Sep 03
These are the stems of the poppies I made for my number plaque tile mosiac project. They aren’t very interesting, but they are necessary. I made them by extruding clay through a clay gun using the triple-circle die. I made more than I needed, because I’m not sure what shapes and sizes I’m going to …
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.
