Welcome to day two of Steam Week. In my research, I am discovering so many great things, and there are all these little sub-sub genres out there. It is amazing. So I am going to try to focus on one little theme a day. Today is about avaiation. Last night I watched a great anime, Steamboy, and carved the two 1" tiles above. Well, I was pretty absorbed in my carving, so I didn't really even get to watch much of it, unfortunately. One of the carvings is a propeller and the other is a portal, which has many options. I have decided to stick with mainly these 1" squares, and to do a whole series of them that can be mixed together and to give them interesting multiple loop configurations. I will likely also do some 1x2" rectangles too. But sticking with this small square seems like a good direction. They are pretty boring inthe raw porcelain now, but stick with me as they transform throughout the next week or so...Above, not a new design, but an old one with a new glaze that I unearthed from the vast collection of glaze samples in the basement that I can't let go of, because they might come in handy someday. This one is rusty yet shiny with a bit of green sometimes...I think it is a great find (or re-discovery) I hope to be listing several of these winged pendants in the Etsy shop this evening.

I mentioned yesterday that we went to Wizzywig in Ann Arbor and I got some goodies for myself. I have always loved Japanese kawaii things! The picture above is of two of the things I bought.