Mini Glutton

Today I finally made it back into the studio to do some work, excited and ready for some serious sculpting for the first time in weeks. Well since I have only sporadically been in the studio since before Christmas making small things I didn't realize I was almost out of clay.

There was only enough left for one project at best so I picked the one that was first in my mind, the mini glutton jar. Those familiar with my work know my gluttons well, they are giant, fat, funny gargoyles. However their size I think holds people back from buying them so I wanted to try a smaller and functional version and I am very happy with the results: His little sign says mine and when hes done he will be a jar to hold something dear to you. I hope I made the lid right, I couldn't remember what your supposed to do but I remembered I cut the lid on the croc box when it was wet. That's the last thing I made with a lid and its ok so hopefully this guy will be too, if not well then there's a lesson there for me to learn.

I am also looking for suggestions for glaze for this:

Its based off a painting I did in college called Soulmates. Its one of the only paintings of mine that I like and I think the design translates well into clay. I am stumped on the glaze though. I am thinking maybe a crackle? I am going to order from Baileys soon and they have some awesome cone 6 sculptural glazes, any suggestions I would love to hear them!

Tomorrow Chris and I head to DC to see the Terracotta warriors and I cant wait, I am sure I will write a big gushing blog about how awesome they are full of pictures! We are dorks but history and art are the best Valentines day presents we could get for each other! Happy Valentines day weekend everybody, hope your having fun with your sweetie or if you don't have a sweetie your with a friend drinking wine cursing those of us who do, cheers!