French Butter Keeper or Butter Bulb (TM) with holes

Whenever I make one of my French butter dishes, (I call mine Butter Bulb (tm) because of their butter chamber shape) large enough to hold 2 sticks of butter, I like to include the holes in the flange that dips into the water below. The idea being that the holes allow the water to enter the butter chamber and keep it closer to the butter, thus less air to spoil the butter. This can also help to reduce suction when pulling the top out.

I really love these little gems. It took me a long time to come up with a French butter jar design that I found appealing and these are the result. The big dots on top I call happy dots. I sell them at my Etsy online shop.

2009 June Tacoma sculpture set up

We installed our sculpture yesterday at Gallery 301, in Tacoma, WA.
In this pic I've got wall faces and baby kings. Those are baby kings crawling down the wall and more sitting on the pedestal. In total there are 20 baby kings. All can sit or hang.
I've got the South and East walls and managed to snap a pic before we closed up for the night.
We open again this Saturday , June 20th, 2009, Noon-4pm.

2009 Sculpture Exhibitions, June and July

July 7th-August 4th, 2009
Sculpture by Barbara Dunshee. Painting by Cathie Joy Young.
Opening Party during Second Saturday Ballard Art Walk, July 11th.

Annie's Art and Frame
2212 NW Market Street
Seattle, Washington 98107
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June 2009:
Begetting Times Two
New artwork by Barbara Dunshee and Jennevieve Schlemmer

Two days only-
Opening Reception: Third Thursday June 18th: 5:30-8:30pm
Last chance for a view: Saturday June 20th: Noon-4pm.

Gallery 301
301 Puyallup Ave.
Tacoma, WA 98421