The Frog-Headed Character is modeled on Prince, a Michigan frog that sat on my driveway shortly after we built our house near the Sleeping Bear Dunes, MI. I had left my car and began to snap Prince, coming closer and closer. He had just sat there looking at me. His red eyes are borrowed from a tropical frog.

The Frog-Headed Character was an afterthought after I had sculpted the Beaked Character, thinking a soft-mouthed, laid-back companion was needed for her.

After Steve Kline had sculpted her shoulders, I added the head with beak and feathers. Back then, I had not felt ready to sculpt a human head. A bird head came to mind since I was feeding crows and lots of other birds during the snowy Michigan winter. However, the red beak was borrowed from the tropical toucan. The polka dots on the human-like shoulders of the two new critters were Steve’s idea, so were the feathers on the back of her head – our collaboration.
My first ceramics were shown before
Amaco Celadon Glazes (before firing, a glaze may have a totally different color, making keeping notes imperative):
Pear, Wasabi, Obsidian, snapdragon
Your beaked polka dotted figure is wonderful and mythically.
Barb, I am so glad that you like the beaked polka dotted character. Mythical! My friends in the ceramic workshop were enamored with the frog-headed one.
Birgit,
I could see your frog as a large scaled accent @ the side of a reflecting pond.
Your detailed explanation of marrying them heightens their impact.
Wonderful!
The mystical couple, Cindy!
Love these creatures !
Thank you, Aramantha. Living on my desk, the mythical couple now shares my life