Steel Yard projects

I was pretty psyched to have a few weeks at the Steel Yard this summer, but I'm feeling a little disappointed with what I walked away with. I didn't plan enough ahead and overestimated how quickly I'd pick it back up after 5 years away. 

Napkin holder, with beads and pinchpots

small ceramic chips, now magnets

AND I realized I left a half-finished greenware planter behind. 

Terrific.

Steel Yard homework

Recovered project

I made this ceramic heart box four summers ago and gave it to my friend Cindy to fire in her camp kiln. I totally forgot I even made it until she gave it back to me last month. I spent so many hours on it too.

I scratched the white out from the black glaze (it was supposed to be a spider web) and painted the fireflies with chrome and green glow-in-the-dark glazes.

25 birthday pie

I decided I wanted pumpkin pie instead of a birthday cake this year, and I wanted to decorate it myself.

It's a snake, drawn in haste with limited decorating gel, forgive me.
The sprinkles are dinosaur and dolphin shapes.

Burrito Fish

Ceramic demo for Owl57 clay building classes. 

Built by Cindy, painted by yours truly. 

Ringholder #2

I grabbed the last ringholder at work before it sold out, and I was determined to get right the triangular netted pattern in the mirror black glaze I had tried months ago. I regretted blocking out every other triangle and it looked like I didn't add enough layers at the top.

So I decided to keep it clean and simple. I carefully, and painstakingly, made sure I had 3 coats on all the lines. I was also happy with the way I represented my name on the bottom with the black indelible pencil. But, this time, it was too much glaze!

GUH! I feel like Goldilocks! I'll find that sweet spot eventually!

For now, I think the two failed attempts compliment each other. Along with the mini pinched bowl in the same glaze (below), they fit in quite nicely on my dresser.

serious weight

Made with ceramic beads I carved and fired, bolt washers, hex nuts, and very big very heavy black carved bone.

ceramics, etc

This is a bead carved from clay, glazed and fired. It's supposed to look like a particular kitty I know,

...it was made as a gift, here is the box ^_^

ceramics!

ring holder, glazed with Mayco "Black Ice", pre-cone 06 firing

beads, also glazed with "Black Ice" after both firings.