Tag: smiley ball

Tiny Smiley Balls 2

These are the last of the tiny colored smiley balls. These will probably be the only ones I make that are glazed like this, though I’ll still use the double-fork tool for something else.

Tiny Smiley Balls 1

These are portable smiley balls I made to bring as gifts for people I’m visiting later this spring.  They are about the size of nuts. The one on the left got that weird texture from being overfired.  In the future, I will make these plain, or maybe with colored clay bodies. Glazing them is too …

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Tiny Smiley Balls 2

Here are two more smiley balls, ready to give away, once I file off the  pits left by the stilts. Astute observers will note that the colors of glaze are the same as on the “thorny pot” from December.

Tiny Smiley Balls 1

Everyone seems to really love my smiley balls. I’ve ended up giving away over half of the ones I’ve made.  I wanted to have some to give to friends I’m going to visit in the spring, but carrying full-sized ones in my luggage wouldn’t do, so I planned to make small ones. These weren’t as …

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Smiley Ball 17

I had so many of these, I didn’t want to put them all on my blog at once.  Now they are placeholders for different photo sessions. I don’t know what that hair is, but it might be cat hair.