Random updates on creative endeavours

The unicorn survived the first firing; then got tipped over by a classmate and lost an ear and the horn. In a highly repairable way, thank god, so i wasn't sobbing. But I am frustrated.

My professor complained that it's too cute. He's about the only one. At least one person said creepy, and several have said cool. He's also grumpy that it doesn't look like a horse with a horn. So i have decided that I *will* glaze it purple (actually, a violet slightly darker and bluer than lavender) just to tweak him. I was afraid the colour would undermine the spikiness.

Alas, because he's encouraging me to go bigger, the pieces no longer really go together as one set of figures; the unicorn could sit on my palm, and is only a head where the others are complete creatures. The mermaid is just a little larger than my old pan figurine for those that remember it, and about 10" tall for those who don't. The gryphon is the size of a small cat. (larger than Amy's kitten Artemis, and smaller than my two full growns) I have chopped the necessary juniper, which smells very nice, and dries well, and will make it wings, partly for the aesthetic, and partly because juniper means so many things that suit. The Loch Ness Monster will be probably a bit larger still, although part of that is that Nessie would be big even in proportion to the others.

The cups from the first project are proceeding apace. So far everything has come out of the kilns well that needs to, but I have over half of them to finish. I was working on one Hallowe'en night, while hanging around with Murren, who is doing NaNoWriMo and was trying to do an 11th hour plot summary, as she's doing a murder mystery and wanted to know whodunit and why and how they figure it out. (And was also complaining about having to obey all the laws of physics this time, as she usually does fantasy.) I wish her good luck!

I have been writing, as well: I managed to cut or consolidate all the fragmentary scenes I had tailing off at the end of bird of Dusk, so it's back on track. Colin bought me a Dana - smaller and far more durable than a laptop, with longer battery life. A palm pilot with keyboard and word processor, essentially. So I can now write anywhere, which is part of why I wanted to be working with solid scenes to come, not with random tidbits. I'll probably load my notes file for the upcoming scenes.

Random updates on creative endeavours

The unicorn survived the first firing; then got tipped over by a classmate and lost an ear and the horn. In a highly repairable way, thank god, so i wasn't sobbing. But I am frustrated.

My professor complained that it's too cute. He's about the only one. At least one person said creepy, and several have said cool. He's also grumpy that it doesn't look like a horse with a horn. So i have decided that I *will* glaze it purple (actually, a violet slightly darker and bluer than lavender) just to tweak him. I was afraid the colour would undermine the spikiness.

Alas, because he's encouraging me to go bigger, the pieces no longer really go together as one set of figures; the unicorn could sit on my palm, and is only a head where the others are complete creatures. The mermaid is just a little larger than my old pan figurine for those that remember it, and about 10" tall for those who don't. The gryphon is the size of a small cat. (larger than Amy's kitten Artemis, and smaller than my two full growns) I have chopped the necessary juniper, which smells very nice, and dries well, and will make it wings, partly for the aesthetic, and partly because juniper means so many things that suit. The Loch Ness Monster will be probably a bit larger still, although part of that is that Nessie would be big even in proportion to the others.

The cups from the first project are proceeding apace. So far everything has come out of the kilns well that needs to, but I have over half of them to finish. I was working on one Hallowe'en night, while hanging around with Murren, who is doing NaNoWriMo and was trying to do an 11th hour plot summary, as she's doing a murder mystery and wanted to know whodunit and why and how they figure it out. (And was also complaining about having to obey all the laws of physics this time, as she usually does fantasy.) I wish her good luck!

I have been writing, as well: I managed to cut or consolidate all the fragmentary scenes I had tailing off at the end of bird of Dusk, so it's back on track. Colin bought me a Dana - smaller and far more durable than a laptop, with longer battery life. A palm pilot with keyboard and word processor, essentially. So I can now write anywhere, which is part of why I wanted to be working with solid scenes to come, not with random tidbits. I'll probably load my notes file for the upcoming scenes.