Mask:  Oonagh, glazed clay, hand sculpted by Tammy Vitale

This is one of those days I’m having a hard time getting started.  There’s snow outside and I seem to want to linger about the windows with a cup of very hot coffee and be dreamy.  PlumpieMousie has been busy and I have found some wonderful sites for you to visit through her links. If you have never visited PlumpieMousie’s site, it is absolutely enchanting, and has something for everyone, including the very literary Old Woman. 

Lucky for me,

Here are some amazing vases from the years c.12,000 – 300 BCE.  Think about that.  This is what has me making for the studio to try out some of these forms with slab in raku clay.  I don’t know that I’ll get anywhere close to these, but they sure are an inspiration.  You can find more at the wikipedia site on the Jomon People.

Next is a site on the work of Niki de Saint Phalle who does large women/public works, many covered in tiles.  This is a real inspiration toward whatever it is I have been moving toward for a year but seem afraid to try.  Husband points out I don’t like doing construction to make my pieces.  But I realize, now, that I am limiting myself by not at least trying to make something large.  And I have an artist friend who also wants to make something large (and in fact has, designing the St. Mary’s County heron for school arts fund raising – I can’t find anything on line.  Perhaps I’ll go collect photos some day).

Finally, here’s another lovely fantasy creation by an artist in New Jersey:  Luna Parc.  Husband bought me one of his dragon pins (lapel art) one year for our anniversary when we stopped at a wayside art spot randomly while traveling and discovered his work right after my then boss had introduced me to this web site.  We figured it was meant to be.

thought for the day:  If you ever want to know what it sounds like when the universe goes ‘Ha! Ha!’ just put a tidy plan on your calendar.  Barbara Kingsolver, Small Wonder:  Essays