"P" Clay Paisley Pendants

Leaves on Yellow Tile

SEVEN LEAVES on a SUNNY DAY

Underglazes accented with Designer Liner lines and dots

on white lowfire tile, frame complements of Emily Cohen.

Pinch Pot Bells in the Making...

Stoneware was pinched into a soft bell shape and allowed

to totally dry in that shape...

Then black terra sigillata, green underglazes & Mayco Designer Liners 

were used to decorate the outside of the bell shape.

The cat Talisman bell was pinched from scroddled stoneware clays

first the body, then the head which contains clay pebbles to rattle...

When leather hard, underglazes were added for color and the body 

was carved with a texture.

The bell itself is two faced with one cat looking to the past

and the other to the future so the person hanging it

can stay centered...

Hot out of the kiln, both the Leaves and Two Faced Cat Bell.

Too many clapper choices for the cat!

The pinched greenware Monster bell is enough to ward off the 

meanest of garden visitors...

The bulging eyes were accented with underglaze when the bell

was leatherhard and the clay used was scroddled stoneware.

Once bisque fired, underglaze lines and dots were applied.

The colors will change drastically after firing; a clapper tongue

will be hung from the inside and a cord from the top.

Out of the kiln!

A Little Leaf Tray...

A practice tray for Show 'n Tell at my upcoming workshops.

Prepping for a Summer Workshop

This summer, I will be conducting a tray workshop at

The Community Arts Center where I will demonstrate

using Mayco Designer Liner underglaze applicators

to create patterning on the trays made...

So I decided to make up samples of various trays

with my signature leaf drawings on them to have on hand

as Show 'n Tell at the event.

The photos are of the bisqueware and the fired pieces. 

The round tray is yet to be accented around it's

perimeter with Virginia Creeper Vine root.

These two bisque trays have been decorated with underglazes

and a black Mayco Designer Liner used to outline the leaves.

The dots in the background were also applied with various

Designer Liners in underglaze colors.