August 8, 2012
Ceramics works in progress
Bisqueware with painted black slip and sgraffito. One plate with several brown and black oxide brush strokes added. Can't wait to see these when they come out of the gas kiln this week!!!
April 16, 2012
March 5, 2012
figure painting, oil, work in progress |
painting from my figure painting class. more work at http://sararesnickkaplan.blogspot.com |
January 17, 2012
Glass blowing class in East Falls
our teacher (in purple below) was great, and walked us through every step of the way to help each of us make a glass paper weight and an ornament. the whole process took several hours, and we had to let our pieces cool slowly (in a kiln) overnight.
me spinning the hot glass |
shaping the glass |
torching glass to soften enough to stamp my initials, and flattening the bottom |
ryan also had a great time! i know he thinks of me as the artist in the family, but he has that spark in him too, and its fun to see it come out!
ry heating the glass in the oven! |
dipping the hot glass into colored glass pieces, and shaping |
shaping the glass. |
The final products! we were really pleased with how these turned out! ryan's paper weight (the green one) has more bubbles, something we were both trying to achieve by poking the hot glass with the metal tools.
ry's paper weight, and mine |
my ornament and ry's |
December 7, 2011
"snacks" still life from last night 30"x40"
set up for still life |
laying in the objects |
a little more detail... |
further along (same as first photo) |
November 8, 2011
Inspiration... Paintings on Pottery
I've started taking ceramics classes again... and I'm having so much fun! I've thrown a few (very) basic cups, and vessels and have been thinking about how I want to glaze my pieces.
Picasso did beautiful sweeping figurative paintings on his vessels and pottery... how gorgeous!!
*A ewer is a vase-shaped pitcher, often decorated, with a base and a flaring spout. - source, Wikipedia
Picasso did beautiful sweeping figurative paintings on his vessels and pottery... how gorgeous!!
Pablo Picasso Picasso *Ewer
Pablo Picasso Yan petite tetes
Pablo Picasso "Trois Personnages Sur Tremplin Sculpture"1956
Pablo Picasso. Hibou (Owl)
Picasso holding a large ceramic plate by Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso Women's Face Edition Madoura
*A ewer is a vase-shaped pitcher, often decorated, with a base and a flaring spout. - source, Wikipedia
July 19, 2011
working on a portrait
Back to work on this portrait of my cousin Cydney..<3 i was scared to work on this for a little while. Sometimes when I like something, i'm afraid to ruin it.. I do like where it's going now. i warmed up the face and slimmed it out a little bit.
i'm planning on spending some more time on it..
July 14, 2011
Banana Bread and Honey Frozen Yogurt
This banana bread turned out delicious! I used this recipe from SimplyRecipies.com, with some altering. (Instead of all purpose flour, I used 3/4 c. whole wheat and 3/4 c. brown rice flour, also I added 1/3 c. of roasted sesame seeds.)
Ingredients
Ingredients
I drizzled honey, sprinkled sesame seeds and added a mint leaf before serving.
Ingredients
- 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup) *i used 3/4 c.
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour *i used 3/4c. whole wheat + 3/4 c. brown rice flour
- *plus 1/3 c. roasted sesame seeds
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour *i took out at 50 mins). Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.
For the honey frozen yogurt I looked up several recipes online, and they were very similar. So, i just kinda improvised. next time around I would add some lemon juice, use a little less honey, and add a little sugar. also, this would be good with small pieces of candied nuts!Makes one loaf.
Ingredients
- 3 c. Greek Style Yogurt (strained with cheese cloth in fridge for a few hours to get rid of excess liquid)
- 1/3c. honey (or to taste)
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1/4 c. toasted pine nuts (or to taste)
I drizzled honey, sprinkled sesame seeds and added a mint leaf before serving.
July 12, 2011
experimenting
lemons and blue pitcher |
I spent some time using a palette knife to apply paint, which is extremely fun. it seems that once i start applying paint with a knife, i have to continue with a knife. i have not been successful using a brush on top of the knife applied paint (yet). the three paintings below were started with a brush for laying out the forms and then continued and finished using various palette knives.
pink flowers |
kettle with red background |
kettle with blue background |
potted succulent |
i'm not sure how i feel about the painting of the cactus/succulent plant above. I do like that i'm experimenting. here, after initially laying out colors and form, I scrubbed on and off paint to create interesting color areas.. hmm...
flower bouquet -work in progress |
we shall see... :)
June 23, 2011
wonderful wedding dresses...
With a few friends getting married in the next 6 months, I was in the mood to look at some wedding dresses.. these are by Monique Lhuillier and they are gorgeous........
outrageous!! |
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