Aug 31
This is another set of tiles I made for my number plaque mosaic project. These were harder to make. I rolled out slabs of 1/4 inch cone 06 clay, and then used a razor blade to cut around the leaf shapes. Poppy leaves are deeply lobed, which makes them a difficult shape to reproduce, not …
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. …
May 15
Anyone who’s familiar with the Morgan-Greer tarot will realize I lifted this design from that card; the Roman helm is quite distinctive. Because the backgrounds were mostly stylized landscapes, I didn’t have as much call to use red and purple. That’s what the cloaks are for!
May 13
The background scenery here reminds me a lot of the Glen Canyon resevoir in northern Arizona. The patchiness of the glaze doesn’t work against the overall design as much in this tile.
May 05
The page cards are just below the knights. In traditional decks, the jacks took over both of them. Pages represent youths, and in the Robin Wood tarot deck, the suit of staves represents fire. In the Robin Wood tarot deck, the Page of Wands (same as staffs or staves) stands in the desert and has …
