Remember the hexagons from my last post? As I was looking at them I started seeing Frankenstein's block head. I think I love this one even more than the ghost!

I've wanted to make a ghost mug for a while. I kept circling on how I could do it and then it occurred to me that I have a couple of extruder dies that might work. I ended up using the one that looks kind of like a pasta noodle. I still have a little more refinement to do, but I think it's so cute. I did this in laguna 60 and my plan is to glaze these with Amaco Snow which will have a nice sparkly effect with the specks from the clay.




I started with a bunch of extruded pieces that were all roughly the same height.




then I cut out bottoms to match them.




I had also extruded some hexagons...more on these later this week.

Last week in NY I made a few ghosts and I'm happy to say they all made it home.

Brandywine Festival of the Arts is this Saturday and Sunday September 7th and 8th in Wilmington, DE. My space is R-68. I hope to see you there.

We were up at the cabin this week and one of the things I did on a very sunny and beautiful day was crochet tiny hats and scarves for snowmen. Which leads of course to a snowman fashion show. Which one is your favorite?





























Why did the turkey cross the road? Because it has stuff to eat in it!

Yay for fall and snowmen. I ended up doing no traditional pumpkins. I thought I was going to do some orange ones, but when it came time to glaze I was in a different mood. A few of them, and some plates, came out lighter than I thought they would. I think my sand and surf is already really watered down so I didn't need to wipe back. I think I'm going to refire most of the stuff I used that on.

I'm not sure how I feel about the mushroom mugs. They are mushroom mugs, but they aren't as cool as I wanted them to be.

Laguna 60 Mayco Red Gloss x3 White Gloss x3	Laguna 60 Mayco Green Gloss x3 White Gloss x3
Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Inside and Rim - Midnight Ceramics Bogeyman x3 Stamps Mayco Silver Lining, Bluebeard, Cotton Tail, Tuxedo	Various Mayco UG on the Baloons The mug was Coyote Oasis x3 but I didn't have a lot then I added a coat of Kentucky Mudworks Triton and some Mayco Light Flux
Laguna 60 Kentucky Mudworks Triton x3 Mayco Light Flux on the rim	Georgie's Sand and Surf Pigment wiped back White Cloud x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Eggshell Wash x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3	Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Georgie's Indigo Pigment wiped back Zinc free clear x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3	Georgie's Indigo Pigment wiped back White Cloud x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3
Mayco Iron Wash wiped back Clayscapes Nutmeg x2 Stem Amaco Ancient Copper x3 Leaf Amaco Matcha Gloss x3	Mayco Black UG wiped back Mayco Hot Tamale, Jack O Lantern, Sunkissed, 2167 Clear Kentucky Mudworks Aragonite x3
Mayco Orange a Peal x2, 2167 Clear	Mayco Orange a Peal x2, Tuxedo x 2, 2167 Clear
Laguna 60 Midnight Ceramics Sexy Mermaid x2	Mayco Fruit of the Vine x2 Sour Apple x2 Mayco Sandstone x2, Norse Blue x3, Light Flux where they meet
Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear x2 Amaco Seaweed x3 back and rim	Georgie's Sand and Surf wiped back Zinc Free Clear x2
Amaco Smoke x3	Amaco Smoke x3 Mayco Hot Tamale
Amaco Smoke x3 Mayco Hot Tamale	Laguna 60 Mayco Black ug wiped back Mayco Cotton Tail x2 Hot Tamale x2 2167 clear
Mayco Iron Wash Wiped Back Clayscapes Oribe	Mayco Iron Wash Wiped Back Clayscapes Oribe
Mayco Sandstone x2, Norse Blue x3, Light Flux where they meet	Refire just added a bit more Mayco Rasberry Mist because of some bubbling

More fishy plates! First round of pumpkins and snowmen. Plus an experiment in mushroom mugs.