Saturday, August 13, 2016

When functional meets beauty

I love bringing texture into my pottery!  For the last year I have been doing slab work and the possibilities never end!
My latest obsession is my Vintage collection, I just love the lace!  After the pieces come out of the bisque load, I paint oxides or underglaze on them and then rub off the extra with a wet sponge. 


The bowls took me awhile to figure out as they kept cracking at the seems.  I have realized that you need to be very careful with the bowls, let them dry slowly and pick them up very carefully until they have been fired.




At the moment I am working on dinnerware for this collection, so excited!!

Thursday, August 11, 2016

New essential oil jewelry

At the beginning of the year I decided I would post regularly to my blog but as you can see 6 months later that didn't happen.  I really work hard keeping my facebook page up to date and I don't seem to have anything left for the blog or Instagram.  I will continue where I left off and update you on my jewelry.
A couple of months ago I started mixing up low fire glazes; I wanted my jewelry to have some color but in order for the clay to remain porous, so the pendants could be used for essential oils, the glaze needed to be a low fire formula  The formula is very simple, 95% Frit 3134 and 5% EPK, then add the mason stain of your choice.  This formula will cause crackles which for jewelry is awesome!
 I also started stamping on metal, a fun way to add a little extra to each piece.  The white pendant is glazed with a low fire glaze that I bought.  The dragonfly is glazed with my glaze, with the addition of 7% Robins egg blue mason stain.

 The heart is glazed with my glaze, with the addition of Bermuda green at 7%

 This pendant is a combination of the two stains.


These little car fresheners are a new idea, put a little essential oil on the back and car will smell wonderful.
I will be experimenting with more colors this  coming up week, there are endless possibilities!