pinch pot using soldate clay body, with "patina" glazeOne of the things I love to make in any clay studio is a pinch pot. If I am waiting for something to happen, or I have extra time, or just a ball of extra clay, all of a sudden I am making a pinch pot. In this...

b-mix clay body with linseed oil and black mason stain transfer, glazed with "angel spit" It's always fun when a glaze firing is done. Today I got to the studio to find the pieces that had the linseed oil transfers had been fired. The studio has a glaze called...

"this jolly young mermaid plunged into the waves" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Swimming Apparel on Southern Beaches Is Not Likely to Prove a Bit Cumbersome to Lassies Who Love Active Water SportsI wonder sometimes if we moderns realize how short a time ago it...

"times three" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. No one wrote about it in the news when Spot broke his paw. Terrence Ryan, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ryan, received what the doctors called a "bad break" when he fell after his foot caught in the slide at the...

"all americ • hen" collage on vintage wall paper, 4 x 5.5 inches.Playing with printing on vintage wall paper backs. This time with an ink jet printer. I found this chicken image and, I don't know why, thought American... Americ-hen. Well, after that, I made an All...

"c/o alexander pearson" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.More transfers, this time on paper. Am I obsessed with transfers? Maybe this week I am.Here was another test of my patience, but this time it was waiting for the UPS delivery of decoart americana matte...

Trying some new ceramic techniques that I have been wanting to do for a long time: this one was image transfer onto clay. As you can see in the photo, my first try was not successful. I followed along with a wonderful video on the ceramic arts daily blog from the...

"the douglasses come back" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.In 1907 a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Douglass, were released from jail. They served almost two years for "conducting a disorderly house" and when they tried to find lodgings that night, they were turned away...

"one, two, three, four cake" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.I love all the ephemera I have collected over the years and there are lots of times that I just don't want to use it up. Then I remind myself that the reason I bought or found it was so that I could...

"AS needed" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.

"Mrs. Harry Blue" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.

"phenobarbital" collage on paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches.Now for sale on Etsy, my latest series called Drugstore Collages.