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.

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...?

CLAY Meets Found Objects

Ever find a really cool stick when out for a walk;

 a stick that called to you and demanded that you take it

along for the rest of your walk.

A stick that wanted to go home with you...

Here are some of those sticks immortalized 

in Clay-to-Wear pieces.

 I have to admit that not all of them called to me; 

some called to friends of mine who were kind enough 

to share them with me after their discovery...

This Evergreen branch looks totally different 

with the other side of my pendant 

and yet it complements both!

The stick below came all the way from Martha's Vineyard,

stumpy and oh, so smoothed by the sea and the sand...

It seems to not only enjoy hanging with clay, it likes copper

and leather as well...

And beautifully tops off the reverse side of this Intaglio

impressed design!

This is another Martha's Vineyard find brought back to me

by Maxine Manges; it appears to be made for the

Intaglio design and coloration of this clay pendant...

And then, surprize!.. The other side is full of whimsy -

dots, lines, leaves in blues - all ready to carry essential

oils on it's open matte surface.

Here's a close-up...

CLAY...I LOVE where it takes me!