Merry Christmas, Solstice, Hannukah, or whatever you may celebrate

Tonight I left two pottery stones at Stir Crazy. I thought the staff would enjoy a surprise. This stone I left on a counter by the woks. I figure someone will pick it up when cleaning up for the night.



Before I left the restaurant, I left another stone on a table that had been cleared off. I don't know if a worker will find it or the next person seated at the table. I left the small one on the right in this photo.



We went to the movies after dinner and I left the small stone on the left in the photo above on a bench near the concession stand. It found a home very quickly. I left it on the bench, went into the bathroom, and when I came out it was gone.

I haven't left the larger stone in the middle of that photo yet. I made it to look a bit like an acorn. Yes, it's blue. I couldn't find two browns I really liked so I went with blue. I'll post again when that stone is left somewhere.

I hope everyone who found stones tonight enjoyed the surprise and has a wonderful, joyous end of 2005 and an even better 2006.

Clay Rocks Looking For Homes

I finally left my Clay Rocks. See the previous entry for pics of them. (Yea, I know, it took a while. All I have to say is...life got in the way.) I have a feeling they will go unnoticed for a while. If you happen to live anywhere around Webster Groves, Missouri, you might want to look for them. I left them on ledges in front of store windows on Big Bend. One is in front of the Webster Wok. The other is a little bit farther west (if I have my directions right) on the same side of the street. I think it is an Edwards Jones office. These shops were the only two I found with ledges below their windows. I had dinner at the Webster Wok last night (BTW, very good Chinese food!) and watched as four people passed not seeing my clay rock.

I had intended on laminating a Found Art tag to attach to these rocks, but the more I thought about it, the more it felt like it would get in the way. Being as small as they are, and the tags fairly large, a good wind might catch the tag and blow over the clay rock making it shatter. Besides, I wanted people to find them serendipitiously. So, the people who find these art pieces will not know they come from FoundArt. The next time I make clay pieces I intend to give away, I'll carve "Foundart.org" into the clay before it is fired.

I have a few more clay pieces to leave that don't have "Foundart.org" on them. I'll post pics of them here as soon as I have an idea of where I will leave them.