Bon Trade Beads with Shard Pendant

A pottery shard from one of my favorite plates, tumbles

and upcycled into a pendant...

The other side of the necklace/pendant...

Calico Clay Components

I made a nice selection of Calico Clay Components 

and this ended up being my favorite;

this is side one finished with underglazes

and Designer Liner dots and lines

And this is side two partially patterned with a

rice paper transfer...

I decided to make a necklace using this fun piece

and even ended up using it 'upside down'.

I combined it with a found piece of wood...

...Seed beads, heavy copper chain, clay beads

and a melange of other found beads.

This will debut at Blue Santa Beads & Boutique,

Media, PA on November 1st at my Trunk Show.

See you there...?

What a Difference Some Glaze and a Firing Make...

The Dot Leaf cut-out Pendant side one and two...

The Dot Leaf Bronzed Pendant side one and two...

Cheltenham Center for the Arts Members' Show Entry

I just finished up my piece for the Member's Show 

at Cheltenham Center for the Arts

and renewed my membership there for 2018. 

What a privilege to belong a center which strives to do it's utmost 

to support the arts in the Cheltenham neighborhood 

and provide ceramic studios for all of us 

who exist to have our hands in clay. 

Did you know that in addition to supporting the center 

by being a member you can also be a sponsor of the Members' show

for as little as 15 bucks...? 

Being a member, having a piece in the show and sponsoring the event 

are three way of saying thank you to the director, board and staff 

for a whole year of programs we can't live without, 

so, yes it is important. 

The meaning of the Pentaphilia necklace lies in the five parts of the bib 

signifying Change, Freedom, Adventure, Transformation, Idealism, 

Motivation, Individualism, Imagination and Knowledge. 

The number five“5” symbolizes the need for change or coming changes, 

usually in the form of positive transformations. 

Movement itself is freedom; in the hands of an imaginative individual, 

knowledge leads to trans-formative adventures 

resulting in positive changes!

Pentaphilia is made from chocolate stoneware clay hand decorated with 

under glaze patterning on both sides, making it reversible 

and able to be worn as two different necklaces. 

A complementary pair of earrings

 are also part of the ensemble and reverse as well.

She Flies Again...

Norbel, owner of SHE FLIES AGAIN 

and the creator of these luscious wearables

made from my very own spirit hole discs, plain and hand painted!

It's so great to see what other artists do with my components...

Visit her Etsy Shop for more goodies!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheFliesAgain?ref=l2-shopheader-name

Designer Liner's Strike Again...

Purple Pendants Collection

These are what happens with clay leftover scraps...

Which are compressed together and cut into shapes...

Then accented with Mayco Designer Liners...

In this case, the scraps were Standard's 710 and

cone 5/6 porcelain paper clay...

Every two pictures shows the front and back

of the same pendant components - 

Photos 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10

show how they look on each side of the same piece

When these are used to make a necklace

in reality you end up with two different necklaces...

If used for earrings, you look good

both coming and going!

Often the clay colored shapes determined

the Designer Liner accents; for instance,

did you spot the starry night cat & fish on the one pendant?

 Made a lot more of these than I thought; 

some are at Blue Santa and others will go to

The Pennsylvania Guild Store in Lancaster.

Then I'll also make some into necklaces

and earrings to sell...

I love the clay scraps and Designer Liner

patterning mingled!

Two Sided Ceramic Pendants