Casting

I did some casting this weekend. My newest horse mold was something of a success. I did manage to get a horse out of it without the troubles I expected. I am happy about that. I did have a few minor issues but nothing a little patience won't cure. I have a real problem with time. I don't have enough of it. So I tend to rush my castings out of their molds rather than wait for them to come out on their own. I think this one is going to need patience to set up in it's own time.

Some other things that came out of the molds this weekend:

Jett the Corgi

Here's a preview of my latest dog, Jett the Corgi. It's not finished in this picture but you get the idea. I had a friend who really wanted a ceramic Corgi. She sent many pictures of her long suffering dog, including the one where she dressed the dog in a school bus costume. This one actually started life as a sitting sculpture. It just wasn't working for me that way. So I put it aside for a long time, wondering what I could do with it. When I started working on it again, I just went and mushed it, trying to figure it out. It finally told me what it wanted to look like. It's got a "You got a goodie?" look or maybe "Go for a walk?", as if he's about to hop up for a closer look. It will be awhile before I can get to molding him. I think this one will be fun to glaze. He's got big eyes, unlike the beady eyed Bull Terriers I usually do.

Hmmm...

So, I'm trying out the blogger thing to see if it's better than using iWeb and my own site host for this blog stuff. Not sure I like it but anyway what do you think of my pictures? I have a new camera. I managed to get a good deal on a Sony a300 when Circuit City went out of business. It takes so much better pictures than my old Nikon Coolpix 800. I'm still wanting a macro lens for it but the kit lens does fine for now I think. That's a Breyer Stablemate in the photo above and one of my ceramic Bull Terriers below.