Aug 22
My orchids needed repotting, so I went to Lowe’s and bought a pair of terracotta pots and saucers. The orchids are going to go in my studio, which has orange walls, so I wanted something that would tone down the orange of the clay body. After a couple of days of deliberation, I settled on …
Mar 24
This is a technique that I came up with to provide a raised surface design without the fuss of jacquard bottles and slip. First I used a linoblock and cut a fish into it, trying to make it a simple line drawing as much as possible. Then I rolled out a slap about a quarter …
Mar 21
This was another experiment with the Duncan “French Impressions” glaze that I just bought. I’m not very proud of it, as one of the birds looks deformed. Thought I’d post it anyway, as a…as a warning or something. Maybe it will look fine from a distance.
Mar 17
This is another one of my tarot tiles. I have almost a dozen that aren’t yet glazed, but I’d made them just before my old kiln went on strike so the bisqueware is sitting in my cabinets. They take quite a while to glaze, as you have to have three or in some cases four …
Mar 05
This is the second of the Butterfly tiles. I used a photograph of an American Painted Lady as a reference. I learned from my faerie dolls that butterfly wings done from memory don’t usually look good, unless the artist is also a student of butterflies. On this one I used the Duncan “French Impressions” glaze/paste …
