This little guy was done back in May at our annual "Mayhem" gathering.  Sarah's original Brownie had gone home with Joan after the previous year's event, and she came back this year with some bisques and some really interesting techniques for working with textured coats.  Her method made it possible to get soft edges on the pattern, which work much better for capturing the look of a young, fluffy foal.

I named him after the chocolate-dipped cookies that also came to Mayhem with Joan.  I thought this fellow's slightly worried expression reminded me of a boy caught in some mischief.  That expression is due in part to his one blue eye peeking out from under his knot-top.  I loved the look of the blue eye - really dark eyes on pink skin tend to look painted on in ceramics - so I was happy to find that blue eyes do occur on donkeys with a lot of face white, if only rarely.  (Though I'm not sure why he should feel naughty, since it was his kiln-mate that was so very muddy and not him!)

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