Sometimes it flows and other times it trickles...

I could be talking about a river but today what flows is creativity. Not that I am feeling very creative today but I have had my share of "projects" come to completion. For the sake of bragging rights, I'd like to share a few of them with you.

First, there's my mobile. I decided to expose my girlie side and managed to throw in a few of my "drag queen" sensibilities to complete this work. Inspired by some really interesting designs in Japan, I went to the local Japanese nail salon & purchased glue and a whole load of crystals and such. The centre piece was purchased at one of those funky jewelry shops and creatively cut to fit on my phone. A bit over the top? Sure, but what the hell?

Now, I've been telling you all that I was taking pottery classes with this amazing artist who is originally from Japan. This past weekend, I went to pick up my finished pieces and I must say that I was pretty happy about what I came back with. Even the pieces that had problems with the glazing were funky in their own way.

These images are a grouping that I am calling "Water, earth & fire". These were hand built and I must say that these were by far my favourite to create. This is mainly because I could feel them emerge from a piece of clay and then later I chipped away to give them their unique shapes.

And a couple of handbuilt plates. These two are quite interesting in how they were created. They are slab works that involved the weave of fabrics.

Then, there's this piece that just evolved. Another slab however this time used a technique that was really quite ingenious. I promised the instructor that I wouldn't tell anyone so it's going with me to my grave. I hope that you enjoy it as I do.

Now, here are the ones that had problems with the glazing. It was most likely too thick and you can kind of tell by looking at the outside but I also took shots of the inside. They are not able to be used with food however I was thinking they'd make nice flower pots.

And here are the funky inner workings:

As you can tell, the glaze bubbled inside. At first, I was a little disappointed but then cleaned it out and noticed the charm it had.

Lastly, I'd like to share this with Robert. I made this t-shirt a long time ago as a kind of joke. When I was in Japan, there were all kinds of clothing with weird expressions on them so this one is just a "celebration" of that. While the characters make total sense, you can totally guess what the reaction would be with some white girl wearing it. It says, in two different versions of the Chinese language "Help Wanted. Hunky Man Slave". Maybe I should sell the things...

So, there it is. Creativity has flowed like a river for me over the last couple of weeks. I've even taken up writing on the side so that I can keep it flowing. It feels good.