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This is “Flat Paws” the raffle prize for June. Like most of our raffle prizes, he is a little bit odd. His name refers to his front feet, which, because his mold was under poured when he was cast, are a bit flatter than other flap cat’s feet. Other than having flat flapcat feet instead … Read more

These are two examples of the several attempts I have tried, to sculpt a Tatzel cat, or Dragon cat. I have never been that happy with any of the designs I have done -I wanted them to be … I dunno … prettier, less creepy, more catlike or something. I think it is the long … Read more

Notice how I put the year after the month -we’ve been doing this raffle for quite awhile now, so I need to designate a year! This is “Azalea” she is the prize for this month’s raffle. She is a dark dapple grey unicorn mare. She is one of the test paints I have done of … Read more

Was a great success! Pegasi1978 won the special raffle for robotics team 997. She chose “Stormy” the unicorn as her prize. We raised over two thousand dollars for the Corvallis High School robotics team!! This allowed them to got to Atlanta Georgia and compete with over 340 other robotics team from around the world. It … Read more

I test painted a phoenix today! I painted him grey because there aren’t many grey phoenixes around. This is one of the very first castings we got out of the master mold, after a new master was cast. I sculpted the topknot on this phoenix out of epoxy clay because this version still had a … Read more

There is a Special raffle this month! Explanation: Griffin, our son, is in a robotics club at Corvallis High School. Each year the team designs and builds a robot to compete against other High School level robotics clubs in the region. This year there were 60 teams that competed in the regional competition. The Corvallis … Read more

This is one of the griffins from the stoneware age. Before we had kids, and before our little house became so packed with junk that there wasn’t room for one more plastic cow or taxidermied armadillo anywhere, John and I would spend our weekends yard sailing, flea marketing and stalking the local classified newspaper. We … Read more

It is probably hopeless for you to try to judge the color of these two curlie dragons on your computer screen , but these are test paints of the solid Amethyst color. The one on the left is the more intense violet, like the color on the “intense violet Emerald Peacock” dragon’s color, the one … Read more

I find that a common problem of people learning to sculpt (and draw) is the tendency to focus on the tiny details of what they are doing instead of the overall composition. Since one of these people is me, I came up with an exercise for myself to get away from my detail obsession. There … Read more

While rummaging through piles of old stuff, I found these pics of the unfinished Male Pegasus in clay that I thought were interesting. I think unfinished clay things have a lovely dynamic, fresh look that is often lost when they are detailed. Maybe because the hair detail smooths out the crisp light and shadow. This … Read more

This was a sign I put up in the painting dept of our first Windstone shop to encourage the painters to try to keep the bottoms of pieces clean. Fail. Windstone has moved a twice. When we moved before, it was with a vow to change something about how we did stuff. The thing about … Read more

I just did finished one “wheel” of Mother Grizzly bears. These 40 or so bears are more of the left-over castings that we packed away unpainted when we decided to retire first line of Windstone animals. These bears were the last of the “old animal” line I sculpted, right when when we changed the name … Read more

This picture is of one of the limited edition of “Lavender and Red Autumn Leaf” Old warriors, a variant of Autumn leaf, that we will be putting on Ebay soon. He is more golden and red than the first Autumn leaf color I painted, but equally complex! There are two ways to come up with … Read more