JUEVES, EL VIENTIOCHO DE ENERO, VIENTE-DIEZ

Two new plates I've finished underglazing, again, in a delft-blue. The left one is tentatively called 'Eye Teeth' and the one on the right, 'Amina and Phoenix'. Tentatively as you never quite know what will come out of the kiln until the final firing.
Once bisque-fired, the blue tones on the plate will be a little bit darker than what you see in the photos. Once the clear-glaze is applied and then fired, the tones with be a lot darker and (hopefully) there will be plenty of contrast between the white and the dark delft-blue.
These plates will be in the second firing along with my toilet-bag shoe reliquary, a virgin mug, a melancholic coin jar and a hell envelope stand.

MIERCOLES, EL VIENTISIETE DE ENERO, VIENTE-DIEZ
On the left is a photo I took in Twizel in the town shopping centre. I took the photo because it instantly reminded me of the Spanish and Mexican paintings of 'life and death contrasted', a common mortality theme in Spanish and Italian Baroque painting. The middle image is a tinted engraving from the Wellcome collection in London and depicts what looks to be a French Aristocratic woman next to an obilisk. The third image is a painting of mine called 'Travelling May Induce Calcium Deficiency', an oil painting from 2008, 1000mm x 800mm.