I'm really excited on my beachy crabby clock. It came out awesome - no warping. I'll post once I put the clock parts together. Like I said in the sneak peek - a lot of birch and cardinals in here. There's still more to go through the next kiln load. I managed to sneak in one of the small trees and its so cute with it's little star on top.
A lot of birch and cardinals on here. I spent quite a few hours painting trees and birds. They are so pretty though.
Today and tomorrow will be at the Howard County Craft Spectacular - if you're local come out!
I'm using more clay so I decided to bite the bullet and buy 1,000 pounds once instead of two orders 6 months apart of 500 so that I could get the discount. I wasn't prepared for how many boxes 1,000 pounds is. We brought it all inside so it wasn't sitting in the driveway, but I'm taking it down to the basement in 1 box increments when I'm going downstairs. It's going to take a while.
This vase is even more gorgeous in person than the picture shows. It's a little over two feet tall. I love it so much. The rhubarb leaf is unglazed because I'm going to treat that with Magic Metallics copper - stay tuned for that.
I had some leaves and stars that have come off my trees that I'll have to glue back on.
This Friday - Sunday I will be at the Howard County Craft Spectacular - if you're local I'd love to see you there. I will have some of these trees with me as well as many other things.
Not a ton of things in this kiln because in here is the BIGGEST vase I've ever made and a GIANT rhubarb bird bath. I'm going to use the vase as the base for the bird bath. I'm really excited with how the vase looks. It's glazed the same way I did a much smaller vase a few months ago. The trees also came out really well. Hoping the rhubarb didn't crack - that's the only thing you can't see.
I've had this placemat for months and just hadn't found the right time to use it. I saw a video last week about a mandala wall hanging so I had it on the brain. I love how this turned out. Initially I was going to cut it as a circle, but decided to trace out the edging pattern. Fingers crossed I don't knock off any of the points before it's bisqued.
I know it's been a while since I've glazed, but I really just needed to make for a while. Now that I've gotten a good pile up of things there should be quite a few glaze kilns coming soon.
Next week is the Howard County Craft Spectacular November 3-5th at the Howard County Fairgrounds. I hope to see you there!