More Organic Wasser Shapes...

What is so interesting about these organic 

Wasser Glass shapes is how they look 

dangling from the ear...

Whether you are coming or going,

they intrigue the onlooker.

And can be worn with either side face forward

simply by inserting the ear wire into the ear

from the back instead of the front.

Which is why it is so much fun to show you

BOTH SIDES of each PAIR!

They can have subtle nuances...

Or only make an outright statement from one side...

Even with my ceramic clay accents, these Fun-2-Wear

Earrings are lightweight.

Hand fashioned copper swings allow the clay, cultured

seaglass and semi-precious to catch the eyes of

passers-by...

As you make your own personl Fashion Statement!

Each pair is individual and unique...

Notice the Bumble Bee Jasper and imagine it

pollinating your favorite bloom...

Bet you can't pick just one pair!

Tis the Season for Wasser Wearing

  

Just when I thought I'd never again see the magnificent 

array of Wasser glass patterned colors, a package

arrives from my dear friend Emily with some

breathtaking Wasser Glass shards...

All the more reason to plan to reverse your earrings

for wearing either way!

Semi-precious Jasper ovals are the perfect complement

to many of the speckled, colorful surfaces...

And seem to work as accents for either side.

New for me, this copper wire swing (with a twist) 

which holds an oval stone under the Wasser shapes...

And just when you thought it couldn't get better,

the other side astounds!

I call this pair Spotted Cat and you can see why; it

seems to be all set to jump through the cultured sea glass

black loops underneath...

Then the reverse of spotted cat with the missing 

spots...and missing cat, replaced by red & green

strokes against a black ground -

Oh what fun!

WINTER Classes & Workshops at Community Arts Center

Clay Camp Winter Workshop Medium: Ceramics, Intermediate/Advanced Instructor(s): Bond, Nadia W. Hanselman, Barbara Date: 1/7/2020-1/10/2020  Location: Community Arts Center, Full Ceramics Studio Time: 10:00 AM-3:00 PM EST Tue Wed Th Fri Tuition: $165.00 Additional Fees: $15.00 Hand Building Clay Forms Winter Class Medium: Ceramics | All Levels Instructor(s): Hanselman, Barbara Date: 1/13/2020-3/2/2020 Location: Community Arts Cener, Handbuilding Room Time: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM on Monday Tuition: $330.00 Additional Fees: $25.00    Making Ceramic Beads & Pendants Winter Class Medium: Ceramics | All levels Instructor(s): Hanselman, Barbara Date: 1/16/2020-3/5/2020  Location: Community Arts Center,Ceramic Studio Annex Time: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM on Thursday Tuition: $235.00 Additional Fees: $25.00 Making Easy 2-Wear Earrings Winter Workshop | Available Medium: Ceramics, WORKSHOPS | All Levels Instructor(s): Hanselman, Barbara Date: 2/8/2020 (one day) Location: Community Arts Center, Ceramic Studio Annex Time: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM EST on Saturday Tuition: $60.00 Additional Fees: $7.00

Fun Earrings for Winter Wearing

You can never go wrong with Wasser glass

and hand painted clay discs...

Wasser glass 'Swiss Cheese' style 

with Mykonos glazed clay coins and turquoise 

glass Marquise flats supporting it all.

Mykonos high glazed clay shapes, wired
together by weaving with an Earthenware
"Sputnik" hangie underneath.

Mint Jullep "Swiss Cheese" style Wasser glass

shapes suspended from a hand formed copper

hook & jump rings'''

Stoneware "button mold" beads which look woven

and topped with stacked wood discs and

Bonn Beads Picasso Czech trades.

Smoky Quartz chunks swing nicely from

clay button mold beads acc ented with lemon

yellow African trades and horn tubes.

Then back to double Wasser shapes under

a stoneware hand painted ring and copper...

Making Ceramic Beads & Pendants

Making Ceramic Beads & Pendants

Ceramic Beads and Pendants can take all sorts of

shapes and sizes...

For instance, these textured clay discs have been

connected by a C-lon crochet cord to form a necklace.

These interesting discs could become earrings

or a necklace as well...

And these large discs and lone spirit hole

are connected with Bonn Beads Picasso trades

and blob beads making a subtle statement necklace.

Earrings emerge using pairs of fun clay beads...

Even a pair of button molded tic-tac-toe clay

beads accented with Labradorite drops

or large textured clay discs complemented with

beach glass shapes

become Fun-to-Wear clay creations...why not

plan to join us at our next adventure in 

Making Ceramic Beads & Pendants ! 

CUTEsie Pitcher

Both sides of the latest CUTEsie pitcher

to finally get glazed and fired!

More Crochet-ing with Beads...

...Found this really nice waxed cotton bead cord 

at Blue Santa Beads, Media, PA. I t has a nice twist

to it and is not overly waxy to the touch.

This is the C-lon 400 cord which works nicely with

my glass and ceramic bead pieces, found objects, etc.

I did get a bit carried away with this one which

ended up being over 8 feet long - 

What a Wrap!

A Necklace for Yvonne

A simple piece of driftwood found on Martha's Vineyard

transforms one of my reversible clay pendants into

a natural statement asking to be worn...

Autumnal Earrings

Clay Beads made in my Monday Bead Class

are transformed into earrings...

Stoneware slabs accented with Robin's Egg

Underglaze, suspended from Mykonos bails.

Perferated Scroddled Stoneware Slabs

suspended from the same Mykonos

bails and 16 gauge copper rings.

Handcut tumbled glass discs by Emily Cohen

Catfish Studio, stack nicely over extruded

stoneware ovals accented with terra

sigillata and underglaze.

Crochet a Necklace with Beads

If you can do a chain stitch 

and nothing else crochet-wise, you're in business! 

Simply gather together all those 

leftover beads you have enmassed from past projects,

load them onto some S-lon cord and you're good to go...

Your finished necklace will look more like this
when you wear it especially if it is over 72" long!

ORANGE, It's Not Just For Halloween Anymore...

Speckled orange Wasser glass shapes 

arrived from Emily Cohen yesterday, just in

time for Autumn earring fashioning...

Many of my Spirit Hole discs have a touch of this 

unryhme-able color, so including an orange

Wasser shape in them was a no-brainer...

The flecks on the orange glass are complimented

by shades of green, so Coke bottle sea glass

was a natural go-to...

Thanks, Emily

Wasser Glass Swiss Cheese Shapes Make Fun Earrings...

All of my Wasser glass & beach glass 

components are from

Emily Cohen, Catfish Studio...

Even the lavender JADE semi-precious retangles

in the above pair came from Emily...

Talk about wearing something folks will

have to gab about 

- coral, aubergine & turquoise -

Oh, MY!

Or this sophisticated pair called, 

"Give Me a Hand,"

complete with two grey cat heads...

All fun and easy to wear AND

bound to start a conversation!