The latest Cats Doing Yoga

I confess I'm a potter, a sculptor, a person who dabbles in clay to give voice to whatever's on my mind.

For the last little while I've been making Cats Doing Yoga.  If you've looked at my blog in the last month, you might have seen them.  I have finished with this first batch, and not planning to make any more.

When Sepia Saturday asks for a post of people keeping trim, I must admit, I just want to share some of my cats!  Go HERE to see what other Sepians have come up with (at bottom of page where names are links to their blogs.)  And if you want to see more of my cats, look at the "page link" tab right under my header picture above.

Here are the latest Cats Doing Yoga.

There once was a time (a few million years ago) when I could do these poses.  Thus the sense that yoga knowledge never dies!

Cats doing Yoga (2 more)

 While waiting to be glazed, these two escaped the studio for a ride outside!

Side twist for yoga cat

Back view (if possible, but there's the tail) of side twist

Front view of side twist

Bisque, and now to glaze..

Clear glaze, because after all, it's the shape of this gal doing this twist!

and the final look is...

Tree pose...cat style

Lazy? No. But a feline knows where a balance is possible, and where it is not!

See how a cat would do the tree pose, sitting of course!

 Yay, out of the bisque kiln, now to be glazed!

What color shall a "sitting tree pose" be?

The choice is black!  And now to see how it comes out!

...cats do it better!

Downward facing cat

After bisque firing, the tail is still on her!

Nutmeg glaze has been applied and now into the hotter kiln next week!

Yoga cats continuing

When I spend about an hour working, I can create a new little form.  I need more time to refine the forms already made...so it's a process.  I forgot how things just keep adding up in the studio.  Start one thing, work on yesterday's, and last week's etc.

 I love talking about these guys, and other yoga folks ask, "can you do that?" It's a challenge, but after doing a head stand, nothing is impossible!

Starting a new series in clay

Last week I took the plunge, and signed up for working in  the clay studio again.  I've been just going in once a week while dealing with breathing problems.  My goal is to put in an hour a day for the first week.  And on Friday morning I stopped wearing the little mask to keep dust and mold from my lungs.  I may go back to it if I feel I need it.

So I've been wanting to do something new, fun, not very difficult, and pleasing.

"Cats doing Yoga"

Yep.

Here is the first effort...and I still will do some refining, then have to get it dry and bisque fired...then worry about how to glaze ...