¡Toro Negro!

Finished my lovely gloss black bull which is on display at the Gallery on the Corner on Dundas Street, Edinburgh.

Drop in and have a look at beautiful work from lots of different artists.

Iceberg melts away

On a day of good news, Calvin has been comissioned to create a Scottie dog by a collector and, also, another artist visited The Gallery on the Corner last week and bought Calvin's Iceberg and Penguins. Great stuff!

First year of college finishes

Mixture of recent work on display

Half way through Calvin's exhibition

It's not too late to drop in and see Calvin's work at the Gallery on the Corner in Dundas Street. Have a wander in and look at his and other cool artists work too.

White gorilla

A cool white one with a brilliant crackle glaze.

Silverback gorilla

Calvin just finished creating a metallic silver gorilla. It looks like it's been spray painted. Very cool under low light.

Penguins are coming!

Scottie Dog

Calvin's made a new Scottie dog as the Gallery on the Corner loved the previous one he did on commission. He's finished it and is very happy with it.

Here's a picture of Calvin and the dog having a staring competition.

Penguin Exhibition

Calvin is hoping to be involved in an exhibition in the Spring time. He's working hard on some sculptures right now and seems to be into penguins at the moment. He's making large and small ones.

The small ones will all be huddled together on an iceberg. They are pretty cool looking – nice styling to them.

The larger ones might be individuals or part of colony. I think he's still to make his mind up.

He's going to be making more but these ones you see here are at different stages of drying before their first firing in the kiln.

I've also taken a photo of his new stamp that he's using on all his sculptures from now. It's shown here on a little penguin – the stamp only measures about 20mm wide. He's really chuffed with it.

"Volcano Gorilla"

Calvin has made a large gorilla and has chosen a really unusual glaze which he think looks like lava. It's amazing stuff! It sparkles and glistens when held in the light but still has dark red, blue and black areas too.

West Highland Terrier

Calvin has just finished a commission of a West Highland Terrier called Archie. Here's the result.

Arts Trust Scotland

Good news today. Calvin got some funding from Arts Trust Scotland today in the form of a cheque. It will help him to fully equip a wee studio and help pay for all his materials that he needs too.

Thank you very much guys from Calvin.

Gorilla cards and envelope

As well as the English Bull Terrier cards, a while back Calvin helped produce some gorilla cards that I forgot to put on his blog. They are available in red, green, purple and dark blue. They are £3.00 each and come with an envelope. Contact me through this site if you'd like some.

LIMITED EDITION: We have also just done a small run of pink/magenta gorilla cards too!

Samples of a few of Calvin's new glazes.

Now we have the kiln, Calvin has been trying out some of the different glazes he has. Here's three unusual ones he has.

Giraffe is finished!

Calvin has just completed his first commission done completely from start to finish within our house! Normally we have to get the firing in the kiln done else where but now we've got a wee kiln in the garage he's done the whole lot in the house. Great stuff!

We now just need to hope the person who commissioned it will like it.

Giraffe

Calvin has been commissioned to make a giraffe sculpture. He completed it on Saturday and it's now drying before going in to the kiln. Looks pretty sweet. Well done, Dude!

Red necklace

As well as the blue jewellery, Calvin made a red set of necklaces and bracelets.