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.

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 ^^

Real clay...

Did you ever had a moment like "Why took it me so long to try it?"? I had one! We have a culture project (or better a "fabric of culture"!) called "Werk II". There is a concert hall, music, readings, a little cafe, some community clubs, etc... and there is a workroom for clay! You only pay a few euros, you get the clay and the colours and the working space... and the help of the master craftsman of pottery who runs the whole workshop. It is open at monday, tuesday and wednesday in the week. Your stuff can dry there and he'll fire it for you. I knew that there was this workshop for some time... but it took me until now to go there! Don't ask me why. I couldn't give you an answer which would also satisfy me ^^

These little things are my first trials. Not perfect with the colour because I took not enough. But still I like it! Just look at the blue! I made tiny bowls... just for a pair of earrings or so...

You can see the clay coming through the glaze.

This was a kind of transparent glaze which is used to enhance structures. Here was some lace pressed into the wet clay. 

You may remember this one! I made some molds for it and already used them for air-drying clay as well as polymer clay! Works also great with (real?) clay :) I just can't used it too often without drying times in between because I made most of my mold with air-drying clay which can react with the wet clay. Maybe I should make one with clay and fire it?

Also this shape I used quite often in the past. As you see the edges are not even because the clay moved during the drying process. Also I should have used a lot more glaze. But my first try, won't make this mistake again.

And just some discs to get the full effect of the glaze!

And I think it won't surprise any of you if I tell you that I am going to make some earrings out of them ^^