Another long week....

Well it has been a weird week. For a while I didnt want to do anything clay..

I had a lot of babysitting hours this week. My daughter was putting in some OT in another store and that meant getting up early ...well I should say, staying up after the kids go to school, since I try to go back to sleep for another hour...*Notice I said TRY*

I came around after a few days. I made another hydrangea in black and white this time and Some More roses.


Lately though I have been into the contrast... Black and White. So I bought a brick of each while at AC Moore the other day.
I definetly need to get me pasta machine.
I also need to start or continue and finish my bowls....I started to sand down the yellow one, now to paint the inner part.
This one I was working one now I embedded wire in it but to my horror it rusted...Hmmmmmm
Well thank Goodness the Gesso covered the brown spots. It didnt rust too bad, now to get it done.....*SIGH*

I will try to get some piccys up tomorrow.

A Busy Week,,,,

No Post yesterday. I am putting this up in between Dances..( Dancing with the Stars).

My Leaf Cane...Im So Proud

My Hydrangeas, Getting Better...
My Sunflower....Another Proud Moment

I Loved this bottle....I covered it in strawberry cane...Now to sand out the ripples and bumps.


My Strawberry Cane....Wow it looks like a strawberry with long stringy Hair......LOL

Beaded Roses

My Beaded Roses

My Past crochet works

Some of my past works.

A Blue Ripple blanket I made for my oldest Grandson when he was younger.

I made this Dbl Strand rainbow ripple as per my youngest daughters choices ( with a lil coaxing, of course *wink*). It is currently on MY bed and has been quite used. That is her 2 yrs ago with my cat garfield ( red domestic) and Chloe the fe. calico.
I dont remember who got this one I think I made this for a gift. My oldest may have requested it since I think I would remember If I gave it. It is a white/baby color ripple
Another baby blanket. Variegated baby colors My oldest gave this to her co worker at her shower.
Tri-color blue dbl stranded baby blanket for my second gr.son who will be one yr next month on the 15th.
Some booties for him.

Second Paper Mache Bowl

This is the second bowl I did. I finished a while ago but havent completed it. It is smaller then the other and deeper. The outside design was loosely based on something I see I believe it is aztec? Not sure. I did it with tape and just painted between.

I have been haunted by these symbols on the inside. When I started thinking about doing PM Bowls a couple of yrs ago, I started to see this design. I had to do one. The really weird thing? Right after I did this I watched a movie- "The Lady in the Water" and saw these same symbols in the beginning of the movie, as part of the narration.. Too Freaky!

I am almost done. I need to put an outer coating of sealant and add the feet.

Hydrangea Cane

I just attempted this cane again...................:-(

Again it dont look so hot....................

Ah Well Back to practice..................This is getting expensive

Maybe I should practice with some kiddie modelling clay? It might be cheaper.

My Teapot

I just got done firing this. I worked on it for about 2 days. I couldn't get the pot right and working without a pasta machine was giving me uneven clay. Thin on the edges and thick in the middle.
I tried the Nicole brand and the Amaco brand clay 'Pasta" machines and they all broke down within 1-2 weeks of purchase. I could hear the gears grinding, or in the case of amaco they ground one day and separated the next.

I really should get a "Real" pasta machine but I dont have the 60.00 or so to invest in the really good ones I see people using, "Atlas-Marcatto" or "Trattorino" ( spelling?) "Pasta queen". Thats is 3 names I have seen recommended.
Also NOone except BBB sells them around here. There used to be a 'Lechters' but they went OOB.
Anyway. Here is my teapot:
Since I was having problems with the belly of the beast I used a baby food jar as an armature. It is wrapped in vines with leaves. I have NOT sanded it yet so it still looks a little spotty.
But this was my first attempt at crafting more then beads ( except for the dinko bird..He is so sad looking :-P...LOL)