So I've been going through my sketchbooks in search of inspiration for my show in a couple of months. I've made a lot of flat picture frame-like ceramic plaques so I need quite a bit of content to fill them. These drawings span probably like 2004 to the present so some of them are kind of old. I've included both drawings of things I typically do as well as a few weird drawings as I would like to get a little weirder in my work.
I've been drawing and sculpting rocket cars lately. Here are a couple:
This one is based on the caption:
This is a drawing I did for a friend who was going to have a fashion line called "Squirrel and Cross Bones"
This is drawing of a photo of some german lady that was at a party at the co-op house that my friends Brandon and Erich used to live in. Dumpasaurus is completely unrelated but written on the same page.
My friend Brandon drew this guy in my sketchbook. I think this was a t-shirt idea.
This is a drawing of a bed that used to be at a cabin that we used to go to when I was a kid. It was a really old spring based hospital bed that was all worn out so you'd always roll into the middle when you were sleeping in it. My family called it the Fat Lady.
This is a stupid drawing I did late at night.
Math Rebel
I had a dream with a drive through pencil sharpener. I should have drawn it in pencil.
Don't ask me what this is about. Cat/Bus
I drew the lady on the left with this amazing old water based sepia ink that I think I got at the Depot for reuse years ago. You just do your drawing in ink and then use a brush and water to shade the ink. It's like one of those coloring books that had the color in dots where you just needed to use a brush with water to color in the pictures.
Here are to two latest pieces that I dropped off. They consist of one large-ish head and one small head.
Here is the map of the states that have subscribers:
This is what they have to say about the map above:
I just got these pieces out of the kiln. They are just black underglaze on porcelain. I am about to start a couple larger pieces which will take forever and I only have a couple of weeks. You do the math. These were pretty simple, here is the process:
Here is the unglazed porcelain car.
First I brush black underglaze into all of the cracks. I like to use Leslie Ceramic Supply's U-24 Basic Black. They also make U-9 Black which is a cool blueish black. The U-24 is a warm brownish black and it tends to flux (get shiny) less than the U-9 which is also a bonus in this case.
All the cracks, crevices etc filled with black underglaze.
Next I take a sponge and wipe off the excess underglaze leaving nice crisp lines.
Now for the laborious part, the background. I have collected lots of images to use which I organize and paste in a scrapbook. This page is all from an old french encyclopedia that had some great images. Landscapes tend to be pretty forgiving since people can't really tell whether you copied the image faithfully so I don't really worry that much about it. It still takes a bit of time even on so small an area. I also shaded the car somewhat at this stage.
And here is the result after firing. 
I also just got out these completed sculptures of dams. They were really smaller studies for large pieces but they came out really nice.
This is a drawing I did for a friend who was going to have a fashion line called "Squirrel and Cross Bones"
This is drawing of a photo of some german lady that was at a party at the co-op house that my friends Brandon and Erich used to live in. Dumpasaurus is completely unrelated but written on the same page.
My friend Brandon drew this guy in my sketchbook. I think this was a t-shirt idea.
This is a drawing of a bed that used to be at a cabin that we used to go to when I was a kid. It was a really old spring based hospital bed that was all worn out so you'd always roll into the middle when you were sleeping in it. My family called it the Fat Lady.
This is a stupid drawing I did late at night. 
Math Rebel
I had a dream with a drive through pencil sharpener. I should have drawn it in pencil.
Don't ask me what this is about. Cat/Bus
I drew the lady on the left with this amazing old water based sepia ink that I think I got at the Depot for reuse years ago. You just do your drawing in ink and then use a brush and water to shade the ink. It's like one of those coloring books that had the color in dots where you just needed to use a brush with water to color in the pictures.
