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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Hello! Welcome and thank you for visiting my Blog! A blog about Celebrating LIFE and all it's wonders... A blog about ART ~ POLYMER CLAY CREATIONS ~ PHOTOGRAPHY and so much more! I have such fun with my blog, sharing stories, and the things that capture my imagination! I am so inspired by the artists and creations that I also share here, it is my hope that you will be inspired too!!

Friday, August 10, 2012

Etsy Finds Friday - Rudkin Studio

 It's **Etsy Finds Friday**
Today I am featuring the 
  Unique Ceramic Sculptures
Created by:
  Jennifer Rudkin of  
  Rudkin Studio

In the Artist's own Words:
I am a full-time ceramic sculptor specializing in animals. I have a particular fondness for building creatures on antique toys and also enjoy creating custom pieces.

Because of my love for the natural colors and textures of clay, I have developed a technique of incorporating different-colored clay bodies into a single piece, and I finish my work with stains that highlight the natural colors and textures rather than glazes that cover them. Thus, contrasting earth tones add vibrancy while the natural beauty of the clay is retained.
  

 Labrador Retriever Dog Holding Tennis Ball Ceramic Sculpture
 Labrador Retriever Dog Holding Tennis Ball
If you have a ball-obsessed dog like mine, this sculpture will make you smile. This happy white lab holds a prized ball in his mouth and asks a pressing question with its soulful brown eyes: Wanna play?  The sculpture is made of different colored clays, finished with stains and paints and fired to cone 5. It measures about 5.25 inches high.


 Dog Riding a Bicycle Sculpture
 Dog Riding a Bicycle Sculpture
This piece is modeled after my own dog, a crazy doodle who is always ready for adventure. A furry white pooch-- a doodle perhaps or maybe a terrier?- joyfully coast through the air on a red bicycle. The sculpture is designed to hang by a fishing line. Let the joy-riding pup fly in front of a window, dangle from a shelf-- you can even use it as an ornament on your holiday tree!  The sculpture stands about 5.5 inches long and 4.5 inches high.


Turtle Vase Ceramic Sculpture
 Turtle Vase Ceramic Sculpture
Here's a friendly turtle to brighten your day. Perhaps the puzzled expression on the face of this this adorable terrapin stems from the placement of a vase in its shell.  While the turtle is created from three different colored clay bodies and finished with stain to highlight the rich earthy textures, the interior of the vase is finished with a textured blue/ green glaze and so can hold fresh or dried flowers. The perfect accompaniment to a small bouquet of flowers plucked from your spring or summer garden.  This functional sculpture was fired to cone 5 and measures 3.5 inches tall.

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  Click HERE to visit Jennifer's Etsy Shop and see more of her Awesome Ceramic Sculptures!    You can also visit her website to see more of her work at http://www.RudkinStudio.com.

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Thank you for stopping by for my Etsy Finds Friday post!!  Please stay tuned for next Friday's Find... It could be YOU! :)   Happy Friday!!   
~Trina

7 comments:

  1. Adorable! I love that the dog on the bike hangs and the lab's face is so cute :)

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  2. Fantastic sculptures! I love that her animals have personality :)

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  3. A wonderful Etsy Finds Friday, Trina. I love the sculptures, so whimsical and full of character.

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  4. oh how cute!!! everytime I read your blog it makes me want to get out some clay, but everything I try to make ends up being an ashtray. and I don't even smoke. lol
    Debbi
    -yankeeburrowcreations

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  5. OMG! These are wonderful! I think I actually have them in my favorites folder already. If not, they will be soon! Thanks for showing us such a whimsical artist!

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  6. These are great! As much as I love dogs, the turtle is my favorite! We work with a lot of turtles and think they are wonderful. And the expression on his face is the cutest! Another talented artist!

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  7. These are fantastic, what a great find!

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