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Thats sounds great! Congrats on moving through your creative journeys! I love hearing about artists pathes to their present iteration of creativity and art making. It’s so interesting how we keep finding a new reason/way to create.

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 09/03/2025

Really lovely painting! Maine and Western Washington are definitely cousins. Except Maine gets way colder. Great work!

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 09/03/2025

I love Stones work ! It’s been great seeing their success with these pastels! Also, I didn’t know you were a muralist as well! 🤝🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 06/03/2025

I love this new stamp pattern you’ve been using. Really great!

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 03/03/2025

Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain by Betty Edwards. My Grandma gave it to me when I was about 12 and it was very helpful in understanding common mistakes in seeing that lead to drawing issues and how to sharpen ones ability to see for drawing. Highly recommend!

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 01/03/2025

A short video of what I’ve been working on this week and what I want to focus on at my upcoming residency at Hambidge Center in Georgia.

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 01/03/2025

I had that thought when I was building but it was already too dry. I think I’ll try that on one in the future. Like putting rebar in cement 😂

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 25/02/2025

Ive been working on some small bust sculptures this week. I want to do a bunch. I have an idea for how to show the grouping but I’m still figuring it out.

Greenware clay bust sculptures. 2 are made with BC6 clay from CAC and 1 is Klamath Yellow from SPS. The BC6 will fire a grey white, and the Klamath yellow will fire red.

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 24/02/2025

I love how much this 1 single glaze is doing with just some extra dips. And the finish is still a really nice satin smooth. Plus the color variation between an appley green to almost baby blue. Its really beautiful! Im happy with it. 💚🩵

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 24/02/2025

Yes! The days are getting longer so fast! I had to refrain from adding pink to these because I was going for a single glaze application. But, they would have looked great with some pink on them too! ✨✨✨

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 23/02/2025

These two water etched pieces turned out so good! I love them! Sagebrush Celadon on NZ6 Porcelain both from Clay Art Center Tacoma. I was going to add music and cut the sound but the rain sound is really great. So please enjoy the rain. 🌧️

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 22/02/2025

Glazed half of the bisque batch and started a glaze fire last night. I haven’t started to make my own glazes yet so I’m using Coyote Enduro-Color Honeydew glaze. I love the soft green it is on light clay bodies. I’m using Digital Fire C6DHSC drop and hold/slow cool schedule. Fingers Crossed!🤞🏼

Bisque ware lined up for glazing. Liners have been poured and I will dip the exterior as well before putting in the kiln again for a glaze fire.

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 22/02/2025

Something like this can help to make your grip larger on your tool. Also hand stretching made for CTS might help if its due to that. Possibly the clay you are using is tough to carve or the timing of your carving is a bit drier making you have to use more pressure. Try switching clay and/or timing.

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 21/02/2025

your work as the first expense to cut when things get tough. So we pivot, and pivot, and pivot… then we talk to the uninitiated and they don’t understand how someone can be struggling financially when they see your work in the public. They don’t understand it is just 1 contract. 1 job doesn’t…

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 21/02/2025

I’m a working artist. I’ve been at it for about 8 years and it’s especially hard right now. Sometimes you pick a lane that ends up not working out because of things completely out of your control. In many aspects its like any other business, but in others you are at the whim of consumers who view

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 21/02/2025

I’ve been doing a lot of 10-12 hour studio sessions lately. Pretty much every day for a while now.

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 21/02/2025

Bisque went good! Excited to glaze these and fire them again! ✨✨✨

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Joseph Brooks Art @josephbrooksart.com · 21/02/2025

Some long neck busts from today. I used to do a long neck character alot some years ago. Looks like they made their way into these busts today. Im hoping to do a bunch more of these in the coming weeks.

2 small busts of characters with hats on. One a newsy/golf hat and the other a pork pie style hat. Both pieces are wet clay in greenware stage of leather hard. Grey clay is BC6 from CAC and the yellow is Klamath Yellow from SPS, it will fire a nice red. Both are cone 5/6 clays

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