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August 1, 2002: First out of the kiln!
July 24, 2002: Kiln firings
July 23, 2002: 9 fishes done!
July 12, 2002: Myrrhia's fishies, first review [little fish!]
June 30, 2002: Egeria bust -- final!
June 25, 2002: First Egeria bust!
June 11, 2002: Egeria lighter
April 26, 2002: Some ideas for the Egeria bust
April 12, 2002: Myrrhia sculpts of fish and Egeria bust
March 15, 2002: Reference material from the web.
November 20, 2000: Sketches of my first ideas.

First out of the kiln!
August 1, 2002
Here's some pics of the sculptures out of their first firing!

Photos by Myrrhia Resneck Sannes.

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Kiln firings
July 24, 2002
Some pics of the kiln being packed for firing!
And some measurement pics.

Photos by Myrrhia Resneck Sannes.

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9 fishes done!
July 23, 2002
Myrrhia has been cranking through the fishes!

Here's some pictures of her aquiarium...I mean her shop! :)

Photos by Myrrhia Resneck Sannes.

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Myrrhia's fishies, first review [little fish!]
July 12, 2002
Here's the first review of the fish support sculptures Myrrhia's
doing to adorn the supports!

Photos by Myrrhia Resneck Sannes.
At 09:10 AM 7/12/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>I made this fish, the smallest sized one, in about an hour.
>I want to make the bottom it rests on a bit rounder, but I dont know what it
>will be resting on or how it will interface with the fountain
>structure...ideas?
>See the attached pix!

Super cute!

Since it will have to be above the water level, it will have to be on a stand of some sort, so it will probably be flat. [Not sure how to make the stand -- probably steel, painted waterproof?] [Woops! This also mean the water level should be subtracted from the heights I gave you. Generally, this has been 8" depth for both the bottom and middle tiers [ie the top and middle support fishies. The bottom support is in 1" of depth thereabouts. Perhaps build 2" of base into them?]

BTW, they don't *have* to be the full height of the supports. Their tails can fall short of the bowl above, if you like.

Also, you can build a short ornamental base into them, if you like. [Think either roman pillars, or even splashy, stylized waves!] Whichever way is fine, plain or base.

My critique is to pay attention to the giant forehead and bulgy eyes of typical Italian fishies. [Though his eyes are pretty bulgy enough! -- ah, the sign of a fresh fishy! ;) ]

Here's the fish web page [which I seem to have removed from the main Egeria home page -- fixed!]

In particular, check these out:

Dragons:

The other thing I notice -- though this matters much less to me -- is the fish are more like serpents. Again, typical of Chinese dragons!

Also, his mouth doesn't need to be so open -- see how the fishes' lips are mostly pursed, like they're squirting the water out? Again, less important to me. if you leave the mouths open [might be easier for piping anyway] you might think of making a big humpy tongue visible! Just a thought.

In general, though, I've kinda fallen in love with your style of fishes, so you don't really have to change. :) But the critiques above were the original intention.

Do as you like! It will be great no matter what! :)

One more note. I'm sure you remember, but we can attach the fish to the bases if you like, so think of how you'd best like to do that. [Hole for a giant hook in the back? Bolts? Wire to tie it on?] This will be good, again, if the fountain shifts slightly in the wind, so they aren't knocked over.

Kiki

PS I'm putting your pics [and this critique] on the web page so others can see too! And see the progress.

PPS These sculptures have a really strong and similar style -- I mean, duh, of course, same artist :) -- but all of them together are going to look really stunning and bring the fountain together!

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Egeria bust -- final!
June 30, 2002
Here's some pictures of the final Ebgeria bust by Myrrhia!

Also some pics of the access hole to hook up the piping for
her eyes and her crown

Photos by Myrrhia Resneck Sannes.
I just *have* to do a side-by-side comparison with a sketch I sent to Myrrhia as reference:

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First Egeria bust!
June 25, 2002
Myrrhia sent this initial pictures of Egeri's bust.
Some small comments that her eyes are a little lop-sided,
but this isn't very noticable from below anyway.

The hair in particular looks really great!
Also, there's access to the inside of the head,
but you can't even see it!

Her face has a Roman shape to it,
and her look is slightly sad...

Photos by Myrrhia Resneck Sannes.

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Egeria lighter
June 11, 2002
I got this lighter at a yard sale.

Need I say more?!?

Photos by Kiki.

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Some ideas for the Egeria bust
April 26, 2002
I sketched out some thoughts on how the Egeria bust would look.
Myrrhia said these helped define what I was looking for,
esp. with the hair.

Note that Rachel mentioned that the hair in Egeria's day was much simpler.
But I'm going to go with aesthetics over accuracy this time. :)

Photos by Kiki.

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Myrrhia sculpts of fish and Egeria bust
April 12, 2002
Myrrhia is making the supports out of clay,
including the support fishes,
and an lovely Egeria bust for the top!

Her eyes will flow with torrents of water during the day and flames at night
and her crown will spout water in the day and flames at night!

Photos by Kiki.

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Reference material from the web.
March 15, 2002
Here's some reference material I gleened from the web.
If you want the actual links to the web pages, use this page
and click on each picture to go to the original page:
Fishes

Photos by misc web.