Category: Pottery

Clear over Black Steampunk Tumbler 1

Red Leaf Sprig Bowl

Keyhole Tumbler 5

This is another example of the plaster mold. When I made the molds of the keys and keyholes in plaster, I used the wax positives I’d crafted with paraffin and the two-part soft silicone molds.  To get the wax out of the plaster, I baked them inverted in a craft oven over a pad of …

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Keyhole Tumbler 4

Here you can see both the background text (made with a rubber stamp, highlighted with iron oxide after bisqued) and the sprig. I wanted to make sprigs of keys and keyholes, for a steampunk theme (goes with the text. Don’t ask, in my mind they go well together. Garth Nix will back me up here.) …

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Keyhole Tumbler 3

My sister asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told her I wanted rubber stamps that had blocks of text in a foreign language.  I couldn’t find any myself, but she’s an expert shopper and found several nice pieces. They were unmounted, which made them perfect for these projects. To get the …

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