Sunday, January 10, 2010

Happy New Year

Hello everyone and a very Happy New Year.  I hope you all had wonderful holiday seasons filled with family and friends and lots of good activities to remember.


Looking forward into 2010 it is looking like a great year from here.  I've been busy working on the Native pottery for the Heard Show which is a show I've tried to get into several times without success but now for 2010 I am in the show.  I think sales maybe picking up a bit as well which is always a good thing.  I hope the rest of you have wonderful things to look forward to in this new year as well.  I have finally put up some new photos of the finished pieces of Native pottery in the gallery on my Native American website at http://choctawart.com  I've posted one of my favorite pieces here but do go have a look at the other terracotta pieces on the website.  This is a water bottle reproduction.  In the book it is listed as an owl but I really think it is a parrot.  The shape of the head and the beak are just not right for an owl.  In the southeast where these pots originated there are many small native parrots, so I am pretty sure it is a parrot.  I think this piece came out exceptionally good and I am very pleased with it.

I am now working on porcelain murrinis which I plan to fire the samples of today.  I usually cut off the ends for a sample of the design and fire them up separately for reference on the colors and design.  I hope to start making pots using the murrini this coming week.