I will attempt to arrange these in descending order, most recent to longest ago.
These led me to most of what I am doing at the moment. Little hexagonal test tiles painted on with T.S. and underglaze.
This is my first attempt at tiling together many parts to make a whole. It kind of sucked because I did not make the tiles from a mold and they were irregular. I think the imagery was interesting and I think it was painted well. … To my liking, anyway. And as far as I’m concerned, I matter the most in my life. Selfish bitch…
During one of my critiques I was told to do some heavy relief work. So I did! There is a relief of a dying fish being held in (my) hands, then I painted over it a snapshot that Zeke and I took in Costa Rica a summer or two ago (near the place where the fish died). I really enjoyed the way the images communicated: Our stupid snorkely faces all hoggin’ up this dying fishes last visions of the beautiful world. UNFORTUNATELY. It was beaten soundly during critique and I felt all burned out on it.
This was the first big painted/reliefy tile I did. It’s of my mom driving a car one time! … I GUESS I COULDA CLEANED UP THE EDGES, HUH?
This is a cockfight! I did it with underglazes on commercial tiles. There is some sand action and sandBLASTING action on there as well. I painted the cockfight not because “I like cocks” as Lauren Mabry commented, but because I like roosters. Specifically, I like the rooster imagery because my dog’s name is Rooster and he is truly my best friend.
This is a rare scissor-finned plecostomus. I sold it for $375 to an over-medicated woman.
The next three tiles are three of my favorite tiles I’ve ever made. They are thick and heavy and rugged and I love the images.
This is a … very odd thing that I’m not sure should ever be explained. I love it, though.
XOXO
This is the crocogator. She is glazed plobble obble green!
Alligators say, “RARARARARARAARARARARAAAAARAAAAGH!”
This is the Dogatile. It might be the second strangest thing I have ever made. But. It was purchased by none other than Dr. Harold F. Daum (of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art). Every time he sees me he tells me how much he likes it. He says he has it sitting on a pedestal outside of his library and he walks by it every morning and says, “Hey!” :) I love Dr. Daum.
This is the very first thing I ever made in ceramic class at SFCC! It is coil-built, and I attached all of those little damn suction cups by HAND. I learned a lot from this octopus. I kind of wish I still had it. I sold it for $275 or so! Hooray for me!
This is “Rock Lobster.” It won Best of Show at SFCC in some year. For some reason. I thought it was funny. I know that it is not a lobster. It is a fiddler crab. I think I fired it about 15 times. Dr. Daum wanted to buy this piece as well, along with the Dogatile, but since it won the show, it became the collection of the school, and he couldn’t have it. :)
