Growing Plates
My kitchen and dining room table are being overrun by plates that my kid’s clay class made last Tuesday – they’ve sprouted everywhere! I needed an easy project to work on since I combined both classes for this week because their show happened during Monday’s scheduled class time. So, 19 leather hard plates are in various stages of drying in my house. I hope to bisque fire them tomorrow.
The plates are a project that I read about in the March/April 2008 issue of Pottery Making Illustrated, pg. 39. (scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the pdf link titled “Instructors Link: Full Plate”). Just need clay, basic tools and some paper Chinette plates. It’s quick and gives the kids a real sense of accomplishment at having made something recognizable and functional.
Meanwhile, I received an email from a local Denver fiber artist, Angelina Kastroll, who purchased ceramic buttons from me within the past year, with some photos of completed projects attached. Somehow, between going to law school and being a new mom, she finds time to knit and crochet. I think they turned out really great!
With that bit of eye candy, I bid you farewell for a few days,
~Cynthia
P.S. I really love the Akismet spam catcher that WordPress provides – it’s caught some really heinous ones in the past few days.
LB
April 18, 2008 at 8:37 am //
I really like that fish bag. Cute! And, you can see the spam comments?? Strangely I really don’t get any of that… *knock on wood*
Cynthia
April 18, 2008 at 8:41 am //
Isn’t the bag great, LB? Yes – Akismet puts what it thinks are spam comments in a folder for me to approve or disapprove. Sometimes legitimate ones get stuck in there, but the cool thing is that it learns from what I allow. So, if someone’s email addy/comments appear to be spam, but I allow it a couple of times, it stops putting it in the spam folder. I also have it set to automatically put any comments with more than 2 outbound links into the spam file. Blogger stops most spam with the word verification thingy, or comment moderation. So far, with maybe 2 exceptions, it’s right on target.
Undaunted
April 18, 2008 at 9:00 am //
Ooh another tutorial!
I think my brain is going to explode! I just keep collecting information! Those plates look like they have drawings on them too – would love to see some.
Those bags are lovely as well!
Chae
April 18, 2008 at 9:02 am //
Mornin’ Cynthia
The pix of your kitchen looks like my whole house! It’s gotten so cluttered here that when i invite folks over, i invite them to my “studio” that i just happen to eat + sleep in !!!
Hugs
Chae
Cynthia
April 19, 2008 at 5:57 am //
I do the same, Undaunted! Collect and file, collect and file. Eventually, I try one of them.
It’s sad but true, Chae – my house is a disaster at the moment. Once my kid’s classes are over, at lot of it will disappear, but I have to speed dry their work in the house in order to fire it have it back the next week. No clay upstairs though!
Mary T.
April 19, 2008 at 6:14 am //
What dedication! To your students I mean. This is fantastic. Way to go. I love the application of the buttons to things. Nice.
Cynthia
April 20, 2008 at 8:10 am //
They’re worth it, Mary!