Here are some large clay women figurines I made in the fall of 2014. I say large, because I make smaller ones, but these ladies are only about 6″-7″ tall. I used terra cotta clay fired at cone 05. The colors come from Velvet underglazes applied when the clay was leather-hard, more or less, and then scratched into with a needle or loop tool.
I love making these figures. I love making their colorful outfits and choosing a little item for each woman to hold. And I love their faces – each one with something she’s just about to say, it always seems to me.
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- Two ladies, a car, and a table with a bowl on it.
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- Two more ladies, a large purse, and a pitcher.
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- The back of the blue dress…
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- … and neckwear.
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- Another closeup.
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- Two more ladies, a tree, and a house.
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- Two more ladies, an armchair, and a large bowl.
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- A little closer look.
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These look so bright and cheerful – uplifting. Charming.
I love that they are holding unconventional objects: a tree, a house, a car. Gives an air of being both ladies from the neighborhood — and something mythological…
Yes, I think I make them (and all the other figurines I do) to express the idea of being ordinary and yet not ordinary. Or maybe the extraordinary that being ordinary is?
I wonder if this makes sense. Anyway. Thanks for looking at them and enjoying them.
I make lots of figurines, you might be interested to look at more, just search the category “Figurines” on the blog.
Thank you. I do love the chance to use lots of color with them and it’s spilling over into other things I’ve been making. Set me in a new direction.
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