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	<title>Three Star Owl - Functional and Sculptural Clay Artwork with a Natural History &#187; effigy vessels</title>
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		<title>Last chance to see&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; &#8220;Ossuary: an archæology of resurrection&#8221; in the show Death and Rebirth at Maryville University&#8217;s Morton May Gallery in St.Louis.  The show will be up until this friday, December 2.  Click here for details about the show and about the Ossuary.
&#60;&#60; Detail (photo and piece, A.Shock)
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		<title>Pick of the litter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among the sculptural vessels I&#8217;ve made recently for upcoming holiday sales, a couple things stand out.  This is one of them:
Feather Bundle Jar with Owl (13.5&#8243; ht, stoneware 2011, photo and object A.Shock)  &#62;&#62;
What you can&#8217;t see in the photo is the interior glaze, a fiery glossy red that contrasts strongly with the dry, dinosaur-green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8230;more Three Star Owl news&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deadlines, shows, and orders have been keeping me busy in the studio the past few weeks as the pre-holiday calendar winds up to year&#8217;s end.  Not complaining!  But, I have noticed that recently this space has been more full than usual of Three Star Owl news and less full of natural history, birds, and fiction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Owl Face</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Camelback Studio Tour in the Sherwood Heights neighborhood of southern Scottsdale is over until the next one (that&#8217;s March 9, 10, 11, 2012, by the way, so mark your calendars now), and I&#8217;m tired but happy.  Thanks to all who came by to visit, shop, or both.  The sale seemed to occupy the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come visit the Ossuary</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next Friday Saturday and Sunday Oct 21, 22, 23,  is the Camelback Studio Tour, and Three Star Owl will have wares available for you to peruse and perhaps purchase. Other artists&#8217; studios nearby in the neighborhood will be open as well, with more than 20 artists offering their art for pre-holiday shopping. Support local artists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drawn in: The Curious Case of the Owl in the Notebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The VLO (Very Large Owl) sculpture &#8220;Windblown Owl&#8221; found a new home recently.  The next VLO is underway, currently drying and eventually migrating to a client in California (shhhh, it&#8217;s a surprise), and I wanted to use the same greenish-golden surface coloring and glazing effect on the new owl.
I had a basic idea of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson in the rearview mirror: and&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 05:04:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rolled back into Phoenix from Tucson earlier today &#8212; the drive seemed nearly instantaneous and was marvelously uneventful, although I did miss the bumper crop of towering dust devils swirling in the dry creosote flats on the Gila River reservation that I&#8217;d seen on the way down but was unable to photograph safely from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Postcard from Tucson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 19:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three Star Owl is at the Tucson Bird and Wildlife Festival, at the Riverpark Inn just west of I-10 at the Congress Ave exit.  I&#8217;ll be here from 8 to 5 today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday 19-20 Aug).  Come by soon, things are finding new homes at a fast clip!
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		<title>Fasten your seatbelts&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;.Three Star Owl is hitting the road!
For three days &#8212; Thursday, Friday and Saturday August 4, 5, and 6 2011, I&#8217;ll have a booth at the Southwest Wings Birding and Nature Festival in Sierra Vista, AZ.
For more info about the festival, click HERE.
&#60;&#60; VLO (Very Large Owl) effigy and a couple of coati tails.

Special Note: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mess-o&#8217;-Owls (with a serious side-bar)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: if you&#8217;re looking at info on what areas are open for birding/touring in Southeastern Arizona as a result of the fires and floods, here&#8217;s a link to a useful and interesting July 19 2011 article in the Arizona Daily Star online: http://azstarnet.com/news/science/environment/article_ad90f282-df75-5c6e-b35b-2f80335577bc.html
&#8212;&#8211;
Last April at &#8220;Birdy Verde&#8221; (more properly known as the Verde Valley Birding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And now, some owls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some metal owls that roost on the cast iron stove in our den.

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		<title>Baked clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year &#8212; for the next three or four months, in fact &#8212; my studio is hot.  Very hot.  Hotter than it is outside, by about five or six degrees, thanks to its translucent acrylic walls and ceiling.
To the right is the actual reading for Wednesday afternoon ( 106.7ºF = 41.50ºC = 314.65ºK) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Star Owl in Dead Horse Ranch</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time for the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival, and Three Star Owl will be there in the big white tent, along with other vendors and exhibitors Thursday 28 April until Sunday 1 May, 9 &#8211; 5 Thu-Sat, 9 &#8211; 1 Sun.  Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, AZ.

Come on by and see what&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Owl? What owl?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday an MLO (Medium Large Owl) emerged fresh from the kiln, all mute greens and golds, looking wind-blown and content.  I&#8217;d built this owl outside on the back porch, in a plein-air studio annex location during our in-between-not-too-hot-not-too-cold season, and I put it back outside to save indoor shelf space. Anything on the porch is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just a reminder from Three Star Owl</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I wrote the following promo last month and then promptly forgot all about it in my Wordpress &#8220;drafts&#8221;.  So, here it is, to be used as a reminder that the exhibition is almost over:

   Allison Shock/Three Star Owl is pleased to debut the new piece &#8220;Assemblage: Owl Hives&#8221; at the Arizona [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where are the Owl Hives?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 18:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Owl Hives are in Chandler.
On Friday night, March 18, the All AZ Clay Invitational Exhibition opened at the Chandler Center for the Arts, displaying the work of more than 40 clay artists from all over the state of Arizona.  Among them is an installation of artefaux by me, entitled Assemblage: Owl Hives.
&#62;&#62; Assemblage: Owl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Damn that Dove!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a bull in a china shop.  It could have been much worse, but still&#8230;
Just after the Three Star Owl Open Studio/Camelback Studio Tour came to an end, and I&#8217;d put all the remaining wares onto my studio worktables to await packing for the imminent San Diego Bird Festival trip, a big stupid dove [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There will be owls&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;among other things.
Tomorrow, Friday, is the first day of Three Star Owl&#8217;s Open Studio, part of the Camelback Studio Tour.  The weather is supposed to be beautiful, but the meteorologists have less lovely predictions for Saturday and Sunday.  We&#8217;ll see.  Rain or shine, wind or calm, I&#8217;ll be here from 10 &#8211; 5 waiting for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beastly Details</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Beasties are coming!
Here is a close-up of the finished surfaces of the same Beastie Pitchers shown in raw clay a couple of posts ago.  They, and other functional and sculptural ware, will be offered for sale at the upcoming Three Star Owl Open Studio, coming toward the end of this month!  Stay tuned for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beasties in the Raw</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Jan 2011 21:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the Return of the Beastie Pitcher!  For those of you familiar with Three Star Owl &#8220;Beastie Ware&#8221; &#8212; functional clayware that looks like it might nip your fingers, or wrestle the napkin holder to the ground &#8212; here&#8217;s a march of the beastie pitchers: three in-progress, highly textured pitchers in various stages of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy yet Spooky&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/happy-yet-spooky</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 13:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8230;Halloween Greetings from Three Star Owl.
(Photo, Detail of &#8220;Mother of Owls&#8221;, Allison Shock, smoke-fired terracotta, 2001)

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		<title>The unfinished hive</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/the-unfinished-hive</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 19:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if you had to raise large numbers of owls, herds of owls, swarms of tiny owls, all at once?  What if that was your job?  What would you need?  You might need an Owl Hive.  Or a cluster of Owl Hives. What would an owl hive be like?  Each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Star Owl at Verde Birdy</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/events/three-star-owl-at-verde-birdy</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few images from last weekend&#8217;s event at the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival.  If you haven&#8217;t checked out the Verde Valley in north central Arizona, you should &#8212; it&#8217;s beautiful green country, with big trees and lots of year-round water like the Verde River, as well as surrounding mountains, good restaurants, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two coatis hit the road&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/events/two-coatis-hit-the-road</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;but only one came back.
Thanks to everybody who came by Three Star Owl at Wings Over Willcox &#8212; the show was a very good one for &#8220;the owl&#8221;.  Cranes were seen, friends were met and re-met, many clay pieces found good new homes.  And thanks also to the organizers of the Festival, who have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Gila Monster?</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/got-gila-monster</link>
		<comments>http://threestarowl.com/art/got-gila-monster#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gila monsters (Heloderma suspectum) are large stumpy lizards with bright handsome markings that are both cryptic and aposematic simultaneously, and whose hands look like neoprene wetsuit gloves with claws.  They are remarkable for being one of only two venomous lizard species in the world.  They live in the Sonoran and southern Great Basin Deserts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Many thanks to everyone&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/events/many-thanks-to-everyone</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;who stopped by to visit Three Star Owl at the Audubon Arizona Gifts from Nature fundraiser and show in Scottsdale this Friday and Saturday.  The rain stayed away, and it was nice to see everyone out and about!  Special thanks to everyone at Audubon Arizona, for once again wrangling a great show!
(photo: smoke-fired coati effigy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fair warning on this Black Friday&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/fair-warning-on-this-black-friday</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:49:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;for those of us who decide to enter the Fray, this is the kind of thing you&#8217;ll be up against:
Yes, the Holidays must be upon us, it&#8217;s the traditional Santa Hat-Wearing Wiener Dog on a Bun with Lettuce and Mustard Effigy Vessel (featuring removable lid), now appearing at your local discount department store.  Oh, Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More coati moments</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/more-coati-moments</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spotting coatis in Sabino canyon was fortunate in many ways.  Not only is it always amazing to see a coati, but it was artistically inspiring, too.  Before the Tucson visit I had already begun a small coati effigy bowl, so on returning home I was all fired up to finish it and start another bigger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is this animal?</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/what-is-this-animal</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rat, pig, dog, hedgehog, chupacabra, what?
The answer is all of the above.  Long a mainstay of Three Star Owl sculptural subjects, this pointy-ended, feisty-looking, toothy mammal has been called all of them.  And that would be correct &#8212; called a &#8220;rαtdog&#8221; for convenience &#8212; it stands for Every Mammal, including us human ones.  Rαtdogs represent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intense clay overload (in a good way) &#8212; NCECA Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/events/intense-clay-overload-in-a-good-way-nceca-phoenix</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past three days I&#8217;ve been immersed in clay.  Sounds muddy, but what I mean is, of course, NCECA: demos, tools, galleries, other clay artists, techniques, long-time friends from St. Louis, Metro Light Rail, even a little shopping, and downtown Phoenix: all those things compressed into a fairly short amount of time, in three long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Half-Dome Head: the Geology of Owl Crania</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/half-dome-head-the-geology-of-owl-crania</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a property of owls I call &#8220;Half-Dome Head.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a shape that&#8217;s noticeable in the profile of all owls, particularly the larger ones.  The Barred Owl to the right is exhibiting major Half-Dome Head.  If Half-Dome Head can be achieved when making owls in clay, the resulting effigies will be Especially Owly.
The name derives [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increments: Stacked Toad Teapot Effigy FINAL Finale</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/events/increments-stacked-toad-teapot-effigy-final-finale</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned previously, there are two pieces of mine in the NCECA &#8220;Potters as Sculptors; Sculptors as Potters&#8221; show currently up at Mesa Community College (see the Three Star Owl Events page for details).  One of them is the long-evolving &#8220;Toadstack&#8221; (the other is Venomosity which can currently be viewed on the Home page.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increments: Stacked Toad Teapot Effigy finale (almost)</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/events/increments-stacked-toad-teapot-effigy-finale-almost</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The final increments of the imperturbable Stacked Toad Teapot Effigy (or Toadstack for short) have been completed, and after months of being alternately obsessed on and ignored, left alone and detailed, the piece is finished and ready for its destination.  Here are its last two phases: a final coat of white terra sigillata (super-fine suspension [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stacked toad teapot effigy and the mathematics of artistic license</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/stacked-toad-teapot-effigy-and-the-mathematics-of-artistic-license</link>
		<comments>http://threestarowl.com/art/stacked-toad-teapot-effigy-and-the-mathematics-of-artistic-license#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stacked Toad Teapot Effigy is alive and well, so far.
After languishing at the back of a shelf in the studio for many weeks wrapped in damp paper towels and layers and layers of plastic film, the Stacked Toad Teapot Effigy has finally been fully sculpted and is drying, awaiting further surface treatment (terra sigillata [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One last Sarcoramphus peek&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/one-last-sarcoramphus-peek</link>
		<comments>http://threestarowl.com/art/one-last-sarcoramphus-peek#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;just because this photo of Jack&#8217;s King vulture waiting to be taken home makes me laugh.

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		<title>Increments: Color me vulture, finally</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/increments-color-me-vulture-finally</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the exciting final steps of Jack&#8217;s King Vulture.  (Previous increments can be viewed and read about here.)

This first photo, Increment 3, is a close-up of what the piece looks like after it&#8217;s been bisqued (fired the first time) and then glazed. Pretty crappy looking, isn&#8217;t it?  That&#8217;s because glaze is a chalky-looking liquid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Increments: Color me vulture (Sarcoramphus papa), plus a quick field trip to Belize</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/increments-color-me-vulture-sarcoramphus-papa-plus-a-quick-field-trip-to-belize</link>
		<comments>http://threestarowl.com/art/increments-color-me-vulture-sarcoramphus-papa-plus-a-quick-field-trip-to-belize#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another reason I&#8217;ve had vultures on the brain is because I owe a friend a vulture.  Specifically, a king vulture, Sarcoramphus papa, the largest of the Cathartids, the New World Vultures.  They are the largest vulture in our hemisphere if you don&#8217;t count the two condors, and they are striking birds (literally &#8212; I was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enter the Vulture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A vulture blew up in a bisque kiln yesterday.  Dang!  And it was my own fault, too, a foolish, neophyte error: its body was hollow, and I forgot to make a hole in it for the hot air inside to escape, kerPOW.  The carnage is visible, right.  Fortunately, nothing else in the kiln was harmed.
Vultures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stacked Toad effigy vessel part 3, also why is a toad not a frog?</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/stacked-toad-effigy-vessel-part-3-also-why-is-a-toad-not-a-frog</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been many delays and distractions for the Stacked Toad Effigy Teapot: computer failure and restoration, other deadlines, and Thanksgiving, including a tragic Saguaro Plunge, details to be posted later.
But here is the next phase: the &#8220;lid&#8221; of the &#8220;teapot&#8221; is in place, and also the &#8220;finial&#8221; (knob), with Hector Halfsquid for scale.
This involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stacked Toad Effigy Vessel: part 2</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/stacked-toad-effigy-vessel-part-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Stacked Toad Effigy Vessel is being built from the bottom up, with a brown, groggy, stoneware clay. The working composition is in my head, informed by pictures of desert toads on the work bench, and adapted as it goes.  A small maquette modeled last week is nearby for reference, although the maquette has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stacked Toad Effigy Vessel, more on Toad Toes</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/stacked-toad-effigy-vessel</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:06:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many toes a toad has: useful information put to use almost immediately: here&#8217;s a Stacked Toad Effigy Vessel just underway.  Potential Toe count so far: 36 toes. Actual toe count: 0 (they&#8217;ll be added later).  Watch here for progress reports.  More toads-toes coming soon&#8230;
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		<title>Too Many TOES:  Pentadactyly in the Studio&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/too-many-toes-pentadactyly-in-the-studio</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;with a guest appearance by Charles Darwin
 Pentadactyly, from Greek πέντε &#8220;five&#8221; plus δάκτυλος &#8220;finger&#8221;, is the condition of having five digits on each limb. 
I make a lot of TOES.  Gila monster toes.  Crane toes.  Jaguar toes. Hummingbird toes, owl toes, and roadrunner toes.  Toad toes.  A lot of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Museo de Antropología de Xalapa: I</title>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/museo-de-antropologia-de-xalapa-i</link>
		<comments>http://threestarowl.com/art/museo-de-antropologia-de-xalapa-i#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birds weren&#8217;t the only wonderful things to be seen on a recent trip to the Mexican state of Veracruz: there was clay!  The capital city of Xalapa, perched on the volcanic shoulders of the Sierra Madre Oriental, has a world-class archaeological museum, Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (MAX), stuffed full of the cultural treasures [...]]]></description>
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