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Friday, October 2, 2015

Jenkin

I've been carrying around a squeaking toy rat in my backpack for a few years and I finally found a use for it: as a model for this piece.  I was thinking of naming it after Brown Jenkin, the rat familiar with human features from H.P. Lovecraft's story "Dreams in the Witch House."  I ended up glazing it with a glaze called "Pussywillow," which comes out grayish when applied lightly, so he's just Jenkin rather than Brown Jenkin.