I decided to have a bash at doing a figurine today … Still a bit shiny and wet in this photo, but you’ll get the gist of it! Really enjoyed doing this, so I’ll definitely be making some more! First time I’ve hollowed out anything I’ve made before, which was a scary experience. Nothing more [...]
Have been playing a bit more with the clay today and have produced … a mushroom candle holder and a ‘rustic’ bowl … The foliage in the bowl will burn off during firing and hopefully leave a nice imprint behind! Am really still trying to get used to working with the terracotta clay, but I’m [...]
My brother writes short stories and the latest stories he’s working on are based around a Green Man-inspired villain. So today I decided to have a go of making a Green Man from clay I’m quite pleased with it, for a first attempt! The leaves will burn off in the firing, [hopefully] leaving a nice [...]
Well, we’ve had a productive day! We’ve built a basic storage area for drying wood and have dug out the pit kiln! The aim was to dig 60cm deep, but seemingly we have lots of rocks in our garden so we couldn’t get any deeper than 40cm. So, we put a layer of bricks around [...]
I seem to recall back in January I said I was going to try a bit harder to keep up with blogging …. now here I am two months after my last blog post finally getting round to doing my next one. Oops!! Must try harder Life has been hectic as always! As well as [...]
I’ve been busy clock-making – this time, using different paints for a brighter, bolder colour (rather than the stained glass effect). All are felt-backed with a hook for wall hanging on the Quartz clock part. I’ll be taking these with me to the craft fair at Auchtermuchty tomorrow. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend [...]
Another stained glass-effect tile clock – this time with a plum-coloured sheep! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
Following on from yesterday, my clock parts have arrived – hurray! So, here’s the fully dried Croc-a-gator from yesterday now showing its full stained glass effect AND actual working hands!! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post
I’ve been experimenting with changing white ceramic tiles into clocks by painting cheerful childrens characters onto them, drilling a hole and inserting a clock movement/hands etc. Still waiting for the clock parts to arrive, but I had a go with leading and glass paints. It was my FIRST TIME doing leading, so go easy when [...]
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