Archive for the ‘Pottery’ Category

Baltimore Oriole Pottery Song Bird For Sale on Etsy!

Friday, February 25th, 2011

#3 in my Pottery Song Bird series – here is the Baltimore Oriole – for sale at WolfArtGlass on Etsy!

He comes with his own recycled bottle pressed glass stand and can be easily removed or repositioned.

Pottery Song Bird Baltimore Oriole

Pottery Song Bird Baltimore Oriole

Pottery Song Bird Baltimore Oriole

Pottery Song Bird Baltimore Oriole

Pottery Song Bird Baltimore Oriole

Pottery Song Bird Baltimore Oriole

New Pottery Songbirds – Carolina Wren, Baltimore Oriole and American Goldfinch

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Three new pottery songbirds made from hand formed earthenware clay. I LOVE making these birds! Each time I pull a new one out of the kiln I am inspired to make more.

Pottery Song Birds

Pottery Song Birds

Pottery Song Birds

Pottery Song Birds

Tufted Titmouse Pottery Song Bird Sold on Etsy!

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

#2 in my Pottery Song Bird Series – here is the Tufted Titmouse! He sold on Etsy within 24 hours of listing!

Pottery Song Bird Tufted Titmouse

Pottery Song Bird Tufted Titmouse

Pottery Song Bird Tufted Titmouse

Pottery Song Bird Tufted Titmouse

Pottery Bearded Iris Tile

Friday, February 18th, 2011

I drew this pretty Bearded Iris in pencil back when I was in high school. I have pulled the drawing out over the years and just never could seem to find the right way to use it. Finally I found its purpose! I love how the transparent larkspur purple-blue glaze allowed me to get this watercolor effect on the tile.

Pottery Bearded Iris Tile

Finished Pottery Chickadee and Titmouse

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Here are the finished birds! I am so happy with them and they flew away to California the day after I listed them on Etsy. Yahoo!!

Pottery Song Birds

Black Capped Chickadee Pottery Song Bird Sold on Etsy!

Friday, February 18th, 2011

#1 in my Pottery Song Bird Series – here is the Black Capped Chickadee! He sold on Etsy within 24 hours of listing!

Pottery Song Bird Black Capped Chickadee

Pottery Song Bird Black Capped Chickadee

Pottery Song Bird Black Capped Chickadee

Pottery Song Bird Black Capped Chickadee

Pottery Song Bird Black Capped Chickadee

Pottery Song Birds

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

I have been an avid birder for a long time and love looking up into the trees and matching the silhouettes of birds to the vast number of templates in my head that I have been filing away over the years. I am now translating that storehouse of knowledge into creating hand formed and incised earthenware birds. These are my first three and they are pretty close to the actual size of the Black-Capped Chickadee, Black-Crested Titmouse and Carolina Wren. These are little birds that I see visiting my feeders every day and a pair of Carolina Wrens are wintering in our bougainvillea hanging basket that we have in our back patio hot house. Every night they sneak in and camp out up there in the warmth.

These birds need to be bisque fired and then glazed. I am going to attempt to glaze them in as realistic colors as possible and am anxiously awaiting enough of our pottery to bone dry so we can fill the kiln for the bisque. Soon!!

Pottery Song Birds

Pottery Song Birds

Art Nouveau Crocus Bowl

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

First in my series of art nouveau incised earthenware pottery bowls. This is a crocus pattern that was inspired by a pressed glass bowl that I found at Goodwill for 59 cents. Dean threw the earthenware bowl and I incised. We need to bisque fire and then glaze, I am thinking a celadon green for the outside and ivory in the inside. Nice subtle colors that will bring out the details nicely.

Art Nouveau Crocus Bowl

Art Nouveau Crocus Bowl

Pottery!

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Here is my first pottery bowl! Dean and I took an 8 week class at Sunset Canyon Pottery and learned how to make beautiful pottery. I highly recommend!

Carrie's first pottery flower bowl

Carrie's first pottery flower bowl

Grandma’s Flower Garden quilt pieces

Sunday, May 25th, 2008

After looking at so many flowers around the prop yesterday, I got inspired to get some bright colored fabric and make a Grandma’s Flower Garden quilt. Not sure how big I will make this or how frustrating the machine piecing may be, but it has been fun to cut the hexagons out and arrange them. Off to get the sewing machine rolling…

It is now three years later and I am no further on this quilt! My love for this pattern inspired me to create this lovely vase with my husband, maybe it will inspire me to finish the quilt!!

Pottery and Crochet Lace Necklaces