Saturday, February 22, 2020

Thinking Outside the Box...

It's so easy to take the CERAMIC CLAY beads & pendants 
you make to yet another level of Art to Wear...


For instance, the above slip-stitch/crochet necklace
was made with ceramic blob beads, disc beads and 
Spirit Hole beads accented with drilled shell shards
and hand cut cultured sea glass hearts...


This reversible dragon fly pendant was suspended from 
waxed linen cord on which Bon Picasso seed beads, glass 
and semi-precious beads were also strung. The found
stick accent was from the tree where I spotted
the dragon fly initially...


The half round pendants we made work well by 
themselves but they also look great woven to a branch
with waxed linen cord. The copper end caps will
hold the jump rings necessary to attach this to a cord.


All of these ceramic clay beads/pendants were made
in our Perkins Beads in Clay Class, Winter 2020.

Sunday, February 16, 2020

MAYCO Test Tile Results


We began testing some Mayco Stoneware Glazes
on our #112 Speckled Stoneware clay. The above tile
shows 3 different glazes applied over 3 coats 
of SW 130 Copper Jade...










Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Clear as Glass Earrings...

Ceramic Clay with hand decorated glass hangies...

Hand decorated glass hangies are suspended
from Mykonos bails & large copper rings...

Glass dagger shards by Emily Cohen, Catfish Studio.

Hand painted glass daggers with\handmade spiral
copper bails

Hand decorated glass hangies are suspended
from Mykonos bails & copper rings...

Show that you HAVE HEART...

Hand cut 3mm Opalescent glass hearts 
by Emily Cohen, Catfish Studio were
handpainted and accented with onyx leaves
and fancy copper bails...

Hand cut 3mm Opalescent glass hearts 
by Emily Cohen, Catfish Studio were
handpainted and accented with Labradorite
stones and hand coiled bails...Side one

Side Two of the same necklaces...