The latest pottery to emerge from the kiln, just this ,morning…ahhhhhh, ALCHEMY. The small bowls are about 3″ to 4″ in diameter. The buddha head is about 6″x5″ and the smokey purplish vase is about 5″. The color of the vase and the flowers from the sage were a complete surprise, as the sage just…
Author: magentaraven
New Website for MBCAC
MagentaRaven has built a pro-bono (mmmmm) blog for Morongo Basin Cultural Arts Council. It’s called Hwy62. If you want to find out what’s current in the high desert I hope you’ll find it there. Like tonight’s art opening in Yucca Valley…
New Mail Art @ ravenMailart
I have moved the mail art archives from here to a new site. See all the mail ART at ravenMailart. Also… some mail art is not sent for a specific CALL or Project…Some mail art may just come in the form of a thank you for participating…or just a hello. David Berube sent a nice…
Dream Flat Tire
Well, I walked out of my house and went towards my vehicle and there I spied a FLAT TIRE. Bailey’s Towing is coming thanks to AAA… Morning takes a turn…patience grasshoppah. Kiln waits for the heat of the day…APPARENTLY! OK then…filled with joy I proceed 🙂
Kiln
Picked up the wonderful new kiln yesterday. Today I am going to Barr Lumber to replace the plug on the kiln so it matches my electric dryer outlet. I have been speaking with the experts at The Pottery. More mail art coming in and I’ve had my hands full…later today, I’ll get the new mail…
Green Buddhas await the Firing
Here is the latest greenware coming out of the bag of clay. I’ve started making some of the buddha heads into wall-pockets. Flowers go nicely in the head, crowning the buddha with a floral array. Also new are the buddha bowls…alot to do, and I need to pack and move…
More Mail Art arriving in the In-Boxes up ABOVE
Yes, folks, more mail-art is arriving via the post of course. Funny thing is, the post office hand-stamped the stamp on top of the plastic wrapper that this postcard came in, yet they did not stamp the stamp inside the plastic. Post post post… Also, more clay arrived so we’re (me) in Buddha production. Quite…
Imagined Backyard
I planted some new flowers in photoShop and added a Buddha to the stone pathway. So here I can imagine what the new backyard will soon look like as it is weeds at present. A great tool for planning a landscape.
Beautiful Male Lover
The first two characters are BEAUTIFUL, then MALE, then Love. It’s probably supposed to be written from left to right…oops
Desert Ocean Desert Ocean Desert Ocean
Well…it’s been a year and half since I fell madly in love with my BML. Here we are today and I still find myself, as Prince would say “Beautiful, Loved and Blessed”. Douglas Henry Smith and Perry Michael Hoffman will be starting a new life together in Santa Barbara in our new home. Doug has…
