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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>Three Star Owl at Verde Birdy</title>
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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>
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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>
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		<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>
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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>
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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>
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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>
		<comments>http://threestarowl.com/events/intense-clay-overload-in-a-good-way-nceca-phoenix#comments</comments>
		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
		<link>http://threestarowl.com/art/enter-the-vulture</link>
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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>
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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>
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		<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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