New Ornament

This year's Hallmark Horror ornament's release will include Ripley!

From the Bloody Disgusting article:

In celebration of today’s Alien Day, Hallmark just unveiled this year’s brand new ornament based on the franchise, which depicts the iconic image of Ripley inside the P-5000 Power Loader from the totally badass finale of James Cameron’s Aliens. The ornament, available on October 7th, is easily the coolest (and most detailed) pop culture ornament Hallmark has ever put out.

I know what's going on my tree this year...

Guest Potter at Oak Park Brewing Company!

Soooooooo... This here's a visit with a fellow potter and great young guy who has a fun vlog, "The Apprentice Potter," on YouTube.

We met up at Consumnes River College and struck up a nice friendship, which has continued even though the college system booted me out because I've taken all the classes I can. (Effing budget cuts!)

A couple of corrections for the video, though...

I'm an investor, not an owner.
The art featured is arranged by one of the folks at the Brewery, not by me, although I support it completely! (I wish I had come up with the idea, but I didn't...)

But, enjoy the video. And ignore how many times I lick my fingers, 'cause, DAYAM! That sauce was GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

The End of an Era

I'm moving!

Soon. Don't have a date, yet, but it's happening.

Mr. ShellHawk and I are going our separate ways, and as a result, I need to see what I can do about lightening up on my shop inventory before I move on to greener pastures.

To that end, I reduced the price of my comfy t-shirts by $3.00, and if you enter coupon code NEST2017 at checkout before April 30th, you'll get an additional 10% off. You can also use it on anything in the shop with a minimum purchase of $16.99.

Also, it would be a financial help to me, which would be very much appreciated! :D

Please feel free to share this post or the coupon code on your favorite social media to boost the signal!

Thanks, kids!

Rainbows

Photographer unknown.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Or, as we called it down the pub, "Amateur Night."  ;)

Click on Kylemore Abbey for a wee Irish playlist... Click on "Play all."

Little Upgrade = BIG Help!

Tools.

Potter's tools. Sculpting tools. Everywhere! All over the studio.

Always in the way of something else.

I've had the idea of getting them organized for a long time, but the actual doing it hadn't come to pass. Until now!

I had some pegboard hanging around since we moved into this house, ten years ago. The previous owners had left it, and I wasn't about to throw it away, so...

Yes, I can be a pack rat. Let's not go there, o.k.?

I had hubby replace the brackets I had there already with longer ones, and then we attached the pegboard. I have a ton of the doohickeys you use for pegboard, lurking around in a giant Ziploc baggie in one of the garage drawers (also from roughly ten years ago), so it was just a matter of digging through them and figuring out what layout was going to work out.

It gave me the opportunity to see which tools I had and how many, so I don't end up buying more of the ones I already have. I love that they're all in view, in easy reach, and organized!

I'm a bit bummed that I had to ditch my Trick 'R Treat movie poster. I've had it in the studio for a long time, and I need to find another place for it. I'm running out of wall space!

For those of you wondering, those lovely, hand-made wooden tools are from Burlchaser's Etsy shop. They're spectacular to work with and inspiring to look at!

Light Reading

Been haunted by my demons recently, so that's why no posts for a little while. Back soon! :)

Haunting Driftwood

Driftwood sculpture by Nagato Iwasaki.

Incredible use of found things, paired with an amazing eye for form and anatomy.

Find more here.

The Light's Gone Out

Via National Geographic.

Via Road Trippers

Via Steve Garrington's Flickr stream.

Via Marina Reservation.

Via Rbrn.

Via Live Journal.

Via Peanut Chuck.

Via Weather Channel.

Via Scouting NY.

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