Pieces of summer II

More of the glazed clay earrings - my pieces of summer part II. 

Again some with leave structures...

...and a second mixed pair. 

This ones are tiny versions of my new favorites. I also love them at this sizes but most of the time I prefer to wear big earrings. 

More small blue ones... not the whole flower but parts of the leaves and ornaments...

And quite big ones in white. Not regular and also no translucent glaze... but still they have something special :)

Pieces of summer

This are the next ceramic pieces I made to create jewelery out of them. I made them at the "Werk II" in Leipzig, where you can use the open pottery studio. You pay for the hours you use the studio. All of the clay and glazes and even the firing is included (only if you really use up to kg of clay in a very short time you may pay an euro more... yes, we are talking about a few euros, not more). 

It is really nice there, the master of pottery (a one to one translation ^^ but it is the highest titel you can get in your craftmanship) will always help you. For kids it even cost less. Only the times are a problem for me... sniff. 

These earrings are my personal new favorites... I love the transparent green glaze! All the other ones are now Lachafa's :)

Leaves...

...ornaments from old art nouveau tiles...

My new favorites again! There is something special in real clay and the glas like glaze! And somehow I connect the little pieces of ceramic with summer. With light and sunshine... with the mediterranean countries and old tiny villages... nothing real but it just feels like summer.

Bits of this and that (or how looks my table)

I thought maybe you would like to see some of my thousand UFO which lay around or in big piles on my desk! No, I don't show overall pictures, the mess looks even worse as a foto! ^^

The star is made out of real clay and "stamped" with some lace. 

Below you see some new carved stamps. I am just carving a lot of more new stamps because the ones from my giveaway never arrived their destination... (yes, I was surprised how much it really hurts to know that the stuff one made is lost...). So the new batch is nearly finished... hope I can send it at the weekend.

*sniff*

But back again to... stuff! Some pendant I am using as a experiment to play with all my 3D laquers. And pieces of a big cone I drilled a hole into (with my dremel! ;)). I also added a thin layer of silver with acrylic paint. I think it brings the texture better to the eye... 

And a button. Of course.

A lot more of plant material! Kasuarines, don't know what the yellow are and also the long one was something my family found being on Mallorca... (and of course they thought of me!). Also with some silver colour added....

Wooden stars... Still without holes. They also need a thick layer of laquer... or maybe more colour. Although the colour seems bright it is almost a little bit dull in reality.

The cover of a fraunhofer magazine. I love the little pictures, perfect inspirations for stamps! They captured the essence of the silhouettes in a great graphic way!

Old christmas decoration... turned to earrings. The metallic colour is great, shining but not too extreme.

Started scanning / taking pics of beautiful wrapping paper (small used leftovers). Oh, I would love to have fabric like this!

As soon as you put something new on the floor... (I want to paint or wrap the wood)

...the black shadows arrive!

Tape! I bought for christmas a lot for family and friends :) And one set for myself...

Some clay stuff... 

Just an example how the advent calendars looked like...

Still don't now what to make out of this tiny crochet flower. But love the beads!

There is more... lot more... but maybe I'll repeat this kind of impressions :)

Find the pink!

Some of the real clay earrings I made. Because I loved them and wanted to use them for the pink advent calender... but there wasn't any pink on them...

...I added some pink dots on the back!

This year it was all sparkling glitter pink... or hidden pink! ^^

Real clay - next round

My second round of experimenting with clay and glaze! This time I just covered all the stuff really thick with the glaze!

I love little bowls... I hope there are some other people also loving them because I want to make a lot more of them ^^ Small ones like this with a very thin edge but maybe bigger ones for corn flakes and so with a broader edge... have to try it :)

You see how beautiful the glaze catches the light and how bright and shiny the reflections are!

It sparkles in the sun...! 

Oh, can't wan to try more. I already made some more pieces waiting to be fired so I can start glazing them... and of course I have to make some more bowls, small ones as well as bigger ones... but then I'll have to wait again for the first firing and then the next one for the glaze.... mrrr.... at least it teaches me a little bit about patience... or not? Hope so ^^