Category: BOOKENDS

• coffee bookends

  

  Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy coffee? So I made a bookends sculpture of coffee cups full of coffee beans with both cups sitting on piles of coffee beans (you have to imagine the wood bases which will be added later). Coffee, coffee, coffee and more coffee! This sculpture’s title will be, “Java, Sweet…

• lion bookends II

  

  Another redo project…I just fell in love with my first bookends sculpture’s title: “I Can Read Between the Lions…lines” and so really wanted to redo that sculpture after losing it in a kiln mishap. I have lots to learn about using an electric kiln and I’m open to hearing recommendations on an easy to understand book. This…

• horse bookends sculpture

  

  This sculpture is a sorta redo. I lost the first, “Only the Strong Survive” in a kiln mishap but instead of simply redoing this sculpture I decided to make it into bookends so when I was all done I cut him in half. Later, after glazing and firing, I’ll mount him on wood bases. This…

• dragon bookends

  I enjoyed sculpting the lion bookends so much I just had to do another “bookends” sculpture. And I thought why not try sculpting something way out of my comfort zone? So instead of legs and feet this dragon has motorcycle tires! I understand this sculpture is strange and different and won’t appeal to everyone…I just enjoyed creating it. This…

• lion bookends

  

  This is my first attempt at sculpting bookends – a project that’s always been in the back of my mind.  I still need to fire these pieces and there’s lots of sanding and staining to do. My daughter’s boyfriend very kindly made the wood base for each of the lion halves to sit upon. This sculpture’s…