Eye Cup #14

This is a slab-built pot/cup/mug with three large eyes.  The "eyelashes" are molded from the seed pods of the Screwbean Mesquite tree.

Lips Cup

This is a slab-built pot/cup/mug with a mold of a mouth modeled after Patricia Quinn's mouth in the opening sequence of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Cockroach Cup 1

In 2001 I bought a ceramic mug with a lump on the bottom painted to look like a cockroach so that when you finish your coffee and get to the bottom you either think, "Fuck, there's a cockroach in my cup." or "That cockroach-on-the-bottom idea is clever, but the cockroach isn't very realistic."  I fall into the latter camp so this is my interpretation.  The cockroach is a mold of a plastic cockroach from a post-Halloween vermin sampler.

Tooth Pot 1

This is a slab pot with teeth.  The glazes either ran or there was some splattering.  I need to try this one again.

Desert Mistletoe Candleholders

I received a commission to make a slab-built candle holder for larger candles which was not necessarily a menorah.  I made two of them.  They are both decorated with
Phoradendron californicum, desert mistletoe.

Mistletoe Candleholder with five holes:

Mistletoe Candleholder with six holes:

Tardigrade 8

This is another interpretation of the tardigrade in clay.  I've been trying to find a way to accurately represent tardigrade claws.  When I make it as a free-standing sculpture, long, delicate claws tend to break off in the kiln, so in the past I've used larger feet which resemble mammalian bear claws.  With this one, I attempted to address the problem by building it on a base.  I like the way the claws came out, but they still don't look like tardigrade claws.

Cannabis Menorah 1

This is a slab menorah with a large Cannabis leaf.  Cannabis and Hanukkah go together well because both involve lighting up.

Seated Cthulhu 2

This is a sculpture of Cthulhu seated on a mound.  I like how He's seated casually instead of in the usual unlikely crouch.  Who wants to hold an uncomfortable crouching position for eon upon eon as You wait for some idiot mortal to open the gate.  It was done as a commission on Etsy.

The Milo Cup

This is Eye Cup #11, The Milo Cup.  My two-year-old nephew saw one of my eye cups at my parents' house and was fascinated by the eye on the inside that appears when you've finished drinking.  So this is an attempt at a kid-sized eye cup.  I say attempt because the rim is too thick for me to drink out of comfortably, so I'm guessing it would be more difficult for Milo.  But hopefully it can be put to some use, even if it doesn't last long (young children and fragile ceramic = ...).

February 2014 Bisque Firing