Wish Box with Deer Antler Handle

This compact box was a result of

a class demo where we tried using

box templates designed for cardboard, not clay!

Even so, the boxes we made came out pretty good

with some simple adjustments

for the clay thickness.

It was also an opportunity to question

the use of alternative handles -

found wood, vines & even antlers!

Since I built the box in clay with no patterning,

it also gave me the option of creating interest

with glazes which I layered.

When I built the box, I put 4 holes in the top

anticipating a found handle 

which I wired on.

Emily's Polka Dot Pyramid Box

This Pyramid shape box was made using

cardboard templates for making

a folded paper box.

Some adjustments had to be made

for it to work with clay...

But the glazing was pure abandonment!

Mayan Mayhem Petroglyph Rattle

The two sides of this leather look rattle...

Adorned with seed beads, turquoise, wood and

ceramic clay beads.

Rectangle ScrapBach Dish

If this were an inch or so wider, 

it would be perfect to hold eye glasses.

Deer Secrets Stoneware Triangular Box

This basic box was built using paper box 

templates found online. The triangular shape

and the Deer key suggested the 

antler handle...

Other adornments just happened as I attached

the antler.  The inside is glazed with

Amaco Seaweed green; the outside is

Textured Iron from Spectrum.

Ceramic Clay POUR ME Pitcher

This 5" high pitcher started life as a bottle
then became a vase which became a pitcher...
These are the kind of things which happen
when you do a class demo!

Belle Armoire Two Part Necklaces

My 2 part necklaces will finally be featured

in Belle Armoire Jewelry, Fall 2015.

More ScrapBachs!

Making Clay Fabrics

with earthenware clay & colored 

Pilcher's Slips...

Impressed from Petroglyphs

These greenware goodies are all taken from the new

P E T R O G L Y P H S

Intaglio Impressing mat, one of eighteen

on sale Labor Day Weekend in my Etsy shop.

Petroglyphs

No matter the civilization, duplicate symbols 

from each show up across the boards.

The individual meanings 

are up for grabs still we feel 

an attraction to many of them 

as if we were the ones

who left them...

My latest INTAGLIO impressing mat

is a conglomeration of ancient symbols,

PETROGLYPHS, if you will

which have been sized

small enough for fashionable wearables.

Petroglyphs also has reflective symmetry 

which allows you to pattern

the most massive of trays.

Available through BHClaysmith Etsy.

Ruby and Pebbles

The CUTEsie making workshop 

a few weeks back at

The Community Arts Center

went off without a hitch.

Everyone made CUTEsie with

their individual touch...

Meet Pebbles, the 3-leafed vase...

Not as big as you thought, huh!

And Ruby the CUTEsie

personal pitcher

Perfect for a spot of cream

for the Earl Grey!

Ruby was part of the Cheltenham 

Art Center 75th Gala.

Oh What Fun...Ceramic Pot Shard Pendant Necklaces

I love using my very own clay shards 

to fabricate these necklaces.

I feel as if I can truly claim responsibility

for their existence and their upcycling

to "Art to Wear."

 Whale Tail Pottery Shard Pendant

Making CUTEsies...

A Collection of CLAY CUTEsies

Cream and Sugar Prototypes

So today I played around with tweaking

cream and sugar templates

I had previously made...

This pitcher is slightly larger than 

the original with more

slope to the back of it.

I never really finished the sugar bowl

design with the previous pitcher.

I like this sugar bowl design but feel

it has to be shorter.

Right now it looks like it could be

a tea caddy.

Now there's a thought...

Tumbled Pottery Shard Pendants

Each one of these pottery shards

is a piece of someone’s vision.

They are an imagined bowl, cup or platter

headed for the Holiday table

or that special pitcher for the Maple syrup

served on Sunday mornings.

But somewhere en route

to their continued existence,

they met with an insurmountable hurdle.

This in no way lessens their value 

as a symbol of a dream.

Each smooth tactile piece of clay

embodies the process it took to ‘become’

 and to wear one

is to share in this inexplicable experience!

(Each shard may be worn with either side out.)

Getting a Handle (or two) on Your Cereal Bowl

Everyone should spend the morning

enjoying their favorite cereal

in a splendiferous bowl...

And a handle helps to keep that bowl

from slipping from one's grasp...

Even the big part of a spoon is the handle;

how else would we pick it up?

So it's great to have handles on both

your spoon AND bowl.

These also work well for soup...

Look for my bowls at the

Community Arts Center in

Wallingford, PA 

during their Empty Bowl Sale

this year.

The Incomparable Cup

Discover how to construct a drinking vessel 

of true aesthetic force and great beauty – 

From mugs to steins to jorums and tea bowls, 

uncover the basic character and sensuality

 of any vessel 

intended to be caressed by human lips.

Don't miss this upcoming workshop on

C U P S

at the Community Arts Center

Wallingford, PA

7/11/2015