Showing posts with label animals: rabbit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals: rabbit. Show all posts

Sunday, March 21, 2021

Some Bunny's Dreaming

Mosaic bunny and flowers by Jeanne Selep
Mosaic "Some Bunny's Dreaming" Detail

My "Some Bunny's Dreaming" mosaic stepping stone was created in 2020 because a favorite 3D ceramic bunny broke and I wanted to try to reuse the pieces.  I ended up using sections of the ceramic bunny to make the rabbit in a circular stepping stone.   

Mosaic circle stepping stone Bunny dreaming flowers
Mosaic Bunny Stepping Stone - "Some bunny's Dreaming"


I wanted the rabbit/bunny to appear to be whimsically dreaming of a Klimt-like field of flowers, and I had several plates in particular that I wanted to use.


Mosaic bunny dreaming of flowers stepping stone
Mosaic Bunny Dreaming of Flowers detail


One of the plates I really wanted to use had the Lilies of the Valley on it, which became the grass the rabbit sits on.  The other plate had the blue-purple flowers immediately above the rabbit's head, with a very spring-like green foliage and hand-painted with gold.  This plate had an Art Deco feel to it.  


Mosaic Flowers Field by Jeanne Selep
Mosaic here Flower Field Detail

I also wanted to use hand-painted pink and yellow flowers from some orphaned teacup saucers, and I used various violet patterned china to fill in the rest of the flowers.


Mosaic bunny by Jeanne Selep
Mosaic Bunny Dreaming Detail


Arranging the landscape line in a circle was harder than I thought.  As I put the "grass" in the foreground, it was too low at first, and putting the grass behind the bunny caused the arrangement to became less whimsical and more like a landscape.  


Mosaic bowling ball
Mosaic Bunny in Bright Sun.


Different lighting, (for example bright sun) makes the mosaic texture stand out more.  Because the stepping stone has three dimensional parts, I placed it in a spot where (hopefully) it won't get stepped on.


Mosaic bunny dreaming flowers stepping stone
Mosaic Stepping Stone


Have a Blessed and Happy Easter!

This Bunny is dreaming of
Easter Candy
and Spring Flowers...



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Mosaic bunny dreaming flowers stepping stone



Wednesday, April 10, 2019

2019 Easter Hutch


Spring Hutch Display with Bunnies
Spring Easter Hutch with Bunnies

My recent Easter china hutch arrangement focused on rabbits and bunnies. It featured two different sets of hand-painted china: the blue and white "Dedham rabbit" china, and eight green Shafford plates.  I find the green and blue china combination a fun alternative to my usual pastel spring arrangements.


Dedham china Potting Shed
Reproduction Dedham China from the Potting Shed

Dedham pottery was originally created from the 1890's to 1943, and at antique sales a single plate can easily sell for over $100.  My blue and white dishes are reproductions, re-released in the 1990's, but still individually hand-painted.


Dedham rabbit bunny china by the Potting Shed
Dedham rabbit reproduction plates from the Potting Shed

I have admired the antique Dedham china for years at antique shows, so I quickly bought the reproduction pieces when I saw them at an estate sale.


Bunny plates
Dedham rabbit detail: simple shapes and brush strokes

I love the way each rabbit is created with a few quick brush strokes.  The dark lines that look like cracks throughout the Dedham pieces are called "crazing" and are intentional, in both the original pieces and the reproductions.


Bunny plates
Dedham China has "crazing" all over each piece


Some people may not appreciate reproductions, but I think reproductions allow new generations to see, touch, learn about, and learn to value the original antique pieces.


Shafford plate bunny and vegetable china
Green Shafford Rabbit patch plate

The eight green Shafford plates feature a high relief of bunnies and vegetables.  The green painting is applied quickly and gives each plate differences.  


Shafford bunny and vegetable china
Shafford Rabbit Patch plate detail

Some of the bunnies were painted with more care, some hardly at all.  This is one of the best rabbits. 


The eight green plates are labeled Rabbit Patch from Shafford (MCMLXXXIX) from 1989. They were probably never meant to be used for eating.


Shafford bunny and vegetable china
Otigiri birds in front of green Shafford Rabbit patch plate

Other novelty plates and decorative pieces fill out the hutch arrangement.
 
Shafford bunny and vegetable china
Miscellaneous spring china

The cream colored plate in the middle above is Copeland Spode, labeled Bermuda Flowers (the relief pattern?) Copeland Spode, and Morning glory (the colored design in the middle of the plate).  The plates on either side are labeled American Atelier, Rose Toile.  There are 4 different designs with that same label.


As I mentioned, usually the Easter hutch is very pastel - see below.  Click on the photo to see this arrangement. 

Welsh Dresser Hutch Spring china plate display
Welsh dresser with spring arrangement

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