some more cocoons

i did some more tests on tuesday. i like the ripped effect on metal, it was time to see it with enamel on top. i found that the big open gashes work better when there's an enameled surface. but when it's just plain metal, i like the spiderweb like cracks similar to the one in my thesis piece: you try to take the best of me.

i don't like the butter yellow too much in this context, maybe if it was on the ones i showed in my previous post...i tried to change it up a bit by adding a transparent enamel, but it stayed almost the same. if i could do it again i would use a more subdued yellow.

i only have two more enameling classes left at Jewel Envy...i'm tres sad.

my new business card

i really hate pigeon-holing who i am. my old business card simply claimed i was a jewellery artist...but that's not all that i do. my last couple of shows haven't been jewellery related at all...

remnants from my summer throwing class

i love working in ceramics. i can't say it's my forte, but the medium, the method, can be very soothing to me. but of course that doesn't encompass all the heartbreak that can occur when your glaze doesn't turn out right, or you get a crack, or your piece explodes in the kiln. oh well...i still enjoy these pieces, they are the survivors of this summer :)

i took as many ceramics classes as I could during my undergrad, and i'm so glad i did.


bud "bowls", ceramics, thrown and manipulated, 2009


bud "cups", ceramics, thrown and manipulated, 2009



i know something is missing, thrown and manipulated, ceramics, 2009

i really loved this piece in its entirety...i meticulously attended to it so it would dry properly for 2 weeks...but it exploded anyway. I glazed the pieces even after the explosion, they're still pretty :)