Super Moon and super firing.

We had some friends around for a Japanese lunch yesterday. We had a fun afternoon. And they are animal lovers. They met all our animal family, except for Beaper who is too scared of staircases to fly downstairs.

I'm having an off day today. I have had headache, so I have been in the bed for the most of the day. Good news is that my last refiring went well; I have completed all orders. Happy! So this is a good time for me to get a bit of headache and have a rest! :D

Three large lying whippets are going to Cecilia Colman Gallery, London. All other bronze-gold whippets are spoken for. They came out so beautifully. I was delighted to see them in the kiln!

Bronze-gold whippets

 A couple of chickens came out nicely. The largest and the smallest ones were snatched up quickly within 15 minutes of listing. Chickens were sold out! Thank you so much. : )  The middle one will get another firing. Needless to say, Pumpkin, the chicken, is our model.

Little chickens.

'Hmm, can we eat daisy?'

Last night was the Super Moon. It was big and bright. We saw it from the garden. I soaked up the lunar power. If I hadn't had headache, I would have made a few rabbits, and would have danced under the moon beam. 

Super Moon  11/08/2014

The full moon rabbits

Hello, everyone. The Olympics is over. We felt a bit sad, but I had lots to catch up with. Mike also went back to his office after one week off. During the Game, I have made lots of rabbits and more.

Mike took the beautiful moon on the third of August, 

On the full moon nights, I make rabbits. I started doing this a couple of years ago. We say, in Japan, sacred rabbits live on the moon and make rice cakes. On the surface of the moon, you can see a rabbit is lifting a large wooden pestle, In front of him, there is a large wooden mortar. The full moon gives me extra power to create rabbits. It is like a little ritual, or even custom. When I see the full moon, I always think of the rabbits. The image of the rabbit was so embedded in me. ( So, imagine my surprise when Mike said that the moon was made of cheese, not just cheese, Swiss cheese! ) I treasure these little rituals. The little bit of special feeling, that makes difference.

Some of my new rabbits using new crank clay

I also made a bigger whippet. She is too big for a knife rest, but I just wanted to make. The model is Topaz. I had to order her to remain in the position. Topaz is more skinny than the one I made. The head model is Pearl, but she is so lazy that she wouldn't remain in 'Down' position for even some seconds.

Topaz obeys to commands. She is a clever girl.

  When Pearl rests, she usually rests like this!

Pearl likes informal positions.