Golden buttholes

If you have seen my figurines, you might be aware of one of my trademarks: golden buttholes.
Names, letters, logos,… there are many ways to trademark your sculptures but why not having a holy hole as my signature!

When I started sculpting my figurines, it came to a point where I needed a hole to ensure air would come out of my pieces. Anyone that has done ceramics knows that thicker pieces need to be emptied and an hole needs to be added to avoid having air trapped between the clay and thus exploding inside the kiln.

For that same matter, I thought that making that hole the butthole made the most sense of all.

Animals have them in real life!

It always gives me the most fun adding that little smartass touch. When my friend, boss, genius potter and mentor Audry Deal-McEver saw those holes, she had one of her best-crazy-fun ideas.

Why don’t you paint them gold?

I laughed so hard at her comment that I had to make it a reality! And, since then, I’ve been painting the golden tunnel, the golden butthole, the glory hole!

It has become my mission now to ensure that all my figurines have one. Sometimes due to the logistics I can’t add it or in some sad cases I simply forget to paint it—although it doesn’t happen that often.

Next time you see a golden butthole I hope it makes you laugh as much as it does to me painting it.