
Happy Valentine's Day for lovers, friends, dear and beloved people! I got roses...
Kuvia ja tarinoita fantasiaveistosteni, maalausteni ja käsitöideni maailmasta, puutarhasta ja muusta elämästä. Pictures and thoughts about my fantasy sculptures, paintings, crafts, garden and other life.


Oh boy I am having troubles with this clay! She baked a bit dark in the first bake, and in the second bake her torso and head baked even more darker... the arms are lighter. Also she has some weird dark marks, like brushmarks on her. I think either the clay reacted with the lotion I use to smooth her, or there was some residue in the oven, from baking food, that somehow got to her "skin". Really weird, and this has never ever happened before with the other clay I usually use. (And yes, I use two tested thermometers...) I have sanded the marks a bit, that's why she looks so weird now.
Today is Runeberg's Day. Johan Ludvig Runeberg (born 1804) is Finland's national poet, and these are Runeberg tarts with almond and rum. According to the legend, he enjoyed the tart with punsch on every breakfast.