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I went to the Virginia state fair a few days ago, and the crafts display was really cool! It was hard to get a good angle to photograph the quilts though, because they're hanging from the (very high) ceiling.
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Vessel in the form of a mouse, Greece, 400-300 BC
from The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Source: emuseum.mfah.org
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Ceramic adventures from the past few months! A local potter put on a couple painting workshops where she provided premade cups, bowls, etc and my friend and I were like oh heck yeah
The first time I painted a cup with Dionysus and Hestia chatting. Thanks to the stories where she gave him his throne I like the idea of them as an unlikely favorite auntie and nephew duo. Unfortunately the potter made a mistake when glazing them... you can't see the figures and the underglaze is weirdly pockmarked, making it impossible to even drink from it. Ah well, such is life... someday I'll make the Dionysus+Hestia kylix of my dreams...
The second time around I painted a different opposite duo, Apollo and Artemis. I like to draw Apollo wearing his more feminine accoutrements, it makes the differences between him and his sister Artemis even starker, and that's fun! And this time you can see through the glaze, woo!
Descriptions in the alt text!
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I went to the Collect 23 craft fair at Somerset House today, which is a showcase for British and international decorative artists of all kinds. Here are some of my favourite glass and ceramic objects from the many hundreds on display.