Archive for April, 2011

Carolina Wren Nest Spring 2011 and Pottery Bird Sculpture

Thursday, April 7th, 2011

Every year a pair of Carolina Wrens nest on our patio. Over the course of several days and many scouting missions, they pick just the perfect spot, which this year is in our fox fern pot. The opening is only about 2 inches across and she has 6 speckled eggs in there!

Note this seasons choice of building materials, copious amounts of Live Oak pollen and a long blue bit of my yarn, cast off from some crochet or needlepoint endeavor.

Carolina Wren nest Spring 2011

Of course, I had to make a wren to honor the day, here she is just after being hand-formed. I need her to dry up before I start to carve her down and inscribe all the little feather details. Maybe tomorrow?

Carolina Wren nest Spring 2011

This is the first wren I made – so cute!

Carolina Wren nest Spring 2011

Ode to the Mexican Hat Wildflower

Sunday, April 3rd, 2011

Lately I have been working the Mexican Hat wildflower motif in clay and when I started looking back through photos for this post, I realized that I have been making Mexican Hats in some form or another for years now. Each year these amazing flowers bloom here at the house and they have apparently been more of an inspiration to my art than I had ever realized!

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

I have been drawing them…

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

I have been crocheting them…

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

And now pottery!!

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery

Mexican Hat Wildflower Pottery