Free Week Fun: Seeking the Sublime, Strange, Spectacular

I like to ask artists that I meet what they would do with a free week, one without obligations, agendas, or dreaded appointments. July's Artist X replied that she would spend it all checking out thrift stores and yard sales. She loves "old stuff with a history, a story" This was not a surprising response given this doll display in her studio.
 
A great deal of my admiration for her work stems from my appreciation for her somewhat strange, often macabre, but always interesting choice of subject matter. Let's be honest, ceramics can sometimes be too decorative and too kitschy. She transcends that stereotype. Here are a few: