![]() ![]() And I’m guessing these three are completely new: the Interrobang, Point d’Ironie, and SarcMark, but rest assured they are all legit. ![]() Whatever you’re moved to include, whoever wins the pair, wins the prize inside, too.Ĭurious about some of those glyphs? I bet you recognize the Octothorpe (hashtag), Asterisk, Ampersand, At symbol, Paragraph sign and Manicule (pointing hand.) Maybe you’ve seen the Section symbol, Daggers and Fleuron (ivy leaf), but didn’t know their names. Could be in each cup or only random ones. Another game extension could take advantage of its 3D-ness: put something valuable in those cups before the start of the game! Could be a sip of something wonderful, treats, love notes, money. The blank/wild cup matches any other glyph, of course, and adds a twist like the Jokers in a card deck can. Mix up the cups and place them bee decal sides out and take turns turning them round to make pairs. Not seen in the photo are the other sides of the cups which feature a variety of gold bee decals, a nod to Bee playing cards. In the metal wall cubbie there are 25 small black cups: 12 pairs with sgraffito’d typography symbols (glyphs) and one blank wild cup. This 3D version of Concentration, which I call Glyph Con, follows the same basic gameplay, but adds a few tangible and conceptual extensions. ![]() Sometimes the relatively unfettered younger players clean house. Good for fun and mental exercise at any age. If you don’t, you turn your mismatched cards back over in place and the others in the game take their turns trying to get the most pairs, maybe remembering where the other viewed cards are to help them. If you have a match, you keep those two and go again. You all know the card game of Concentration, right? Spread out all the cards face down and take turns turning over two at a time, hoping to get a pair. One is a 3D version of Concentration, the other is a fun ceramic faux log form for Mancala. I finished in time! Here are the final two of the seven ceramic games I will have in my March, 2018 solo show at Roscoe Ceramic Gallery in Oakland, CA. Rear: “Glyph Con,” Ceramic and Metal, 2018 and Front: “Packrat,” Ceramic and Glass, 2018 ![]()
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