Photos by Joan Berkwitz of Pour Horse
I remember the first time I took one of my CG pieces into the store in Fort Worth TX where I buy my clay etc. They ohhed and ahhed over the leopard appy china painted onto a Donna Chaney bone china bisque. They asked "wow, where can you buy the bisques?" I told them, then told them how much one bisque was and their jaws hit the floor. I then unwrapped a CG Spinnaker done by Addi Velasquez. They didn't even ask how much that was LOL.
The artistry and talent that goes into the clinkie equine sculptures by the likes of Lynn Fraley, Sarah Minkiewicz-Breunig and Addi Velasquez is amazing. Add to that the molding talents of a Bear Fraley or Joanie Berkwitz or Lesli Kathman and you have clay magic in the making! The complexity of the molds that produce the likes of a small piece like the Spinnaker is astounding but to see how they create a mold to cast a tiny piece like Sarah's new foal or her traditional scale Storm Watch is to realize you are in the presence of engineering greatness. And in the presence of artists who love their work and love to share it with the world.
So while some folks may gasp at the cost of the finished pieces, they are equally stunned by the cost of the nekkid bisques. But having an inkling of what went into producing Storm Watch in earthenware china made me lust after one all the more. And seeing what he was selling for as a finished custom glaze object d'art also made me realize that I either had to give up my dream of a china and "settle" for a resin or hope for a bisque to become available someday.
So it was with great joy but also great trepidation that I read the announcement that a bisque Storm Watch was being listed for sale to the high bidder on My Auction Barn. I felt that this was one of those times when you take a leap of faith and step off into the unknown. So I bid and I ended up the winner!
How "The Perfect Storm" will be finished is not known yet. He will be clear glazed by Joan of Pour Horse and that gives me plenty of time to decide upon his future bridle path as a china painted piece. But I am still shaking at the thought of what I just became the owner of! Cheryl
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