Another candle holder. I love this glaze. It's called Egyptian Blue.
Here's the results of some of this experimentation - a whole group of candle holder heads. You may remember the first one I made in NYC from this post. She's the one on the far right in these group shots.
Second from the right is creepin' me out allll daaaay evvvverryyy daaay.
And the second and third from the left have their faces painted with the exact same thing - but the white glaze underneath is different. It changes the result so much! Something to do with their chemical makeups. I like playing with this stuff. And oh yeah, how great is that turquoise that's inside some of their heads? I love that colour.
Ok, so now I've figured these out a little better, I can start making something that actually looks how I planned. Hopefully. Ace.
Uh, yeah, that's my name in the contents page in some pretty intense company - Charles Burns?! Robert Crumb?! Ben Katchor?! Not to mention my ol' man. So rad.
And that's one of my two spreads.
I cannot express how flattering and great it feels to be in this most excellent book. Time to knuckle down and make all those comics I keep meaning to make. Huge thanks to Steve Heller.
That picnic table is our pride and joy. Thanks, ebay. We ate many nice breakfasts at it before it got too cold. Now for a few months the table will be used only by the fatty little squirrels, while we're busy clinging to radiators inside.
And you can read the letters on the subject here, if you didn't catch them in yesterday's paper.
For those of you who've been asking - yes! I am planning to make ceramic pieces to tell. However, it's slow getting things figured out, and making pieces come out how I want them, especially since I can only work on them one evening a week. I'll be making small editions over the next few months and expect that I'll be able to have some in my shop in the new year (told you it was slow).
A petite clay rabbit I made a little while back. He's about three inches long. I quite like his sort of dirty, scuffed surface.
A couple weeks ago I had a stall at the Renegade Craft Fair, selling my jewellery. It's only the second time they've held it in London, but I was pretty familiar with it from the US, where Renegade is Big News. It was pretty great. These are a few photos of my table - just got the film developed. I dont have a lot of display skills, but still, it was nice seeing all these things I've made spread out. Proof that they exist! Made a good change from all online sales.
Drawing identical twins for a commission, they reminded me of a hairbrush I painted a while back - they're wearing the same outfit as the hairbrush girl. I guess I like painting this green & grey checked fabric.
Oh lawd, it's been a long time. Life's been complicated. I'm getting back on track now, fingers crossed.
This is a drawing I did a little while back for the excellent ladies at Got A Girl Crush Magazine. It's a portrait of my pal Tuesday - we interviewed and illustrated each other. So if you pick up the magazine (which you should do) you'll be treated to quite a long (and fascinating, obv) interview with me. My name is even on the front cover of the magazine, yo!
An extract, in case you just can't wait. I was asked to write a haiku that defined my work. Here it is, tellin' you stuff you already know:
Angry young woman
Making drawings mainly of
Angry young women
This one was for an article about a Sikh-American woman's memories of her community and her temple, in the aftermath of the appalling Wisconsin murders. You can read the article here. I recommend it.
I'm also here on the Lucky Magazine website, with the nicest lil' write-up from megababe Meredith Bogonovich. Aaand I believe my jewellery is in this month's LINDA magazine, also a Dutch mag, though I haven't been able to get my hands on a copy or a scan of that yet. Still, radness! Thanks Holland, and thanks Lucky!
Another ceramic experiment. As usual, the result was pretty different than expected - his face ran and warped in the kiln, and was meant to be rich, dark blue, but came out very pale & faded. I still quite like him but want to try again, see if I can get more accurate line with the glaze.
Also, yknow, a million other vessels in a similar vein planned. I want to try lots of other animal heads and, of course, the ubiquitous girl's face that I seem to produce eternally. As soon as I find an open access ceramics studio in London, more will follow.
It's been interesting getting set up for jewellery back in England. I started doing it in NYC and had no idea how to find supplies, casters, and so on back in London. But it's alright! There's a lovely little jewellery district in Hatton Gardens, well stocked with everything I could ever need. Thanks London.
In case you wish to order one, they're available right here.
We had to leave Milo in New York while we get situated in London. Going back for him at the end of the year, but it is sad to be without this creature for any time at all.
Note: the cat is in the exact same place in both these photos. Very little will convince him to move from a spot once he is in it.
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