Chili Festival, and a new Logo!

Yes I am still alive!  I have been very busy, as usual, and have barely had time to put stuff on Etsy, much less keep up with my blog.  To appologise for my lack of updates, I have two bits of exciting news!

Number one, and probably more exciting for you than my second bit, is that I will be selling my pottery at the Natural Springs Garden first annual Chili Cookoff and Festival next Saturday October 22!  It should be a fun event, with live music, all sorts of chili's and salsas for sampling, and of course the wares of various Austin-area vendors including myself!  For more information, check out their webpage: http://www.naturalspringsgarden.com/chilicookofffestival.htm

The second bit of news is that I have finally finalized my logo design!  I dont know if you remember this old post, or this even older one, but I have made a lot of progress since then :)  This is the rough version, I will be cleaning up the lines and coloring, so expect to see it on the blog and my Etsy store soon! 

Thanks for your patience, I hope to see you at the Fest, and I promise to give you an update soonish :)

Plates and logo

I've been so lazy lately! I went into the studio yesterday but all I made were these two plates :P  Admittedly some of my time was spent showing the studio to a friend who stopped by while she was in town, but thats not really an excuse.  The first one I made (on the right) was perfect! The second one collapsed three separate times, and only on the third attempt to save it did I realize that was not happening, so I cut off the rim and made a smaller plate :P   Oh well. I am about to start working on some vases for a friend's wedding in June, but I want to do a test to make sure I get the size right. 

Also, the most recent draft of my prospective logo! Those wierd things in the background are my simplified take on indian paint brush :)  Anyways, this is just a draft, so I will probably put a little more detail into them before I'm done, and I need to color a version on my computer instead of just with pencils. All in all I like the way it's coming along! I really like this more stylized version of the lizard (there is an earlier version somewhere in the blog archives).

Logo!

I started carving the little test cups late last night.  I will probably stick to the simple designs for these little guys.  I like the way they are looking :)






Completely aside from my work... I bought this awesome teapot at Ross the other day!  It is made of cast iron and comes with a little strainer and I love it :)  It is great for 1 1/2 cups of loose leaf tea :D  There is something very satisfying about the weight of the thing.







Lastly, I am starting to work on a logo type thing for my blog/shop etc.  This is my starting sketch, I will be working with it on my computer.