Hello Every Sunday, 2nd edition

Hello Every Sunday, 2nd edition

HES is back for another year! You can follow Priya Sebastian and me at instagram.com/helloeverysunday. We draw (or paint, or other type of creation) every day and we upload on Sundays. You can see the first edition on Tumblr. Etched paper, acrylic ink Acrylic, gesso,...
Water etching

Water etching

Another pottery session has concluded a few weeks ago. My challenge this time was to achieve transparency with water etching. Note that this technique takes FOREVER. The transparency would be even sharper if I had access to real porcelain, fired at cone 10, but still,...
Flying pigs series

Flying pigs series

Flying pig planter – mishima technique with underglaze and clear glaze on porcelain, mixed with grog Flying pig water bowl for a friend’s cats – underglaze and clear glaze on porcelain
Ceramics experiments:  March and April

Ceramics experiments: March and April

Matte white glaze on a mix of unknown claysAn unexpected wood effect for a small series of bowls and tumblers. Combine all of your leftover clays, and this is what you might end up with! White glaze on a heavy grogged reddish clay Underglaze and clear glaze on grey...
HES, final weeks! 51 & 52

HES, final weeks! 51 & 52

Woot!! We made it till the end! Here’s my final montage, from weeks 51 and 52 for the Hello Every Sunday project: one year of drawing daily. Priya called HES “the monster that we had to feed” (and I agreed), for it was so time consuming. We...
Ceramics: October to December 2018

Ceramics: October to December 2018

I don’t know if this autumn and winter had me day dreaming of the sun and warmth, but my work suddenly got a lot more colored. I also began testing clays containing quite a bit of grog (tiny particles mixed in with the clay body). If I can’t have the sand...
HES, weeks 49 & 50

HES, weeks 49 & 50

Week 49: the beginning of “Tropical Fiesta” Week 50: Tropical Fiesta completed Mixed media on paper To see all of our Hello Every Sunday projects, head on to https://helloeverysunday.tumblr.com/.  
Ceramics: August and September

Ceramics: August and September

White on white (transparent glaze on white stoneware) Practicing shallow bowl forms; in my mind, it was easy, but I failed many times before getting it right. My almost fully installed new micro studio, with invaluable furry accessory (cat enjoying ray of sunlight). A...
Ceramics : May, June and July

Ceramics : May, June and July

In May, June and July, I spent most of my (free) time decorating plates and bowls. I finally got the results I was looking for these past years and felt so happy that I gathered what was left of my bisque pieces and used them as canvases. I found out that in some...