Hey all,

I made a birthday present for my sister - in - law and thought I would post a picture of it.  This is one of a series of altoid tins that I am doing.  When I am done with the rest I will post pictures of them too.  This is made with Premo Rhino Gray, a stamp for the background, and then I extruded the vines and messed with them a bit.  I used balls of clay and shaped them by hand to make the leaves, and the letter is a cookie cutter.  I used different tools for some of the effects.  Then I brushed powder pigments over it in different spots to make the colors.  Having fun with altoid tins.  I made one a few months ago too, just never posted the picture.  I will have to see about doing that in the next day or two.  Anyways, hope you all like it.  I am happy my sister-in-law did. :)

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web,

Sharon

Well, it's been a really long time since I posted anything.  I am still recovering from my shoulder injury, but I just couldn't take it anymore and had to play with some clay.  I found that although it hurt, it was worth the pain because I felt better then I had in awhile.  Art is definitely theraputic and not being able to create was really bringing me down.  I decided to make something fun, with no real plan involved other then that it was to be a bowl.  I fooled around with making some canes, and tried a few different things till I got it to look the way I wanted.  I think that next time I want to make canes I will try fimo.  Premo is just too soft to hold the cane shape well.  Maybe it's just that I am not good at reducing things, but you can definitely see the distortion in the canes.  Still, it came out pretty good for my first time making a bowl, (if I do say so myself :P). 

I made this using a pyrex bowl as the form to put the clay on.  I decided to use the inside of the bowl rather then the outside because I didn't like the foot of the pyrex bowl.  The part that was in contact with the glass came out really shiny and smooth.  The side I actually touched, even with alot of sanding and polishing, really didn't come out smooth and shiny.  I ended up putting gloss on it.  I think next time I will do a couple of things differently and see if that helps.  First, I think I may work on the pattern on a flat surface before I put it in the bowl, that should help with the uneven surface.  Second, I think I may press it with a glass paper weight before I bake it.  Anyways, let me know what you all think.  I am going to be making a couple more because I need some decorative bowls to put some things into in my bedroom.  I will post those when I am done. 

Thanks for visiting my corner of the web!!

Sharon