Off the Porch and Growling

For those who are interested, here is the venus-fly trap salt shaker pre-bisque as in its still drying. This was a lot of fun to do, I started with a bulb shaped pot, compressed the sides into ovals and then used a pear loop to put what would become the mouth in.

Next I used a wooden knife to put a series of indents in place as place holders for teeth. Rolled out a couple of thin clay strips to form the basis of the mouth and used a wooden skewer to put the holes in. At the same time I cut the teeth and let them harden up for a few minutes. Once the teeth hardened up I scored and slipped the indents and put the teeth in place. Then rolled and cut the leaves free hand.

Once the leaves stiffened up I put them in place. I thought about putting eyes in place and a couple of other details, however; in the end I felt they detracted from the overall effect, making the pot cute. Meh, it's not supposed to be cute.

My wife says it reminds her of Audrey 2 in Little Shoppe of Horrors. Exactly - someone gets it. Then again I knew she would.