Jan 19
I made this crown so that my kids would have something fun to play with, since they often like to play princesses and queens and whatnot. I used a technique given to me by a costumer at Westercon to make brigandine armor. I’m sorry to say I forgot which costumer told me this, but I …
Jan 17
Why do I have a picture of a gift bag? Surely it’s not because I ran out of art and wanted to use something as filler. Surely not! I was lucky enough to receive a gift card, and it came in a bag much like this. The bag intrigued me, so I took it apart …
Jan 15
With every load, I’ve been adding more small tiles for some unspecified mosaic project in the future. These I used a glaze I have two bottles of, called “terra cotta.” How funny–when you put terra cotta glaze on a terra cotta tile, the color looks…terra cotta. I’m not thrilled with them, but I will probably …
Jan 14
Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher This book is basically the written version of a stand-up comedy/memoir of Carrie Fisher. She talks about being the daughter of famous parents (Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher) about having her parents’ marriage broken up by Liz Taylor (If you’re going to have a homewrecker destroy your marriage, why not …
Jan 12
Cuerda Seca means “dry cord” and refers to using a waxed cord to separate areas of glaze. I’ve used a waxed beeswax cord before, and it’s not the best tool. Better is to use wax trailed from a jacquard bottle, especially wax with stain added, wax which has been designed for this purpose. Since this is the …
