creative endeavors...

DH's ship in progress

Have I ever mentioned that DH builds ships? Can't remember. Well, he does.  It's a pretty neat hobby and he's done it for a long time. Now of course since he's retired, he has more time for it. We have always had at least 4 - 6 ships (sometimes in various stages) throughout the house. My daughter has one at her place and the kids destroyed a really large one years ago with a soccer ball.  We have two in glass cases.  DH likes building ships and putting together large (3000 piece) puzzles.  We have several of these  framed on the walls upstairs.

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Couldn't think of anything to blog about this afternoon. So, hope you enjoyed these photos of DH's hobby.

As for our pottery project, I've just started working on *chess pieces*.  Haven't decided on anything for sure yet, but may do a 'cat themed' chess set... with a cat king and queen... and I don't know, maybe birdhouses for the pawns, scratch post for the rooks, etc.???? Here's a picture of my first quick sculpt for a cat queen. It's hard to tell as it's only a little over an inch (maybe and inch and a half) square - but I didn't want to use crowns.  However, she is laying on  a pillow and the pieces will be on a base. Thinking that its difficult to sculpt so small that I will use the 'gesture' method... quick study that implies movement. I think that's the term.

All suggestions are welcome!  Criticism too...