Amigurumi Turtle

Planters and birdhouse

 5" planters and a tiny birdhouse, completed in spring 2021

Fish Plates

 Some fish plates and platters I finished in spring 2021.

Bass, 12"

Trout, 15"

Panfish, 12"

Midas Cichlid, 8"

Discus, 8"

Trout, 15"

Betta, 8" -- portrait of my Tiny Tim, below

Still more monkeys

Monkeys continued

Made an origami concertina for monkey number 2.

It took several tries to get the folding right – my origami skills are Not Good.

It's a working bellows, which will make this monkey fun to animate:

Jacket design for money number two – I want it to look like a marching band uniform jacket:

Monkey number three is in progress. The band is growing.

New Band Member

The first member of my monkey band

Been working on this little guy for a while!

Behind the scenes . . . I used thread and pins to pose the monkey which I Photoshopped out.

Ocarina attempts

I've been experimenting with making ocarinas of various sizes.

In varying degrees of completion. They're all turtles.

Some work better than others, and glazing them has been a challenge. The turtle on the right doesn't work at all, due to a clogged windway caused by running glaze.

My ocarinas are based on a tutorial design I found in "From Mud to Music" by Barry Hall.

Some finished ocarinas. I'm working toward a 4-hole working model, which should allow for a full octave. But so far the ocarina stops sounding whenever I add a fourth hole.

This is the best ocarina so far. It has three fingering holes.

It sounds pretty good -- a sound demo is below.

For the record, I do not play ocarina. I was going to attempt "Mary had a Little Lamb" but I lost my nerve.

Pug buddy

About 4.5 inches high, seated

Halloween Knitting

My simple costume for Halloween 2019: The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I wanted to be something that:

1. Was a literary character 
2. Could be made entirely with supplies and clothing I already had
3. Didn't need props
4. Was easy to wear

Voila!

Very hungry!

"To Have and to Hold" -- photos from the show

To have and to hold, at BayArts until May 30, 2019. We had a great show -- I sold out!

Mugs by Dan Meehan

Owl cups by Kim Case

Portrait cups by Elizabeth Varis

Tableware by Sue Peplin

Mug mugs by Heather McQueen

My work with Joan Krummert's (above) and Jennifer Lee's (hanging mugs)

My cups and saucers

Joan Krummert's bunnies

Joan Krummert's kitties

Installation by Jessica Ramage

Wall of cups -- shelves built by Joe Morris

Critter cups by Jessica Ramage

Cups by Loretta Neal

Read for the Stars!

This year's Summer Reading promo video:

Read for the Stars 2019 from Sue Kirchgessner on Vimeo.

Created with Adobe Illustrator, After Effects, and Cinema 4D.

Seasons cups

Finished work for the May 10th show, inspired by the seasons.

Box turtle with wild strawberries

Sleepy chipmunk

Tadpoles and baby bluegill

Wooly Bear with mums

 

The firefly motif never worked out

Glaze test: Laguna French Green (outside) with Laguna Hyacinth (inside and rim)