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.

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...

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...

All Stoneware, All Handmade Beads on a Slip Stitchery Necklace

OK, so I did measure the finished length of the wrap

 - 82" - 

but I didn't count how many beads I used.

I find I have extra "perfectly fine" beads because, 

when I make beads for earrings, I usually make 3,

 just in case there is a mishap in the firing...

More often than not I really don't know how many beads

 I will need to make a finished necklace or bracelet,

so I just make plenty...

In the end, I wind up with a nice array of handmade 

and hand formed beads which only have 

one thing in common...CLAY!

And they are what I used to make this fun piece!

The MEDEA Necklace

This triple strand necklace simply made itself...

The magnet closure makes it an easy wear!

Slip Stitchery Jewelry - Necklaces and Bracelet Wraps

What's better than a handmade necklace of  Bon Antique

Picasso beads, Tibetan DZI Rounds and Mykonos

oxidized copper flakes and fish closure...

A bracelet that can be either a bracelet or a necklace

and contains all of these things!

This one of Bon Antique Picasso tubes, teal waxed

linen cord, lime-blue glass Rondelles and a hunk of

semi-precious rock does the same thing...

It's both a necklace or a bracelet wrap!

More Organic Wasser Shapes...

What is so interesting about these organic 

Wasser Glass shapes is how they look 

dangling from the ear...

Whether you are coming or going,

they intrigue the onlooker.

And can be worn with either side face forward

simply by inserting the ear wire into the ear

from the back instead of the front.

Which is why it is so much fun to show you

BOTH SIDES of each PAIR!

They can have subtle nuances...

Or only make an outright statement from one side...

Even with my ceramic clay accents, these Fun-2-Wear

Earrings are lightweight.

Hand fashioned copper swings allow the clay, cultured

seaglass and semi-precious to catch the eyes of

passers-by...

As you make your own personl Fashion Statement!

Each pair is individual and unique...

Notice the Bumble Bee Jasper and imagine it

pollinating your favorite bloom...

Bet you can't pick just one pair!

Tis the Season for Wasser Wearing

  

Just when I thought I'd never again see the magnificent 

array of Wasser glass patterned colors, a package

arrives from my dear friend Emily with some

breathtaking Wasser Glass shards...

All the more reason to plan to reverse your earrings

for wearing either way!

Semi-precious Jasper ovals are the perfect complement

to many of the speckled, colorful surfaces...

And seem to work as accents for either side.

New for me, this copper wire swing (with a twist) 

which holds an oval stone under the Wasser shapes...

And just when you thought it couldn't get better,

the other side astounds!

I call this pair Spotted Cat and you can see why; it

seems to be all set to jump through the cultured sea glass

black loops underneath...

Then the reverse of spotted cat with the missing 

spots...and missing cat, replaced by red & green

strokes against a black ground -

Oh what fun!