Busy Glazing

I have been glazing these ornaments that I made. 

I drew out their shapes on paper and then traced their

outline on clay.  I then carved in details on both sides.

At first I was going to insert a small ring in the hole

in their heads.  I will see if it'll work.  I added the loops

on others.  I can't wait to see how they come out!

plus I added 

More Bunny Ornaments

to my shop!

Bunny Ornaments

 

I have been busy making new

Easter Bunny

ornaments to add to my

Etsy shop in time for Easter.

Which falls on 1 April 18.

 

 Last years example

 

As a child my German mother always

made an Easter tree for us with spring branches.

Real blown out eggs were painted and hung on the

branches.  I first made bunnies to add to my

Easter tree. Everyone seemed to like them

a lot so I added them again to my Etsy shop.

 

Look for these in my shop.

 

 

 

  I individually pressed paper clay

into antique metal chocolate molds.

They are created one at a time so each

 item may be shaped slightly different

 or a bit more irregular as the paper clay

 

 

 

 

I hand paint  each ornament with acrylic paints.

The flashy fluffy tails are added lastly with feathers.

 Which I totally love the

fun tails.  I think they add a bit

of whimsy to the ornaments!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have a few more paper clay

ornaments to photograph

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I am also working on a new type

of ornament which are taking

more time to create so I don't know if they will

be ready before Easter.

 

 

Moss & Vines

I am trying to broaden

 my skills with clay.

My goal is to take things

up a few notches and explore

different things with clay.

 

 

I have begun sculpting and

carving a very involved piece.

 I want my clay sculptures to be

perceived as a piece of art.

 

 

 

I love woods and forest. 

 It is one of my favorite places to be.

   I feel great peace and tranquility

when I am in the woods.  I want to

express many things I like in

the woods and am planning 

to create a series of pottery art on a

 woodland theme. This bowl

with be first in the

 series and depicts moss and vines

that are often seen in the woods.

I enjoyed working on this
so much that time just
flew by! Here you
can see the bottom of the bowl.

 

 

the moss and

 vines go around the bottom.

 

 

Then as the clay became a bit
 more firm I flipped it over
and began sculpting the inside.

 

 

I chose wild morning glories

as my flower for this piece.

I wanted something wild and viny. 

It's kind of odd that I picked this

flower because they are a 

menace to me in my vegetable garden.

The are impossible to kill and they

 basically will keep

 growing and climbing no matter how

many times you try to pull them up. 

Their roots run deep. If I think of them

in that light you almost have to admire

their tenacity. It is something

I admire. I like the

whole theme of being wild and

 unstoppable and felt this

was a good vision for my piece.

 

 

Here you can see how much time

 and detail went into each flower.

 

 

 

 

see....how moss grows on rocks

 

 

 

I added a dragonfly which is

 also a favorite of mine.

 

 

Once done I could see how you

can't see the bottom detail as it sits on a flat

surface.  So this will be displayed in a stand.

 

This will take me an insane amount of time

to glaze.  I also have future plans

for a sculpted statue

that will go with this piece! 

 

 

Artistic Cleanup

 

Last Saturday my sister, niece and I went
to got see the Peter Rabbit

Movie.  Such a cute movie!
 

 

Then she stayed the night afterwards. 

Ella loves doing art stuff in my art room.  I LOVE that

she loves doing it.  It's my all-time favorite

thing in the world to do art stuff

with my one and only niece.

 

 

She goes in her own little zone

and loves painting. 

 

Here is what she painted

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In the process of trying to make room

for her at my table I realized

what an unorganized mess my

art room was from doing many projects.

 

 

 I was like WOW time for a deep cleaning.

So that is what I did.

 

 

 I cleaned off my art table by putting things away

in containers and labeling them
so I won't forget what is in the box
or container.  I will try just keeping the project I am
working on at my seating area.

I even dusted my shelves, vacuumed
and fertilized my plants.

 

I can't wait till I can move my plants in the greenhouse.

That won't be a while as this past weekend we got

about 9" of snow.

Such a clutter of plants but I cant bring

myself to ever toss a living plant!

 

I organized all my glazes and pottery supplies

 

I even straightened up my bulleting board.
You can see on the right size halfway up
is a polaroid picture of my Grand Prix which I totaled.
That accident hospitalized me in intensive care with
a head injury. I still struggle with neck pain
from that accident now 20 yrs.later.
That picture is a reminder to me
to life my life to the fullest.  I am so
thankful to still be here  That's what I am
always trying to do....
"Be fearless in the pursuit
of what sets my soul on fire"

New creations...

 

Sharing some new bowls I made. 

They are in the drying process so fingers

crossed they don't crack. 

I had another cone flower recently crack

that I really liked. At least I took a pic of

it so I can recreate it later.

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This one is radishes.

 

 

You can see how the leaves hang over the edge.

 

 

This  is a pansy flower....

 

and lastly a cone flower which

come in many colors.

 

 

Pottery Bird Baths

 

I know it's winter but I am

thinking of the warm season ahead.

Just showing you a few bird baths

I have created that are in my Etsy Shop.

This one has a stick holder.

Although it comes with a stick you

can insert any stick into the custom

stick holder I made.  This way birds can

sit on the stick to drink

or to bathe in the water. 

 

 

you can put in on top of a metal stand
that you can buy online.

 

 

This is one that I made

and have out in my garden.

 

 

This is a leaf dragon fly bird bath I made.

 

 

 You can decide out how you

want to display it.

 

This black metal stand I found on Amazon. 

 

 

Or you can take large flower

pot turn it upside down

for stability and adhere

the bowl to the pot.

 

If it's a really dry hot summer I like

to put some  water sources

at ground level.  This way

small wild animals have

a water source too!

 

 

Don't forget insects need water too.

You can fill the bottom with pebbles

so they don't fall in and drown.

 

Just Remember,