Oct 03
I wanted to make ceramic gifts for some people I care about, so I had in my mind I would use sprigs to decorate the sides of coffee cups. Everyone can use coffee cups, right? I went through a lot of planning to make sure that they would be just what I wanted. Since the …
Aug 27
This was one of my first publications, and you can see I kind of struggled with learning how to use gimp to make the cover. The ones on the left were much smaller, and I decided I’d scroll through my photos and find something brightly colored and interesting, then make sure that my name and …
Aug 19
I made a new batch of smiley balls to give to my friends who helped edit my last novel. I used some leftover clay I had from a year ago, so the smiley balls are all different colors. Some turned out better than others. I’d like to have some good models to work from, but …
Jun 24
This is the cup that my friend chose as his favorite of the ones I made in the class I took in February, so this is the one I gave him for his birthday. The only sad thing is that he has good taste, and this is my favorite cup too. At least I still …
Jun 17
I made this tumbler to try to practice dragging stringer lines with simple swirls of color rather than actual stringers. To make a stringer, you need to have a piece of colored glass hot enough that it will stick to a punti, which means putting it in the annealer, which takes more foresight than I …
