Still at it.

More necklaces. Gearing up for Christmas. A few at a time.

Rock Sculptures by Jeff Guin

Yep! Jeff Guin made them. I call them Man with Hat and Sacrifice at the alter.

Jeff Guin pendants

Horse hair raku fired pendants by me, the one and only Jeff Guin. Nice Christmas gifts. Hint, hint.

Jeff Guin

Life is good!

Jeff Guin says cheers!

Cutting bottles

The past couple of weeks I have been cutting bottles. Lots of fun and I've had some great results.

i haven't posted to my jeff guin.com site yet but search for jeff guin on Facebook and check out my glass photo album.

Koi pendant

I decided to make a few koi pendants. legend has it that a huge school of koi tried swimming upstream in the yellow river in China. When they reached a waterfall many of the fish turned back. The koi that remained contained to try to swim upstream and leap over the waterfall. After a hundred years of trying to reach the top of the waterfall one koi finally reached the top. The gods recognized the koi for its strength, perseverance and determination and turned the fish into a golden dragon, the symbol of power and strength.

Kiln gods

What are kiln gods?  Quit simply they are little handmade sculptures that are placed on top of the kiln to overlook the firing process. Many Potter's make them. I started making them while taking pottery classes at bemidji state university back in the late 80s. Every body there made them so I just followed suit.
Here are a few recent kiln gods that I have made.