Revisiting Cthulhu

I like Photoshop. It can turn an ordinary photo of a piece of artwork into something quite creepy. The above was created earlier today using a number of filters, etc. But when I tried to duplicate it with another image, the result was nowhere as good. Perhaps I should write down each step along the way.

The original piece of artwork is a stoneware (pottery) statue of you-know-who, created by yours truly.

Creatures of clay

Ceramics classes again. Needless to say, I'm still making things with very little resemblance to vases and bowls. Here are examples of recent creations. Both are in stoneware, which means that they are suitable for use in the garden. I must own up and say that the sculpture of the brown Green Man was based on a mould that Jan made. She, in fact, sculpted nine of these Green Men to my one (I got bored quickly).

Garden Sculpture

Last year I started ceramics/pottery classes. Needless to say, I soon got fed up with making bowls and so tried my hand at crafting sculptures. The photo shows my latest creation. No guesses on whom (or what) it's based. This piece is around 40cm tall and fired to stoneware, so it's suitable for outside use. Yup, it's going to be a water feature. I hope to pump water up through the middle of the thing and forced out of the hole near its 'lip' -- to cascade into the pond. That's the plan, anyway.

Photo (c) Peter Coleborn