Aug 28
I have a plan to make a number plaque, and I wanted it to be more than just functional, I want it to be beautiful. I decided upon poppies as an appropriate botanical motif. I sketched it out, and my design will fit about five poppy flowers on it. These are the tiles I made. …
Aug 25
Here’s the second terracotta orchid pot that I glazed. For this one, I decided to use a rabbit, because I wanted to use the brown slip. The texture on the rim of the pot is also due to the slip. Although the green (It looks green on white clay) glaze I used for the rim …
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 …
Aug 03
For the third paperweight, this one, I decided to use the optic mold. This is a star-shaped mold that tapers to a narrow point. I believe it’s made of aluminum. After rolling my first gather of glass in the frit and melting the frit into it, I put the jack glass-side down and push, incising …
Jul 31
This was my second paperweight I made at the one-day workshop I did in May. My idea was to quickly pull a bird into shape out of the hot glass I’d gathered. This is easier said than done. My bird quickly became a melted taffy impersonation, and it was all I could do to loop …
