Spring Has Sprung

Things have been busy here at Tiny Happy Clay! I'm getting ready for an upcoming 1 day show at the Dougherty Arts Center in Austin, Tx -- Art Happens Here Spring Fling 2019.
I'll be setting up a booth and doing a sculptural demonstration on Saturday, June 1st, 2019 from 12 - 5 pm (demo at 2:30-2:50).

I'm also excited to announce that I've been working on a line of ceramics that will be mass produced and available early next year so stay tuned for details!

Current handmade items can be purchased on my etsy shop or by emailing me at tinyhappyclay@gmail.com to request something you've seen but can't find listed as well as in Austin at Art For The People Gallery, Sugar and Paris, and at the Assemblage Contemporary Craftsman Gallery in Buda, Tx. And to see my most up-to-date items, I typically post on Instagram several times a week @tinyhappyclay

Holiday Bazaar Booth

Hello again! I've been busy pumping out mugs, sculptures and ornaments for the Blue Genie Art Bazaar, beginning Black Friday, November 23rd, 2018. They will be open every day between 10 am - 10 pm until Christmas Eve and are located at 6100 Airport Blvd. It is a wonderful shopping experience to find local artisan and craftsman goods and admission & parking are free, yipee!

I've been working on new stuff for some upcoming shows. This April I will be in a group exhibition at the Coop Gallery in my home town of San Angelo, Texas. It is April 21-22nd in conjunction with the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts Ceramic Invitational opening. I've got a lovely platter, a yard cat sculpture and some mugs planned to display.

This bird fruit platter was made by rolling a slab of clay and then applying underglaze and stamping for texture. After it dried on a hump mold, it was bisque fired. Then I applied more underglaze and hand-painted the bird image over the top. Clear glaze was added and then it was glaze fired to 05.

I enjoyed creating this piece because it allowed me to play with screen printing (polka dots and some stars on the bottom of the platter) and to explore asymmetry. I found it refreshing and satisfying to create a functional piece with rough, torn edges, and hope to continue in this vein with my hand-built work!

In May, I'm getting ready to open my studio doors for the annual West Austin Studio Tour...stay tuned for details!

West Austin Studio Tour 2017

Here is the flyer for the West Austin Studio Tour, 2017. I am excited to be participating again with guest artists Dawn Winter and Mariel Fogel at my studio! More details to come.

Hello March

Where did February go? I spent the first week of it preparing for my son's Birthday celebration, and the rest, slowly building up my inventory, not to mention restocking mugs and TX dishes at Sugar and Paris on South Congress.
New camera mugs.

 I miss living with pets (sometimes) and this mug is representative of that longing for a cat to curl up with!

 New yard/garden art sculptures. Cute slab-built cats with a funky folk artsy feel! I've got a whole series of these in the works, playing with sizes and designs!

 Decal mug featuring a butterfly in the center and then two halves of another butterfly - one on either side.

 Front of the mug has some decals cut and applied over glaze.

 Back of the mug has a tiger balancing on an incised geometric pattern.

 Pine wood derby car my son and husband built with a little paint help by me. He won the most creative award! It is a wedge of cheese with 2 mice :)

My daughter at the Zilker Botanical Gardens.

Austin Hygge from Tiny Happy Clay

I've been reading about the Danish concept of hygge and it seems to fit in with my philosophy at Tiny Happy Clay so I thought I'd share some photos of recent work. Snuggling up with a warm mug is high on the hygge list!
 
Cozy animal mugs to curl up for some hygge Austin style.

 Cute Loch Ness Monster ornaments :)

And some textured red bird ornaments, among other things!

A booth shot (#55) from the Blue Genie Art Bazaar at 6100 Airport Blvd., Austin, TX

Available 10am-10pm every day 'til Christmas! Stop by and shop some great handmade art!

Blue Genie Art Bazaar is Almost Here!!!

Setting up all day yesterday at the Blue Genie Art Bazaar. Still need to finish hanging ornaments and star mobiles!
Visit my booth #55 located at 6100 Airport Blvd. *new location from previous years!!!*
Hours are 10 am - 10 pm opening this Friday, November 25th  - December 24th

Enjoy Today

Butterflies and Birds

I've been busy here at my little studio! Some fresh things out of the kiln:

This mug was an experiment with a wash style glaze treatment. I added radiating gold lines to play up the etched pattern.

Here is the back of the mug which features a ladybug and bird decal along with bits of gold. The texture also includes a stamped surface as well as etched marks.

Here is the detail of the bird and you can see at the top left a heart stamp filled with gold on the handle. Overall I thought this mug was going to be a failure but it turned out great...here's to trying new things!

A blue mushroom ring dish. The cap lifts off and the ring can be stored on the stem.

Also, I just applied to the Blue Genie Art Bazaar for the holiday season so I'm keeping my fingers crossed, hoping I get accepted!

WEST Day 2

The weather was more accommodating on Sunday! We had a great time in the garage studio and hope to meet more art enthusiasts next weekend, May 21-22! Come have a beer with us and talk art :)
Thank you customers for supporting local Austin art!

WEST Studio Tour Day 1

Dawn, Mariel, and myself having fun toasting our show with lone star and ziegenbock!

We had a great day despite the rain! Thanks everyone for coming out to support local artists :)

Come by #271-#273 on the West Tour, located at 2711 La Mesa Dr, Austin 78704.

Open 11 am - 6 pm today - Sunday, May 15 and next Sat & Sun, May 21-22.

My daughter Chloe came out for a quick visit. Thanks Mom for watching her!

Shelves of my work.

Getting set up- my husband had to shovel some 250 lbs. of sand out of the way. Thanks honey!

More pictures to come -- 

Liquid Gold

Ok, I went out on an expensive limb and bought some metallic gold luster. The stuff is tiny and dear but it is super popular on ceramics and pottery right now. Here are some of the results:

It is hard to photograph gold!!! There are tiny dots of it in the butterfly wings, and little dots here and there.

I played around with the design of the Texas ring dishes...which one works best?

I made a little diagram where you can see where I pointed out some of the gold.

I used Duncan's bright gold and had 1 fail sadly but the rest worked out ok.

Detail of Gypsy Soul mug where the gold is reflecting.