Comments on: Trash Tuesday: Where getting it Cheap is Part of the Esthetic #38 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/ Life Lived on the Edge of Pasadena Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:10:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dina http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3598 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:40:47 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3598 Love reading about your spirit house!
And all the rest here.

]]> By: altadenahiker http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3574 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:17:19 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3574 I always kind of liked the kick-ass Norsk gods and goddesses. Thor, Odin, the three Norns. No one dared beat them up.

]]> By: Pasadena Adjacent http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3573 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:52:38 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3573 Margaret: Thanks, they’re fun. I did these awhile back for a class I took in making molds. I had plans on inserting them between tiles as fillers. This was back when I was having trouble getting uniformity between tile sizes. Different clay; different shrink rates.

AH: In the wrong hands Mel Gibson my Buddah wouldn’t be laughing. What is it with us northerners and a need to see every drop of blood? Too many dark winters

Dina: It looks like I managed to throw in all the major religions onto my laughing Buddah’s. I could make a case for the half moon shape of the cherios above the little fellas head as representing Islam. The Pupae body; Charles Darwin. Turtles; Native Americans. It’s all here, now lets kill each other over it!

Susan: I may have to pick up another ball myself. As of Monday my sister joined the group. Ovarian; caught early. I’m going to have questions….ugh

PJ: Your Buddah is the perfect blending of the two styles. I have a Thai spirit house my sister picked up in her travels. I have it in my garden and I keep one of the guys by the front entrance. Sort of like a Mezuzah. I also give them as gifts.

Jean: You and Dina both. A little over eight inches in length. They’re made from stoneware which is the hardest and most unpredictable of ceramic processes. The glazes tend to be muted in color. Here I’ve worked with three different colored clay bodies (red, white, and dark brown). I’ve also rubbed an oxide into the white Buddah faces to bring out the features. My ceramic instructor (I have two) seems to be amazed at what I get away with.

Tash: I think one of them may have belonged to my families cuckoo clock. I originally used the weight to roll over the clay (adding texture). Did a pretty good job. The second weight I think I either got at a garage sale or swap meet. If you should come across one (and it’s cheap) grab it for me. I’ll reimburse you or make you one from it. Your sugar baby bundle…That could be Tre interestant if I do say so in french.

the head of the snake is from the weights as is his rattler

http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2008/09/12/the-kiln-gods-did-me-wrong/

]]> By: tash http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3572 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:09:34 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3572 Tres interessant. That’s a good use of cuckoo clock weights – talk about imaginative. (What happened to the clock? Or is it, you can use your weights and have them too?
What it made me recall was these little sugar babies – white sugar baby bundle with face candy I loved to eat as a kid in Yugo.

]]> By: Jean Spitzer http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3571 Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:33:47 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3571 These are fun! I also saw Buddha mezuzahs when I first looked at them all lined up. So, these are castings that you’ve painted? How big are they?

]]> By: PJ http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3570 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:09:50 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3570 I like my Buddhas on the happier side as well.
http://dailypensacolaphoto.blogspot.com/2009/02/bob-crowe-sunday.html
The weights from the clock reminded me of my grandparent’s cuckoo clock that I grew up with. Excellent mashup PA. Are they going to be part of an installation?

]]> By: susan c http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3569 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:58:26 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3569 Love the Buddha heads.

The old post that you linked to inspired me to purchase three disco balls from Stats, which I mailed to friends going through chemo and stem cell transplants.

]]> By: Dina http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3568 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:29:13 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3568 Love your P’utais! So inventive you are.
Yes, now I can see, cuckoo clock weights.
At first glance they looked a bit like weird mezuzahs. :)

]]> By: altadenahiker http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3567 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:20:20 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3567 Far more appealing image than several other iconic figures in other religions.

]]> By: Margaret http://pasadenaadjacent.com/2009/07/07/trash-tuesday-38-where-getting-it-cheap-is-part-of-the-esthetic/#comment-3566 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:54:00 +0000 http://pasadenaadjacent.com/?p=9447#comment-3566 Very cool. Are your Buddha’s something new that you are working on?

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