Beaded necklace

Glass beads, seed beads, hand made ceramic button.

Beaded necklace

Coral, pearls, seed beads and a hand made ceramic button.

Beaded necklace

Seed beads, pearls and a hand made ceramic focal bead.

Beaded necklace

Seed beads, pearls and a hand made ceramic button.

Beaded necklace

Hand made ceramic beads and a hand made ceramic focal bead.

Black Sheep

I bought some yarn that had been spun from the fleece of a black sheep. It's a beautiful, warm brown color. I tried to recreate that in this sculpture. I used a translucent glaze that I made myself and used both white and brown clay hoping that the differences in the clay would be apparent through the glaze. I tested the glaze in an electric kiln. This piece was fired in a gas kiln in oxidation. I didn't quite get what I wanted from the glaze, but I do like the overall sculpture.

Another Self Portrait

What Happens When Good Girls Get Angry

Her head blows up.

Latest Female Sculptures

Flashing

I've no idea how I came to have that red flash on this piece. I do know the piece was near one of the burners. The nice part is how well the flashing works with the carving I had done.

Some Disappointing Results

This piece has good news and bad news. I used a fiber clay, and I'm very disappointed with the cracking. That huge crack in the front wasn't there after the bisque firing. I'm thinking that perhaps I fired too fast. The good news is that I do love the way the piece came out. The arms sagged pretty much exactly as I hoped they would. The pockets are "real" in that I actually could insert a finger in the pocket. I like how the colors on the dress came out. I like the way fiber clay can be made very thin and that's how I did the ruffle on the bottom. I had great fun making the hair and greater fun adding the blue highlights.

Opening the Kiln

I did my first glaze firing in the manual gas kiln this weekend. I'm still learning how to work the manual gas kiln. Here are the results when I opened the kiln door this afternoon.

Turning a porcelain bead into a necklace

Here's my first attempt at turning a porcelain bead into a necklace. I learned lots doing this and the next one will be better.

Ceramic Jewelry Pieces

These will get made into pendants and probably combined with other beads.

Ceramic Earrings

I have to attach them to ear hooks, but I can't wait to wear them.

What the well dressed checkbook wears

I've been on a creative tear recently and here's one of my latest creations. I got very tired of the plastic cover the bank gives out. So.... I made my own.

Pierced Container

I used commercial ^6 glazes on this pierced piece.

Pouch for my iPods

I needed a little pouch to keep my head phones and my iPods in one place. One iPod is loaded with music to exercise to and the other is loaded with relaxation music. The pouch that came with the headphones holds one iPod but not both.

Darkness and Light

I made a small quilt - about 9" square and played with beads and fancy yarn. I really like using the pearls and piping foot for sewing down fancy yarn.