The top is not wide enough. (Somehow I cannot see these things until I upload the photographs for the blog.)
Thailand (Tak Province); 14th century or earlier; Bronze
Sketch 099: Oil Lamp, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1991
Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Copyright Madison Woods
A Picnic
“Lemonade and ice,” the ceramic pot said. “Maybe it’s a picnic.”
“Picnics!” the spigot said, “I hate ‘em. Kids always putting horrible stuff up my nose, dogs licking me in the face. Disgusting. I like it better on the top of the refrigerator, out of reach.”
“You just don’t like getting baths,” the handle teased. “Big baby.”
“Stop calling me a baby!” the spigot sputtered.
The ceramic pot countered, “I’m the one at risk here. One baseball in the gut and I’m a goner.”
The lemonade, wondering how to get out of there, asked, “Can’t we all just get along?”
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Iran, Nishapur; 9th century; Bronze, cast and joined
Sketch 098: Oil Lamp, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1938
Selecting from the display
Ball points, rollerballs, even gels
Writing haikus on butcher paper
Sampling the viscosity
Pink, blue, purple, white
New pens are fun
What to write, what to draw? So many possibilities!
Another sketch that turned out harder that I thought it would. Still, there’s value in sketching objects that are above my skill level. As I’m teaching myself to sketch, it may take a while for improvements to show up, but it’s better than using only objects I can easily sketch (which may be very few, in reality).
Designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, circa 1902-1912, New York; glass and bronze
Sketch 097: Electric Lamp, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Grant, 1974
It's a long story ... 