puppets

Even before I started making pottery, I wanted to make puppets. I've tried my hand at one or two, but I hadn't done any in ceramic until this last kilnload.

I'm still figuring out mechanisms, but the dark red one (on my ring finger) has gotten a working mouth, and the purplish one on my middle finger has found a new home on top of one of Randy Tobias's walking sticks. All is well so far. . . .

(Apologies for the big picture crammed into the small space to the left. . . .)