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 …
Mar 02
I bought some glaze/paste called “French Impressions” by Duncan that I hoped would create the same effect as the tinted slip trail, yet not have to be done at the greenware stage. The bottle said nothing about whether it had to be done under or over the glaze, so I tried it both ways. Equal …
Feb 27
Finally got my kiln working, and was able to glaze some of the tiles I’d made last year (or was it two years ago?) I had the idea of basing some tiles off of the Tarot, because Tarot cards are defined enough to provide concrete parameters, yet still have room for personal interpretation. I doubt …
Feb 21
For this book cover, I started with orange printed calico over paper, and again did Rorschach-like blobs of black gesso on it. I wanted to try a photo transfer onto colored paper, so I chose a blue square with brown seedpods printed on it. The transfer worked fairlywell, and I glued it to the orange …
