REVERSIBLE Clay Sculptural Earrings

I really love seeing earrings which look good both 

coming and going...

They can be worn either way as well by simply

inserting them in the ear lobe front to back...

or back to front!

The examples here are all made from stoneware clay,

unglazed and open to accept aromatherapy oils...

The sculptural aspect just happened when I discovered

leftover clay pieces on my work table.

They were so interesting I couldn't throw them away...

So this is what they became!

 

Barbara's Classes Autumn 2020...

Hand Building Ceramic Clay

COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER

Wallingford, PA

Mondays

10 AM to 2 PM

To register click here...

Making Beads in Ceramic Clay

COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER

Wallingford, PA

Thursdays

11 AM to 2 PM

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Hand Building in Earthenware

CHELTENHAM CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Cheltenham, PA

Tuesdays

10 AM to 1 PM

To register for Earthenware Classes, click here...

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Making Beads in Ceramic Clay

PERKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Collingswood, NJ

To register for Perkins Class, click here...

CUTEsie Pitcher

Both sides of the latest CUTEsie pitcher

to finally get glazed and fired!

South West Personal Pitcher

It's so nice to have a new glaze make such a

statement on a patterned form...

This one is the matte Blueberry from Georgie's

accenting my Southwest Border impressions

Intaglio mat design...

It is on a 'one piece' personal pitcher;

the inside has been glazed with Mayco Cinnabar

and the clay used is Standard 710 stoneware.

Not everyone realizes that ALL of the factors -

clay body, glaze color & application, firing methods -

all play a role in the outcome of each piece.

Pentaphilia Reversible Necklace

PENTAPHILIA

Reversible Pentaphilia Necklace and Earrings with

hammered copper wire work, leather and chocolate

stoneware clay pieces decorated differently

on each side... a fun to wear pair!

Clay Camp TEAPOT

Built in the soft fabric-look style and glazed

to look like leather with textured complements,

My first Oliver Teapot!

CLAY CAMP 2019

What could be more fun 

than spending three whole days 

simply playing in the mud!

On day two we began making Oliver boxes many of 

which were transformed into teapots on day three...

Not to mention discovering stencils, rice paper transfers,

engobes and dropbach trays... We were so involved

the first day that we didn't even take a single picture!

These are only pictures of work made in the hand building

room; there was wheel work and things also happening

in the new Annex...

We did decide that three days is just not long enough...

Oh what fun!

Community Arts Center Clay Camp

Wallingford, PA

January 2nd through the 4th, 2019

The Holiday Sale at Cheltenham Center for the Arts

I think it's nice to have some idea 

of what you may find at a Fine Craft Showing...

Reena Brooks will have a delightful selection

of colorful handmade scarves...

There will be many bowls to choose from

made by Lucia Welsh, Ellen Pine Litwin and

Carol Allen...

Trust me, you can never have too many BOWLS!

There will be pots that pour and pots with lids...

And MUGS, 

another thing you can never have

too many of...

There will be Clay-to-Wear by Barbara Hanselman

and inventive jewelry by Yvonne Pagel...

AND Amazing Mixed Media Artwork...

So come either Saturday December 1st or 

Sunday December 2nd, 2018 between

11 AM and 4 PM to meet the makers...

AT

Cheltenham Center for the Arts

Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA

215-379-4660

Plan to pay with cash or check...thank you!

A Holiday Sale 2018

I do very few Craft Shows anymore but

I wanted to support the Cheltenham Center for the Arts 

where I teach a Tuesday morning hand building clay class 

and this seemed like a good way to do it. 

This will be an intimate gathering of local artists 

who love what they do and who want to share it with you...

Hope to see you there!

Where You Can Fine My Work...

The Gallery on Park
https://www.galleryonpark.com/

Martha Perkins has recently opened an intimate 

gallery space where you can see my Clay-to-Wear

as well as some of my more functional clay work...

BeaDazzle at Community Arts Center

414 Plush Mill Road, Wallingford, PA

https://communityartscenter.org/gift-shop/

BeaDazzle carries my clay shard necklaces...

Each of these pottery shards is a piece of ceramic vision!

They are an imagined bowl, cup or platter headed for the 

Holiday table or that special pitcher used to serve maple

syrup 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 tumbled smooth tactile piece of clay embodies 

the process it took “to become” and to wear one 

is to share in this inexplicable experience.

Wayne Art Center

https://www.wayneart.org/about/your-visit/shop/

The Wayne Gallery Shop has a great

selection of my Clay-to-Wear...

Blue Santa Beads Trunk Shows

and Saturday Make & Take Happenings...

https://www.facebook.com/events/345655212855971/

The Cheltenham Center for the Arts

Gift Shop and Holiday Sale

Let me be the first to announce...

The Cheltenham Holiday Sale 

Saturday December 1st and Saturday December 2nd, 2018 

from 11 AM till 4 PM each day

I will have mostly jewelry at this but will also

bring along some functional clay work

and celebration Rattles...

Be sure to visit the Arts Shop as well!

https://www.facebook.com/CheltenhamCenterfortheArtsShop/

Wasser Glass Meets Copper & Clay E A R R I N G S

These waffle Wasser slabs told me exactly what they 

wanted to be as they dropped to my work table from

 their Emily Cohen Florida Ziploc...

Even the interesting shapes of the waffle Wasser have a

unique appeal when layered atop a neutral rectangle 

of plain Wasser glass complemented by a 

clay Spirit Hole disc...

The combination of lightweight Wasser glass shapes 

& paper thin ceramic Spirit Hole discs 

makes these statement earrings such an easy wear...

I'm loving the asymmetrical cuts of Wasser...

...almost as much as this "Put-a-Cork-in-It!" wine bottle 

earring display by Floridian jewelry artist,

Emily Cohen!

V A S E S

Sometimes it's nice to see how a piece of pottery

LOOKS as it's becoming a functional form...

 

The SW Vase above is constructed

with rough hand dug clay and has my signature 

hangie-downs to let you know when a curious cat

is investigation what's IN IT...

While the Fish Stenciled Vase has no such protection!

The Leaf Me Alone vase is much smaller 

and belted with leather from which both beads

 and a clay leaf hang. The opening

is lined with leaves which accent the floral blooms...

Both the Mikado (left) and Scrappie Vase are still

simple cylinders with pinch-strip collars; 

their form comes from what is there,

 their function from what is not there.