Cara from ChasingFireStudio

A wet white clay rodent-like sculpture held by three fingertips. The creature appears to be about 8-10 cm long.

More rodentia on the work table. Finally.

My dog was a Hurricane Katrina rescue dog! Lived out her very short-haired life in Canada with the help of many sweaters. 😂

Image is a light grey clay spherical pot with a top opening. It has a genial face sculpted on the front with eyes, nose, lips. Slightly behind it to the left is a smaller more cylindrical pot with two indents for future eyes. They are on a pale coloured background.

Back at making again after a break! I spent last week prepping after a call gave me 5 days notice for a long awaited surgery. I'm feeling good, altho a bit more tired than usual. This surgery was way easier than last year's abdominal surgery which had me sidelined for months, and I'm glad for that.

I carry it all to my desk on a tray then graze all afternoon! I DO get annoyed with myself at the end of the day when I have to haul it all back and rinse the wee bowls for tomorrow's session. Overall, it's working well in tricking myself to feed myself.

The trick is making sure you always have things on hand that are quick to microwave or scoop into small bowls. I'm very diligent because I am no longer hangry in the afternoon on this plan, which I really enjoy!

Sometimes I sub an orange or some defrosted blueberries. I find this "Many Small Bowls" lunch is an easy win when my body and brain are tired.

I graze. When my noon alarm goes off, I make two scrambled eggs, and while that cooks I put some grape tomatoes in a bowl, 1/2 cup cottage cheese in another bowl, 1/2 cup frozen edamame beans microwaved in another bowl. That gets me through the afternoon. I then put it all at my desk.

Alright after a few requests I did put the #bannedbooks illustration up in my online shop. Stickers etc too.

Thanks for supporting artists and small acts of resistance.

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I am cranky and on edge for reasons I cannot identify. I'm going to reboot aka take a nap, then try being upright again in an hour.

Oh this is a marvelous idea! I'm going to try this out, I love seeing the transition from start to finished pot.

I don't make super weird stuff but I like to look at weird clay stuff so I'm excited for this starter pack once it is ready for release.

A realistic grey mouse sculpture with shiny black eyes and a back composed of a red pin cushion. There are 20 black-tipped silver pins piercing the cushion. It sits on a grey table. It is pictured next to a grey sewing machine however only the bottom 1/5 of the machine is visible, and also next to a pair of metal snips, adding scale so that the mouse appears to be roughly 3 inches / 7 cm tall.

I am trying to find motivation to make more wee mice pin cushions. They make me so happy but the thought of cold clay is overwhelmingly icky. Future Dream: a WARM studio 24/7 365!

Saw this fun exercise on YouTube (youtu.be/MpqOEPCtetE) thought I’d try it.

An elder advised me that the best hugging is to hug until the other person feels like they are pulling away a bit. This has done me well except for that one time where I hugged someone who used the same technique and... well, it was a great very very long hug.

Thank you for this! Such a great setting to remind me every single time.

Ceramic white clay head pot, held in a white woman's hand. It is painted with light beige skin, pale blue eyes that are very wide spread, pale pink wide lips, and brown random freckles across the left side of the pot.

My current favourite head pot has ridiculously wonderful freckles.
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