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.
