Author: Mary Maude

• cheese & wine

  

  Yes, those are little cheese wedges but they aren’t actually made out of cheese. These little cheeses are made out of fired ceramic. After sculpting, firing, and painting them I added magnets so now they’ll shine a bit of brightness on someone’s refrigerator. And, if given as a gift, I hope the matching “wine” motif […]

• MICROCOSMOS exhibition

  

  Two of my ceramic sculptures from the “Masks” series, “God’s Monkey…find the ladder, climb the ladder” and “My Iguana…play with my iguana” will be on display as part of the “MICROCOSMOS” exhibition at Gallery 621 located in Benicia, CA during October and November. The gallery is an artists cooperative promoting contemporary art and specifically for this juried exhibition were […]

• summit art festival

  

  My ceramic sculpture will be on display at the Summit Art Festival this weekend – I’m in booth 63A. I hope to see friends and supporters and I do promise the weather will be gorgeous.

• wedding present

  

  I belong to an artists’ group and each of us created a gift for a different member using our own preferred media but taking into account the recipient’s style. My “creativity partner” happens to like incorporating Celtic elements into his art plus he recently got married! So to celebrate his marriage I sculpted him a simple […]

• wannabe cakes

  

  I got this crazy idea…ceramic cupcakes with a Tim Burton kinda appeal! So I’m doing  a series on all the cakes we’re so familiar (and not so familiar with) as we move through our lives. Here’s a sampling – a retirement cake, wedding cake, birthday cake and wake cake. Yeah, I did use a big […]