Browsing Archive: resources, 2009
Hi everyone - sorry i can't wave my hands are full. It's me and i'm
working on putting on a textured handle onto my little mug named A
Tisket (it has a match named A Tasket). I was thinking about my mom and
how she would always sing that song at random moments in my life.
I recently made a pink glaze -shhh don't tell me mom yet tho. Its a
surprise since her favorite color is pink, unlike me which my favorite
color is actually green. Anyway i'm thinking ahead (which one should
always do when p... Continue reading ...
Pretty Pink Piggies
I'm not one to usually paint my nails, however this morning i was
looking down past the hem of my green summer dress & thought huh a
complimenting color of pink would look cute. So i go and get the dusty
box of crazy colored nail polish and sift thru it till i find my
amazing pink, that matches my hair. As i'm sitting at the edge of my
bed painting my toe nails, i notice how my tea cup named Cut Flowers is
sitting there waiting so patiently for me to realize what a darlingly
cute moment of gi... Continue reading ...
The Lovely Bird
The one has had a slight name change once just titled Lovely and now
called The Lovely Bird or The Bird for short. It all happend because if
you see on the side it has a cute little abstract bird that i brushed
on in a split of a jiffy. Its a cup that i usually have my morning cup
of coffee out of. Continue reading ...
Share the Love
Posted by Twylah Ekko on Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
In :
Teapots
This was the first of my double spouted teapots that came about
because i was trying to think of ideas that could possibly get me into
grad school. So since i'm such a practical person its hard for me to
venture out and make art sometimes for art sake. Even tho i love the
idea, i mean i do want to be an art professor, so i embrace the idea of
just making art to evoke a feeling. This teapot is named Share the Love
because i think from the side the handles give it a heart kind of shape
and also... Continue reading ...
Little Bit
Posted by Twylah Ekko on Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
In :
Vases
This was the last bit of clay left on my wheel after making a dozen
or so shot glasses. I knew there was too much left to make another shot
glass and not enough for a mug. So then i thought what about a little
Japanese vase, and Little Bit was born. So far it has become my
favorite vase - for big or little flowers, it holds them all with just
the right touch.
i've just noticed something, one may think my favorite color is blue
with as many blue pottery items i have posted so far. However this... Continue reading ...
The Key to the Dark Crystal
Posted by Twylah Ekko on Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
In :
Teapots
Yes this is a teapot with 2 spouts & 2 handles. I think
surprisingly its confortable to hold and pour out of either functioning
spout if one so desires. This one was named by my friend Sara. I
brought it to work when it was just leather hard and she looks at it
and says - wow its sooooo organic looking, i think it looks like
something you would find in that movie The Dark Crystal. Continue reading ...
Oregano Dash Seven
This started out as a nice little tumbler, however for some reason
this one had a leak. I have examined it and cannot see what could be
causing this leak... so instead of just tossing it, i thought to myself
well it will make a cute little planter. So far what i think is oregano
at least that is what my dad told me it was when he gave me the plant,
loves its' home in this little tumbler. The tumblers name is Dash Seven
and since it the Oregano's home i figure its only fitting to change the
na... Continue reading ...
Hiding Tiger
This is a little mug i made when i had been away from doing my
ceramics for a couple of years. The name of the mug is Tiger... i try
to name all of my ceramic pieces. The name usually reflects what is
going on around me at the time or something that has happened and not
necessarily what the piece looks like.
I think this one got the name Tiger because there was a golf tournament on nearby & i heard the name. Continue reading ...
Little Wings gets a black bag
Posted by T Lynn Christner on Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
In :
Creation Process
Yesterday i was sanding a piece of metal (soda pop can) to use as
the pinhole for the NEW camera i'm making. Well, thats about as far as
i got - because as my other name *Side Track Sally* took
over. Who knows how i ended up with material spread out all bout the
floor & was cutting into a skirt then, looking at bills, GETTING the crap scared out of me from my bank sending a letter to me that my card had been compromised?
WHAT? Thats not cool.... Id be getting a new card w/a new pin - make
sur... Continue reading ...
Little Wings and Me
Posted by T Lynn Christner on Wednesday, January 28, 2009,
In :
Creation Process
Hi, its me in this capture i'm finishing up the pin-hole camera ;D i
am placing black foam inside the lid to make a nice and snug fit. The
pin-hole camera is glazed in my pinky's pink with a bit of plum
squiggles just sitting there to the left her name is Little Wings.
Finally i had all the supplies i needed to get that show on the
road. I even made up a small tube pinhole viewing thingy (not sure what
to call it) But the reason i made that was so i could test out the size
pinhole i would ne... Continue reading ...
Me & Little Wings safe under a red light
This is me and i'm loading film into my pinhole camera. Trying to
remember to stay still for nearly a 45 seconds feels like such a long
time when listening to hear the shutter close.
Before I had a chance to use this camera I had to go to several shops to try and find chemicals that I needed to develop the film and who knew that even though i live in the capitol of VA that the camera shops around here wouldn't have everything i needed... oh like matte paper film, Dev, Fix, SB... i
mean really... Continue reading ...
I See You Four
Ok Finally you get a peak at the top of the pin-hole camera and a wee bit of the side of the bottom.
This is a picture right after i have taken it out of that little
rusty bin with a pair of tongs. Its still very hot - oh and before i
forget to tell you - i dropped it! AAAAAAH yes i did, i felt it
slipping out of my tong grip so i got super super close to the ground
so when it finally slipped out of my grip and went TINK onto the hard
pavement i was sooooo hoping it didn't put a crack into i... Continue reading ...
Blinded By Beauty is Born
Ahhh - Finally - that was alot of work. So this is a finished
greenwear pin-hole camera. In case you forgot greenwear is only just
what i consider the 1/2 way point.
I thought a final picture was needed to show you what it looks like
with the top put on showing off its new button stopper/shutter.
I will be soooooo excited once i get to glaze this and fix up the
metal piece that i will insert as my pin-hole. Eeeeeeeh - thats my
excited noise. Continue reading ...
Blinded By Beauty
Now where was i - um, oh yeah i just squeezed a soft bit of clay
into the little hole, then i have a stamp that i made and i press that
it onto my piece of really soft clay until i get a nice impression.
Well - this one is almost all put together. I suppose i would say
this was at the 1/2 way mark. It still must be bisque fired, sanded,
then glazed and the final firing.
Also this little pin-hole camera got a name it's called Blinded By Beauty. Continue reading ...
Nameless Pinhole Camera
As for now this pinhole camera i'm working on is name less. So this
is me & i'm working on finishing up another pinhole camera, it took
me a long time to finally decide on how to make the hole for the
shutter (besides for the piece of metal i have to cut later) Anyway i
was trying to think of different ways to cover up the shutter.
So this was my latest idea - to make a small hole and put sorta like
a plug into it. I start off by making the hole, then taking really soft
clay and rolling it b... Continue reading ...
Little Wings and Things
Here you see the last bit of things i needed to finish up my clay
pin-hole camera. Lets see theres a cork with a needle in it, rubber
cement, black foam, black duct tape, scissors, and of course a sheet of
newspaper to spread all this stuff out on.
Once i got into it, doing the last bit really didn't take that long
and was not really that hard. I would say the longest part was drilling
the hole and sanding the piece of metal from the soda can was the most
time consuming.
So now i need some ot... Continue reading ...
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