Earthenware Pod Necklace

A Fish Hook Closure with Mykonos hangie dingles in oxidized copper.

The beads themselves were hand formed and individually strung

on short pieces of leather cord...

More Vintage Vamps with Earrings

These earrings are all clay components with the exception

of the Mykonos spacers, copper wire & ear wires.

These earrings have Gardanne enameled bead caps topping

a pair of black onyx round beads also with Mykonos spacers.

The top stacked disc beads are stoneware clay.

Clay discs, copper hanging leaves for Autumn and

copper findings The ear wires are Niobium.

Two glazed clay blob beads and two pairs of

clay discs are accented with copper findings

and hypo-allergenic Niobium ear wires.

Ceramic stoneware slabs and round discs

fitted with nichrome wire before being fired

and complemented with Guilders paste &

Renaissance wax afterwards to accent the texture.

All Kinds of Beads!

This is the time of year I get a long break from teaching

and can spend the time collecting found objects and 

beads from other artists to use in future clay-to-wear projects.

Most single beads (if not strung together) have to be wired

so they can be connected one to the other. 

Even the connections can be more than a jump ring;

take a look at the copper spring connectors!

New Autumn Earrings

Some of these may end up in my Etsy shop while others

will go to my local galleries for sale.

Making Earring Display Cards

First of all, locate vintage looking copyright -free 

photographs of all sorts of babes, preferable full face shots.

Then photo shop them to be 550 x 1000 and

leave room in the image for earrings to hang down.

Then set them two up, sepia tone and lighten the images

before adding the copy you want at the bottom.

Your copy can be directly on the image or in a space beneath.

Then set your printer to NOT fit to page and select

the size 5 x 7 for printing.  I use 8.5 x 11 label stock

so it is easy to mount the images to mat board

then cut to size after printing & mounting.

I use a needle tool to make the hanging holes at the 

appropriate places on each side of the face for my earrings.

Naturally some earrings look better on certain faces...

They definitely are eye catching!

Making a Ceramic Gillette Leaf

11" x 7" Stoneware Serving Tray

A PMS form ceramic tray glazed simply with

Bobby's White, a studio glaze.

Earthenware Scarab Pyramid Box

This hand built "secrets" box contains a hanging

double-sided face - one face looks to the past,

the other to the future.

The double-sided face bead is there to keep you 

centered in the present. This box is also adorned with Scarabs, 

a symbol of Eternity to the ancient Egyptians.

Scarabs are also associated with purposeful direction

where a meaningful path is the one chosen.

Write down your dreams and place them inside

as you embark on your life's journey.

This box is all about BECOMING...

The Tray with the Checkered Past

Un-fired Greenware tray with cobalt slip stenciled squares 

on a tan clay body. The green branch with leaves has been painted 

with underglazes and the tray measures 9" x 12".

The PMS (Press Mold Shape) #12 made from lightweight

wood by David Weisenbach of DropBach.

Roxanne's Pour Out Your Heart Jug

Roxanne Ballantini created a wonderful piece for our class showing,

June 12th through July 16th, 2016 at the Community Arts Center.

 The pinch strip built jug boasts 

a found twisted Filbert wood handle...

Roxanne multi-glazed her piece and once fired,

the handle was wired in place.

The shaped pour spout gives the quaint little jug

it's official name...

A Pair of Pourers...

Earthenware Pourers glazed inside with Old Brick

and ready for their outside glazes.

 After the glaze firing -

Mayan Mayhem Pourer has 2 coats of  O-26 Turquoise

with 1 coat of A 32 Iron Saturate over it on the outside.

Both glazes are from Amaco.

Paisleaf Pourer has EM - 126 Laguna Seafoam

on the outside - one coat on the texture which was lifted

and two coats on the spout area.

DropBach and Foam Pressed Trays

Stencils are such fun things to use to create patterning

especially on a slab of clay.  This 10 x 10 DropBach

tray was created from a slab painted with blue green

slip over a stencil; some underglaze accents were

added as well and then after a bisque firing, the tray

was glazed with Duncan clear brilliance.

This free form press form tray stenciled with a floral

reminiscent of  50's wallpaper was made from

earthenware and simply clear glazed.