A bank I made, guarded by a good friend.

And here's the 'other cheek'. 

Small sculpture - profile view. ceramic & glaze ^6

Small clay sculpture ( about 8" tall ) fired to ^6.

Another stamped tile. approx. 5" sq.

Here's another green tile with plant pressings on the clay. It's a 4 inch tile.

It's been awhile. Let's start December with this small, crude evergreen tiles. They are made by stamping the image into the clay. They may be a tad out of focus also..... sorry.

Business card sketches

Just this one and another page of business card sketches to go. Then maybe I'll have something else. I hope so.

And another...... business card sketches

Another set of business card sketches. Please don't tire of these. I only have 3 more days of these to show.

Another grouping of business card sketches.

Another grouping of business card sketches.

This is a short series of photos of sketches that I did on business cards. They are older ideas, some of which I recycle. These were all applied to tile designs.

Using white as an outline instead of a dark color.

Experimental tile.  Drawn with hot glue on a masonite board. When cured, I pressed it into clay. The glaze lines are a visual illusion; they are actually recessed into the clay. I squirted the glaze into the rivlets with a syringe.

Here's another earlier playful tile that helped me toward a different direction with the tiles I make.

This tile is approx. 10" x 12" and free form. It is an older tile and somewhat of an encouragement for me to go in the direction I have gone with some of my more recent tiles.  Sorry for the lapse of time in posting work. Life 'things' are happening and I suppose there will be more lapses.

Sorry for the lapse of time. Been really busy with things other than art. I miss it !!!

I think the top picture was photographed in the shade and the bottom was done in the sun. The tile is approx. 9" x 9" / has slip, underglaze and glaze on it. Fired to ^6.  I think this was another attempt at a tile that was cracked in a previous firing.

The top tile was photographed in the shade and the bottom picture was in the sun. The tile is approx 9" x 10"  with slips, underglazes and glaze. ^6 firing

This tile is approx. 9" x 10" - glaze and underglaze - ^6   /  One of the pics was taken in sunlight and the other in the shade and I can't tell you which is which.

Ceramic tile approx 9" sq. - the top pic is taken in the shade and the bottom pic in the sun.  There are slips and glaze atop the clay body / all are to ^6.

This tile has irregular sides but is approx 8" sq. ^6 glaze and clay  The top photo was in the shade and the bottom photo was in the sun. This would fit into the 'primitive' category of my 'dichotomy of styles' and of course the other style would be 'the other'.

New tiles.  It's the same tile.Top shot was done in the shade and the bottom shot was in the sun. This is approx. 10" sq. / clay slips and glaze ^6.

Obviously, I wasn't thinking about faces.  Maybe clay next week......hopefully.

More small sketches/ gel pen.  This type of drawing was my earliest art lesson. As a child ( pre school ) I remember my mother drawing animals for me without lifting her pencil. Of course I'm not doing that totally in these sketches but it happens to some extent. 

small sketches/ gel pen

More sketches/ gel pen

More sketches/ gel pen. 

More sketches. The top 2 are with gel pen the 3rd one is with pencil.