Ahoy mateys...Thar should nary be auh reenacting
 pirate or shire dweller without a genuine clay pipe!
I found a cool site out younder across tha pond..
Heather Coleman is the proprietor and craftsperson.
She makes and sells authentic ond historical clay pipes
at very reasonable prices.. Check out her extensive
web site and the history about these artifacts of
pleasure and 17th Century glamour.. ~

http://www.dawnmist.demon.co.uk/pipesale.htm

It has been a journey for this piece of art work...

Originaly for the cove..It came out too nice to put

 there so it's on the wall behind my PC.
It's the Oderlesseye pottery head bust... I fired

 it twice and still had problems with impurities in

the clay which messed up the paint to some

degree..I over came that issue with acrylic

paint as I was not willing to fire him a third

time. The following Pics are the proggression

of work base on this picture of my

Hollywood Glam Pirate..

 

All the Pirate in me says be real! And so Eye aim fer a proper education as a pirate from sword fighting to shooting black powder. My latest endevor has been to join the San Diego Maritime Museum..Home of the Star Of India.. I have every intention of becoming crew and learn to sail a tall ship EEErrr at least have me part in it....Now thet my friend gives me more qualification than simply wearing me pirate garb. ( Less I steal a Ship ) Some tymes Eye feel tha silliness of it all.. And Going to PirateCon 2008 in New Orleans is the pinnicle of that silliness so far. Yet in contrast to some Eye know who work 6-7 days a week from dark:30 to dark:30 .., I Am ALIVE and LIVING in comparison! THar be no shame in thet! An besides..I have yet to meet a person who would say in thier last dieing breath ..Gee I wished I could have worked more overtime... NO! It's the poeple I meet and Love that matters... O'Eye have set me sights on team work with others of me crew to be the Pirate Eye Am ta live tha sweet life! YArrrr!

Sometimes I just have to get artsy

A good example is in the Bull & Blunderbuss thread