Online Chachki Show

One of the issues that someone creating fired equine art runs into is a lack of high quality horse-shaped bisques. Unless you are blessed to be talented enough to sculpt, make molds, and cast your own work, getting your hands on bisques like a Stormwatch, Vixen, Boreas, or Imp can be difficult LOL. The fact that even a few of these stunning pieces show up in bisque is tribute to the kindness and generous spirit that sculptors and master mold makers, such as Joanie Berkwitz, Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig, Karen Gerhardt, Lesli Kathman, and Addi Velasquez, have.

High quality bisques, when you can find them, are not something you want to play with until you are confident in your own skills and feel that you know the soul of your kiln too! That’s why I love being able to work on bas relief medallions or tiles, which while not super easy to come by in bisque, are more affordable and allow for experimentation.

The catch is that many collectors (i.e. buyers) want to be able to competitively show their custom glaze pieces. So not having very many outlets to show CG medallions/tiles does limit their collectibility (and therefore salability) for some buyers.

Which brings me to the point of this blog entry. I was thrilled to see that Model Horse Blab is hosting an online "chachki" photo show (

http://www.modelhorseblab.com/forums/) FYI, "chachki" means plaques, medallions, pins, mugs, tiles, etc. For rules etc. see(http://www.emeraldmeadowstables.com/classlistmedallion.htm)

The show hostess, Liz LaRose (

http://www.bronzino.net), has lined up some great judges too: Thomas Bainbridge, Maggie Barkovitz, Elaine Lindelef, and Elizabeth LaRose. There are also prizes: medallions donated by Joan Berkwitz, Lesli Kathman, Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig and DaBar Enterprises.

Entrants must be paid subscribers to Blab ($18/year). BLAB is a fun message board, with online photo shows, a Secret Santa program, and more. Check it out!

Cheryl