Calan Ree - Art and Musings » sock monkey art http://calanree.com Artist Calan Ree - art blog and website - unusual art dolls, GingerDead comic and cards, Illustrated Jewelry, etc. Sun, 12 May 2013 20:20:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 ceramic art for your walls http://calanree.com/2012/04/ceramic-art-wall/ http://calanree.com/2012/04/ceramic-art-wall/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:41:45 +0000 Calan http://calanree.com/?p=630 Recently there was a Call to Artists in Sarasota that several of my friends answered.  The call, like many others, was limited to art that can hang on a wall, meaning no 3 dimensional art.  As someone whose pretty dedicated to clay, I didn’t want to create new work on paper or canvas.  It got me thinking about how versatile clay is as a medium and that I should consider making some wall art out of clay.  I decided to start with some masks and this sock monkey is the first of many.

The mask measures around 7.5 inches from chin to pom pom and another 7.5 inches from ear to ear.  At its thickest point, it’s approximately 2 inches thick.  The piece is hollow with a lip at the top of the back for easy wall hanging on a nail or a picture hanger.  You can purchase this piece online through my etsy store.

For the sock monkey obsessed, you can also find sock monkey dishes like these in my etsy store.

]]> http://calanree.com/2012/04/ceramic-art-wall/feed/ 0 Illustrated Ceramic Dishes http://calanree.com/2012/03/illustrated-ceramic-dishes/ http://calanree.com/2012/03/illustrated-ceramic-dishes/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:15:35 +0000 Calan http://calanree.com/?p=614 Whenever I’m working on a figurative piece, I always seem to end up with enough clay scraps to make a little dish out of.  They come out so cute that I can’t resist.  These miniature paintings on hand- built clay dishes are affordable little pieces of art that can be displayed or put to good use.  I use the heck out of mine filling them with cookies, sauces, rings, loose change or for feeding my kitties their wet food in style.  Some of these dishes are finding their way into gallery shops and boutiques, others are available in my online store and others will be available at shows.  Here are some of the recent designs:

 

Sock Monkey Dishes:

Bunny Dishes:

More Bunny Dishes:

and of course, skull dishes!

Keep an eye on my new  clay studio store on etsy to see what’s available or message me as sometimes I have some held back for stores or galleries that aren’t listed on etsy.

Thanks for stopping by.  Next up, I’ll finally be sharing some of the latest figurative sculptures that I’ve been working on.  I’m pretty excited.  :)

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