I’ve been fiddling with ornament ideas. Mostly so that I have some more nice ones, and partly so I have a bunch to give away. The first design was Squares With Snowflakes Stamped in One Side and Glass Melted Onto the Other…
Ornament fail.
The glass ran over the edges of all but one square and fused the ornaments to the tray. (Note to self: make studio a new bead tray for Christmas.)
The others are Cookie Cutter Shapes Stamped With a Poinsetta Stamp and Decorated With Underglaze, which worked out beautifully, and some hollow thrown ball thingies that I still need to glaze.
My name is Maaike Charron, and I'm a potter in St. John's, Newfoundland. I started fiddling around with pottery in summer 2006, when I was told volunteering in the local clay studio would get me free studio time. I mostly taught myself, spending a lot of time poring over books, magazines and websites, and occasionally pestering the more advanced (but very helpful) potters around me with questions. After about two years, I decided I'd gotten good enough to go into business for myself. This blog, started after my first big craft fair, was created to document the process of becoming a wondrously succesful craftsperson. (Or it will document How Not To Do It. We'll see.)
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