Seed Bead Pot

I've tested out the seed bead pot. It's perfect for pouring the seed beads back into the tube. That little pot is going to save me a whole lot of misery and a whole lot of little beads. Must make more of them  and put them in the etsy store. 

Newest Little Platters

I did a ^05 firing yesterday and unloaded all sorts of little treasures this afternoon. I'll take better photos once I can get outside and shoot in the daylight. 

No, It's NOT a Tea Pot

It's a pot designed to pour my seed beads back into the tubes without sending beads all over the table and the floor. 

New Jewelry Pieces

The photography isn't the greatest, but here's  first look at what came out of the kiln. I did a program for a crystal glaze firing. The crystal glazes came out without crystals. The rest of the glazes were interesting. I'll take better photos outside on the weekend. 

Jim's Latest Estrusions

I neglected to mention that all the extrusions are Jim's work. He's been working with low-fire clay. First, he gathered up all the reclaim buckets we had for ^04, mixed it all together, and made an interesting clay body that can never be reproduced. He said it was perfect for extruding. I bet it was. Those reclaim buckets have been hanging around for about a year waiting for us to turn reclaim into clay. Lots of mold, lots of organic stuff, well aged. I'm so glad that Jim is having fun working with clay. 

Oh Jimmy Boy, the pipes the pipes are calling .......

More Extrusions

No bottoms - these are sculptures. I love what the glazes did on them. 

More Extrusions

These all have bottoms so they will be used as pencil holders, brush holders, or vases. 

Latest Bead Work

Deb Thuman's Art Page

I now have a fan page on Facebook - Deb Thuman's Art Page. If I did this right, clicking on the title will take you to the page. All are welcome to join. It's where I write about art, post lots of photos, and people can leave comments. 

If clicking on the title doesn't work, here's the web address: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deb-Thumans-Art-Page/167529715986

Being nearsighted is a drag

If I weren't nearsighted, I'd have seen that thread. It's not on the cuff. Nope. It's attached to the needle. I didn't realize I had left it on the table and so the thread is in most of the photos. 

Anyway, this is the new cuff. I call it Moods. The blue beads are a darker, far less vibrant blue. Sometimes I'm sparkly and happy, sometimes, I'm blue. The purple is for healing. The shell is for my love of bodies of water. 

This time, with photos

Another Glaze Experiment

The bowl with the blue glaze that breaks over texture is ^10 reduction fired. More of Jim's glaze findings. The second is a wall hanging. No, it's NOT a pig. It's a kitty. It's ^04 and I love the low-fire crystalline glazes. 

Peach Bloom

Jim loves searching for and experimenting with different glaze recipes. Here's his peach bloom on my bowl . I think that's tea dust on the back. ^10 reduction using Super Sculpty, a clay designed for ^6 through ^10. 

Latest Dye Results

I dyed bamboo dobby cloth. I love the feel of this fabric, feels like fine silk but has the strength of bamboo. I learned something interesting in the dyeing process. When I dye fabric in mid-summer when the temperatures are in the high 90's, I get more intense colors. Yesterday, we had temperatures in the low 80's so the colors are softer. These fabrics will eventually turned into garments.