It's a New Year Baby!

Fantastic 2009 to you all! I'm sorry I missed saying 'Merry Christmas' a week ago (but Happy 8th Day, to those who are counting!). I was a tad under the weather last week, and was just too exhausted to even turn my computer on by the time I got back from visiting the relatives (who were about in the same state I was!). Anyhow... Yes- it's a baby! A "Jellibaby"! I wanted to give her a candy inspired name, as I imagine I will be doing quite a few of these little gels, in a rainbow colors & patterns. She will be an all CM run, and I will soon be sending all of the details and better pictures to my Yahoo Group. This little pintoloosa darling here will not be one of the pieces I offer, as she already has a home, but as it is such a fun pattern to me, I'm sure I will be doing a few more pintoloosas in other colors. But first, there are more molds to make! Luckily, I have a rubber order on the way, so I should be able to get to them very soon. Then there will be lots & lots of little mini fillies! :)

So, love, blessings, and joy to you all in 2009. May you have a most shiny new year!

'bout time!

Well... ever since I started this blog, many moons ago, I'd been hinting about my next new sculpt- a thoroughbred. I'm happy to say that I've finally started her! She doesn't look like much yet- her wire is still showing (how embarrassing!). Her pose was inspired by a partially-finished sketch I did during a morning workout at Santa Anita. (You can actually see the sketch on my website here.) It's amazing just how many projects just kept taking precedence over starting a new sculpture, but my goal was to get her going this month, and I've managed that- with a few days to spare! Now the trick is going to be working on her along with my other stuff, but I think I can handle that. Sculpting takes a different mindset to ceramic production, and I find it the difference refreshing. Oddly enough, my mind works better when it is being stretched in different directions. Helps to keep me creative. Getting back to the topic on hand, here's a look at her "glamor" side. She is going to be a small classic scale piece, when she's finished.


Anywho, speaking of new sculptures, here's a sneak look into my damp-box... I'm happy to say that my little mini foal has been molded! Yup- she needs a bit of cleaning, firing, painting, and glazing, and then I'll be ready to debut her! Look for that announcement early in 2009... (Though I may post some more pics here first!).


Okay! That's all for now! Happy Advent & Happy Hanukkah to y'all!

Etsy Shop!

Things are being listed on my brand-spanking, shiny new Etsy shop! Please go here for further Art Sale purchases:

http://www.velasquezartistry.etsy.com/

Thank you!

The Fall Art Sale!

Hey there, hi there! Happy Fall for a little while longer! I am pleased to present to you a selection of fine goodies from Velasquez Artistry. I don't quite have everything here, but this is most of it! A few more items will be added tomorrow in the new Etsy store, plus, there will be (if his last firing goes all right!) a very spotty Jitterbug POA CM up on my website tomorrow too!

How this works: Visit my Etsy store (link above) if you are interested in any of the remaining pieces. Thanks!


Now finally- the Art! (click images for larger pictures!)

Our Newest Pin/Pendant- The Ginkgo Leaf!
It's a pin... No! It's a pendant! It's whichever you want them to be! Just let me know. I have nine of these art-glazed guys. If you want a pin, I will attach a clasp; if you want a pendant, I won't. You will need to provide the chain. They do hang nicely!

New too! Bird Silhoutte Pendants!
In Chickadee or Finch styles. Hand cut clay, painted & art glazed for a bronzy/greeny fleck effects! They will have either gold-plated or silver-plated jump rings attached (let me know which one you'd prefer), but you will need to provide the chain (or cord) to hang them from. But they are super cute, and come in lots of colors! Please specify which letter you are interested in.

This is how they will arrive:

Thoroughbred Pins! $35 ppd.
In Thoroughbredy colors! Let me know which letter you are interested in! I really ought to take better pics of these though- I was having major glare issues!
P is SOLD
S is SOLD
T is SOLD

CM Rat Pins! ALL SOLD!
Thought I'd throw a few of these guys in! I lowered the price a bit, as I quite forgot how strong that pink concept paint can be- they have very pink tails! Let me know which letter you are interested in!


Blue Poison Dart Frogs! $50 ppd. BOTH SOLD!
I went with the same color on these two guys, for simplicity's sake, but I will eventually be making more in other colors!

Collages!

"Autumn Ginkgo"
9 x 12 Acrylic, Cut Paper, Colored Pencil
Ginkgo trees turn a lovely gold in the fall, and I've tried to capture the essence of that in this piece.

"Treat?"
4x 4 Acrylic, Cut Paper, Colored Pencil
A mini collage, ready to hang!

"Wasn't Me" $18 ppd. SOLD
4x 4 Acrylic, Cut Paper, Colored Pencil
Another mini collage. Cats never do anything wrong, you know.

"Nun-Finch Reflections"
4x 4 Acrylic, Cut Paper, Colored Pencil
Yet another mini collage, ready to hang!

"Mud Pony Queen"
4x 4 Acrylic, Cut Paper, Colored Pencil
Show your status as a mud-fancier with this mini!

Tiles! Yay!

"Tiptoe through the Poppies"
6 x 6 unframed, hand-painted original tile. $90 ppd. ON HOLD
Somehow, this feels like it belongs in a picture-book...

"Stellar!"
6 x 6 framed, hand-painted original tile.
A Stellar Jay, with a fun experimental background of blue, jade, and bronze flecks.

"Rat Nap" ON HOLD
4 x 4 unframed, hand-painted original tile. $45 ppd.
This guy was giving me a bit of trouble, but I almost got him where I wanted him... The surface of the rat is slightly rough, hence the lower price.

"The Merry Shrubbery"
4 x 4 framed, hand-painted original tile.
A whimsical piece!

"Daisy Chin"
4 x 4 unframed, hand-painted original tile.
Pretty with a daisy!

"Chickadeee!"
4 x 4 unframed, hand-painted original tile.
I am on a winter-bird kick. The background is a grey art glaze.

"A Good Book"
6 x 6 framed, hand-painted original tile. $95 ppd. ON HOLD
I caught my cat sleeping like this once... now it's a tile!

That's all for now! Check here for an Etsy link tomorrow! Thanks so much!

Getting There!

Hi again! The sale will happen today, but just wanted to give a heads up that the soonest I will be posting anything is noon, PST. I've got too much scanning & photo editing to do! Wish I was a bit faster at it, but there ya go. In the meantime here is a quick (i.e. not so great) photo I snapped of one of the collages... Yes, you *are* seeing a pattern here... I can't help it! I like Ginkgoes! :)

Slight Delay

Hi!

Hope everyone had a very nice Thanksgiving! We are doing #2 today, so we're not quite done celebrating yet! Anyhow, I hate to do it, but I will be delaying the start date of the Art Sale by one day. My kiln was giving me a bit of trouble last night, so I didn't fire it. It's all right now, but now my schedule is off by a day, thus the delay. Other than that, the schedule should pretty much be the same- I've edited it below to reflect the change. Thanks for your patience!

Art Sale Schedule

Hi Wonderful People!

Hope your day is going along happily. At the moment it is nice & sunny here, but those bright and smiley weather people on TV say that it is going to rain for most of the rest of the week. Gasp! How will us Californians handle that? Luckily, I'm going to be curled up in my studio, finishing up the art sale stuff for the better part of this week (save Turkey Day, of course! Then it will be The Clean the House Before Company Comes and We All Go Batty and Oh, Bake Some Pies Too Marathon). But the real reason for this post was to share the schedule for the upcoming VA Fall Art Sale. I wanted to hold it at the end of November, but due to falling a bit behind (I am overambitious, yes), and realizing that the end of November was in fact a holiday weekend, I decided to push it back a few days. And thus we have:

Velasquez Artistry's Fall Art Sale!

Preview Day- Tuesday, December 2nd
(On the Blog- Items will be for sale- first come, first serve! M.O.'s, checks & Int'l orders will be accepted only on this day).

Sale Opens- Wednesday, December 3rd
(To General Public on Etsy- Domestic PayPal only)

Sale Ends- Wednesday, December 10th
(Any unsold items will be removed from Etsy)

Last Day of Shipping- Saturday, December 13th
(I don't want your items lost in the holiday shuffle!)

Okay, folks! That's basically it. If you have any questions, feel free to holler. I aim to have everything done on December first, but I just might not make it & have to list items after the 2nd on Etsy, so be aware. All righty, I wish everyone a very joyous and stress-free Thanksgiving Day. And what am I thankful for, this year? Why, just to name one thing- you guys, of course!