Clayfolk

Got my booth assignment for Clayfolk! I'm in space 47, which is on the front wall, between the doors. I've never been this close to the entrance before, so we'll see what effect--if any--it has on my sales.

Related news: I've decided that I'll be making ceramic whistles for my demonstration. Whistle (While You) Work will feature tube whistles, Andean and European-style ocarinas. I'm on 10:30-noon Sunday, November 22.

Mad skillz

Okay, I'm gonna brag a little. I mentioned earlier that I have a lot of fun designing the postcards: posing the scenes, making or buying props, shooting the picture.

PhotoShopping™ it all together. (Excuse me, they don't like us to use their product name as a verb. Photo editing it all together.)

Case in point: for this year's postcard, I made a quick-and-dusty set-up on the workbench in my studio. Backdrop is a sheet of freezer paper, dull side up. I took a dozen or two shots with different poses, lighting, before choosing these four:


I sized them all slightly different: Maggie was at 67%, as I recall, Evgeny at 60%, Umberto 75% or so. I flopped Evgeny left for right, shot 'Berto from a high angle to make it look like he was looking into the box, retouched the box itself to hide where the kitty's been chewing on a corner since last Christmas. Fiddled with dodge and burn tools to get highlights and shadows in the right places. Ultimately, I composed them all into this one, fairly seamless result. Pretty cool, huh?