More Glazing....

 

Yes I am still plugging away on glazing....

 

Slowly but surely getting there

Trying to pay attention to

every detail.

 

 

This bowl should be shades of blue with

purple and blue pansies

 

 

I am hoping this flower will come out a

hot pink color.  I mixed glazes so I

am not sure what the exact

out come will be.

 

 

The bowl should be a green color

with variations.  I've never used

this glaze before and the leaves

a lighter green.

It seems like I have been

glazing forever but....

 

I am hoping to run my kiln this

weekend on Easter since I will

be home all day then.

 

 

 

 

Glazing

 

I have been working on glazing pottery pieces.

This week I have been working on my radish bowl.

Its still a work in progress as I am thinking of

painting a radish on the bottom of the bowl.

 

 

I  think that glazing takes more time than actually

making the item.  It's not like I just dip them in a

big bucket of glaze.  I am applying 3 coats of glaze and

painting around all the details I created.

Plus I try to add shading and painting

elements to the details in glaze.

 

 

At the moment I am able to glaze

one bowl per week

 

 

So I will keep plugging away at glazing until

I have a full kiln to fire.  Then I will get

to see how the colors all come out!

 

Something you didnt know...

Once upon a time I had a

home mural painting business.

Here are a few favorites of mine...

 

 

 this Jungle mural was painted on a large drop cloth

so it could be mailed.

 

 

A fake window in this little bathroom...

 

 

flowers that never die

 

 

 

I loved this frog mural that

was on a wall in little boys bathroom.

 

 

above is a shower curtain I painted to go in this boys bathroom!

 

 

A laundry room with clothes on the line!

The owner had me include favorite

clothing items on the line.

 

 

French doors on a patio

 

 

Soft billowy clouds on a livingroom ceiling

 

 

Nursery ryes all around this babies room

 

 

 

 

 

A boys room who loved his trucks! 

 

 

and window overlooking a garden in a master bath

 

 

I painted the cups accents to

match dishes the owner had

in their kitchen.

 

 

 

A local golf course on a golf enthusiasts

basement rec room.

 

 

A nature bedroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A little girls dresser

 

 

 

 

 It was a nice little business.
Most of my clients came
from word of mouth.  They would see
a house I did and call me
to do something in their house.
I work full time at my job
and did this on my
off days   Eventually it got
to be  too much but it was
a fun thing to do for a few years!

 

 

 

What a difference 10 years makes...

I was looking through old pictures and thought I would share them

as I was amazed at how different our little yard now looks.

The picture below is from spring 2008

 

 

 and this one below is

10 years later....

you can see how many of the trees

seen below were not planted

and I didn't have greenhouse

and there was no pond 

 

 

 2008 Below when my husband was laying

out the rocks for my garden area for me

 

 

and now with the garden and fence

 

 

I especially love how my planted trees

block out the house behind me.

This little side garden was expanded

and a cherry tree planted on the right

 

Lots of perennials have been

planted and side gardens have

been added.

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2008 Below 

 

and now...

 

 

It's not the same angle but all these plants were

 replanted and the area was enlarged when the apple

tree above fell over.  I was so sad when

that happened but now I

can see how much prettier this looks now.

 

 

This is the same view as above looking at

the trampoline and play set.

 

 Below the side of deck 2008

 

 

and  now....

 

 

My husband and I built new plastic lattic privacy screens.

to hold up to weather and not needing

to ever be restained.

 

 

So what is the moral of this story?

Well sometimes you

really don't realize how far

you've come until you take a look

back and see what you started with.

This makes me smile

as my 50th birthday is right

around the corner and I can

see how I helped make my

little space much prettier than

I realized.  I am really

looking forward to Spring now!