WEEK TWENTY...DAY THREE

BABE RUTH

WEEK TWENTY...DAY TWO

OFF OFF BROADWAY

I wish I could remember the motivation for this piece!

WEEK TWENTY...DAY ONE

BASQUIAT'S CHOW

I had to sacrifice this piece for the Artists Matz.

I just couldn't locate enough images of Basquiat's artwork

in the magazines I had

so I utilized this work he did featuring

 Mr. Chow of the famous Beverly Hills restaurant.

WEEK NINETEEN...DAY SEVEN

LEAF BOWL

This was an engineering marvel.

A cookie cutter was used for the leaves.

The tricky part was glazing and having it keeps it's shape in the firing.

WEEK NINETEEN...DAY SIX

GROW PLANTER

This totally ridiculous book was designed for the PV Library.

WEEK NINETEEN...DAY FIVE

CHEESE PLATES PLUS

Such a perfect vehicle to serve cheese!

Plus one of my favorite jaguar pinch plates.

A sushi tray.

Some other bizarre little square thing I use all the time.

I can look back at these items and realise

I'll never be this prehistoric again!

WEEK NINETEEN...DAY FOUR

BLU BOWLS

My first attempts at throwing on the wheel

imitated the style of Fred Flintstone.

Heavy, uneven, and usually quite short were the norm.

But definitely full of character!

WEEK NINETEEN...DAY THREE

THREE PLATES

In the beginning of working with clay,

one either forms the shape by pinching and manipulating by hand

or rolling out the clay on an industrial size rolling table and slumping it over molds.

I created four plates and bowls with dragon medallions

that are still my favorite pieces to this day.

The fish platter I can't really take any creative credit for,

except maybe choosing the glaze.

And the textured shape was produced by pressing

with wooden dye blocks into the surface before it was slumped.

Not bad for a beginner!

WEEK NINETEEN...DAY TWO

COLOR ME MINE

This is what really got me into ceramics:

I made my husband a Valentine coffee mug

at one of these local craft shops.

Easy enough.

Immediately, I went to something more artistic on a platter.

After having them fire it 3 times to get black instead of blue

I sought out a far superior location to be able to control the results.

The Palos Verdes Art Center

opened the door to a new creative reservoir.

WEEK NINETEEN...DAY ONE

FIRST CERAMIC PIECES

From my very first class

at the Palos Verdes Art Center

 eight years ago.

Pinch pots, slab plate and an extruded vase.

So prehistoric!

WEEK EIGHTEEN...DAY SEVEN

BIG TIGER CAT

WEEK EIGHTEEN...DAY SIX

BISQUIT

WEEK EIGHTEEN...DAY FIVE

PAT'S CAT

WEEK EIGHTEEN...DAY FOUR

TWO CATS

WEEK EIGHTEEN...DAY THREE

SIAMESE

History, Los Angeles County: Burbank Mosaics by Beverly Bigwood

History, Los Angeles County: Burbank Mosaics by Beverly Bigwood

WEEK EIGHTEEN... DAY TWO

FUZZY WUZZY

WEEK EIGHTEEN...DAY ONE

CAT PORTRAITS

Hooray! We sold our house.

Time for a new chapter

or another "cat's life"!

WEEK SEVENTEEN...DAY SEVEN

UNITY

Today is the opening at the PS Zask Gallery

A group show of Artists in support of Humanity Art and Nature

A percentage of all sales to benefit the Japanese Red Cross

6-10 pm

550 Deep Valley Drive #151

Rolling Hill Estates, CA 90274

310 429 0973

pszaskgallery.com

WEEK SEVENTEEN..DAY SIX

HORSE

Forgive the delay ...as you know, the site has been down.

WEEK SEVENTEEN...DAY FIVE

FOOD

The little drawings on the sides are actually very early Warhols.

WEEK SEVENTEEN...DAY FOUR

WILD THINGS

Lois Lambert took 7 of the Artists Matz

for her Gallery of Functional Art in Santa Monica.

WEEK SEVENTEEN...DAY THREE

HAPPINESS - KIDS

WEEK SEVENTEEN...DAY TWO

STELLA
Frank.
The last in the artists mat series.
Absolutely brilliant.

WEEK SEVENTEEN...DAY ONE

UNITY 2

 It's countdown to the big fundraiser for Japan on Saturday

at the PSZask Gallery.

This laminated mat is in the front window!

WEEK SIXTEEN... DAY SEVEN

US
These morphed celebrity faces
will have to suffice until I can create the last Artist mat.

WEEK SIXTEEN ...DAY SIX

KATZ

This image of Alex Katz was supposed to be posted yesterday.
But I had one of those days from hell.

WEEK SIXTEEN...DAY FIVE

WESSELMANN

We celebrate Cinco de Mayo

with a true American artist famous for his Nudes.

He was the first contemporary artist

I was introduced to when enrolled in

the School of the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts

back in the 70s.

WEEK SIXTEEN...DAY FOUR

BASQUIAT

Jean Michel Basquiat

Brilliant and destructive.

Fabulous beyond words.

WEEK SIXTEEN...DAY THREE

LICHTENSTEIN

WEEK SIXTEEN...DAY TWO

PICASSO

WEEK SIXTEEN...DAY ONE

ANDY WARHOL
This weeks Matz
will feature famous artists.