the Buddha's Head.
http://greenstarmovement.org/projects.html

Liz is quite handy with colored concrete sculptures!

www.inspiredmosaics.co.uk

Lynlee and her totem project.

Adding glass scrim to head piece. 

Sherri demonstrates how to add wire and decorations to the sculpture.

Facial detail demonstration by Sherri.

Learning how to Hot Wire a styrofoam armature. 

Bird on a Hot Wire!

                                                     Instructor Sherri Warner Hunter

Good Halloween Masks

Scary Monsters at my door this Halloween.
Or are they singing Christmas Carols a bit early?